XX. GERANIACE^. 



[ Geranium, 



Allied to tills in the fruit and in several other respects, but differlno- 

 by the hairy stem^ is G, striatum, stated to grow on a rabbit-warren 

 near Flimby, between Workington and Maryport, Cumberland, <'op, 

 posite the first gate aftei;^ the road has turned from the valky of the 

 Derwent to follow the coast towards Maryport;" also "apparently 

 wild" near Penzance and St. Austle, Cornwall: but both this and 

 G. nodosum are plants almost peculiar to a southern clime, and can- 

 not be expected to be indigenous to us. 



4. G. sijlvdticum L. {Wood C.) ; pedicels of fruit erect, leaves 

 subpeltate with 5 or 7 deep and acute lobes which are cut and 

 serrated, stem erect corymbose, petals obovate slightly notched, 

 their claws bearded, sepals awned, stamens subulate, capsules 

 even hairy, seeds dotted. JE. B,t. 121. 



Woods, thickets, and sides of rivers, chiefly in subalplne countries. 

 2/.. 6, 7. — Stem 1 — 3 ft. high. Flowers purple, rather larger than those 

 of G,ph(Bum, but much smaller than in the following species. Speci- 

 mens with smaller and pale rose-coloured flowers sometimes occur. 



5. G.pratease L. (blue Meadow C.) ; pedicels of fruit deflexed, 

 leaves 5-partite, lobes multipartite all the segments acute, petals 

 obovate slightly notched their claws ciliated (not bearded), 

 stamens dilated at the base, capsules even hairy, seeds minutely 

 reticulated. JE. B. t. 404. 



Pastures and moist thickets, particularly near cascades in moun- 

 tainous coimtries. About London. 2| . e—9,— Stevi 1—2 ft. high. 

 Readily distinguished by its large purple flowers and multipartite 

 leaves. The hairs on the fruit, in this and the last, are spreading and 

 glandular. 



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lobed, lobes oblong obtuse trifid and toothed at the extremity, 

 stem erect branched softly hairy, petals with a deep notch 

 twice as long as the mucronate sepals, capsules keeled even 

 slightly downy, seeds without dots. E. B. t. 405. 



Meadows and pastures in many places, but not frequent. 11 . 6,1, 

 — Stem 2— 3 ft. high, much branched. Claws of petals densely bearded. 

 Distinguished by the very obtuse segments of its lower leaves (for the 

 upper ones are acute and less divided), and its rather small, numerous, 

 Yiurple flowers, with cleft petals. The root of this is fusiform; in all 

 the form.er it consists of long fibres arising from a preemorse, oblique 

 tap root. 



*** Peduncles 2-flowered. Hoot annual. 



7. G. lucidum L. (shining C); leaves roundish 5-lobed, lobes 

 trifid and notched obtuse with a short mucro,' calyx pyramidal 

 angular dentato-tuberculate, claw of petals glabrous, capsules 

 transversely wrinkled, seeds without dots. £!. B. t. 75. 



Rocks, walls, and roofs of houses, especially hilly and mountainous 

 countries. ©. 5— S,^ Stems spreading, shining (as are the leaves)^ 



