2 DO EXGLISn BOTANY. 



segments more contiguous or even slightly ovcrlnpping; the flowers 

 are generally larger, sometimes ^ inch across, but less conspicuous 

 than those of G. molle from tlicir pale flesh-coloured narrow petals ; 

 the petals indeed in their shape show an affinity with G. llobertianum 

 and G. lucidum. The sepals in fruit are much larger than in either 

 G. pusillum or G. molle, being nearly twice as long as the ripe ear- 

 pels ; these last are without transverse wrinkles, resembling those of 

 G. pusillum, but the hairs are much longer and spreading, not short 

 and adpressed as in that species. The s(»eds with numerous exca- 

 A'ated pits approach those of G. dissectum and G. columbinum ; 

 which, however, difl'er widely in their leaves. Tlie leaves are very 

 soft and flaccid, pale whitish-green, very different from that of any 

 of the other British species ; and by this characteristic the plant, 

 when growing, may be distinguished from its nearest allies at some 

 distance. 



Mound-leaved Crane's Bill. 



Frencli, Geranium d. Feuilles Eondes. German, Eundhldtlrifjer Kraniclischnabel. 



SPECIES X.— GERANIUM DISSECTUM. Linr^. 

 Plate CCCII. 

 Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Ilelv. Vol. Y. Geran. Tab. CLXXXIX. Fig. 4876. 



Tap-root annual or biennial. Stems ascending or decumbent, 

 dichotomously branched, hairy. Root leaves stalked, angulated- 

 roundish, deeply 7-cleft with the segments not contiguous, wedge- 

 shaped-truncate, deeply 3- to 5-lobed at the apex ; stem leaves on 

 shorter stalks, 7- or 5-partite, the lower ones with the segments 

 strap-shaped, with one or two long strap-shaped ascending lobes on 

 each side ; uppermost leaves with the segments often simply strap- 

 shaped and entire. FloM^ers very numerous, in a dichotomous cyme, 

 the ultimate branches of which are racemose. Peduncles in the forks 

 of the stem and in the axils of the upper leaves, 2-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves. Bi'acts linear-acute. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 rounded at the base, awned, flat. Petals as long as the calyx, 

 obovate, deeply notched at the apex. Pilaments strongly ciliated 

 towards the base. Carpels smooth (not transversely wrinkled), not 

 keeled at the back, hairy. Seeds pitted. 



In fields, hedgebanks, roadsides, and waste places. Very common 

 and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, and Ireland. Annual or Biennial. 

 Spring to Autumn. 



Stems straggling, 6 inches to 2 feet long. Radical leaves on 

 rather short stalks, generally withered before the plant is in full 



