V 



Gerdnium.'l xx. geraniace^. 85 



brittle, swelling at the joints. Leaves small, lower ones reniform 

 often of a fine red. Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



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V 8. G. Robertidnum L. (stinking C. or Herb-Robert) ; leaves 

 2 with 3 or 5 deep lanceolate inciso-pinnatifid acuminate se^-- 

 ments, calyx angular hairy, claw of petals glabrous, capsules 

 transversely wrinkled, seeds without dots. JE. B. t. 1486. 



Woods, thickets, stony and waste ground, frequent. A small var. 

 is comm(jn by the sea-side, the ^ of Smith : it is the G. purpureum of 

 Mill, and of Forster in E. B. S. t. 2648, G. Eaii, Lindl. Syn. p. 57. 



0. 5— 9.— Stems spreading, red, brittle. Flowers purple, some- 

 times white. 



9. G. muUe L. (Doves-foot C.) ; leaves rounded or reniform 

 lobed and cut downy, their segments obtuse, petals notclied 

 scarcely longer than the calyx, their claws bearded, capsules 

 transversely wrinkled, seeds without dots. £. B. t. 778. 



Dry pastures and waste places, common. 0. 4 8. Stems 



spreading, procumbent, with long hairs. Leaves lobed ; hhes broad, 

 cut. Flowers small, purple. Seeds smooth. 



10. G. pusillum L. (small'fiowered C); petals notched, 

 anther-bearing stamens 5, leaves rounded or reniform palmate 

 with 5—7 deep trifid lobes, capsules smooth carinate downy 

 with erect appressed hairs, seeds without dots. E. B. t. 385, 



. Waste ground and in gravelly soils, frequent, less common in 



Scotland. About Edinb. and Glasgow. 0. 6—9. Stem weak, 



pro trate. Leaves deeply lobed. Floivers very small, bluish -purple.' 



IL G. rotundifolium L. (round-leaved C); leaves roundish 

 or reniform palmately lobed and cut downy, petals entire the 

 leng^th of the calyx, capsules even hairy, seeds dotted. E. B. 



t. Joy. 



Pastures and waste ground, but not common. 0. 6, 7. 



Distinguished from the last two by the entire petals, and dotted seeds 

 and from the first of them likewise by the smooth or even capsules. 



12. G.dissectum L. (jagged-leaved C.) ; petals notched rather 



shorter than the much-awned calyx, leaves 5-partite, lobes 



linear trifid or cut, capsules even hairy, seeds dotted. E. B. 

 t. 753. 



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Hedges and pastures, gravelly and waste places, 0, 5_8 _ 

 Mems spreading. Characterised by the much-divided leaves and the 

 ^hon foot- stalks of the blossoms, which, as Curtis observes, thus appear 

 as it sittmg among the leaves. 



tl.i^;i^ 1 coZM,«&ta L. {long.stalked C.) ; peduncles lonjrer 

 no?l f ""^'^^^ ^""^ 5-partite, the lobes divided into many 



acute segments, petals entire as long as the much-awned angular 

 calyx, capsules even glabrous, seeds dotted. JS. B. t. 259! 



Dry pastures in several parts of Great Britain, in a gravelly or 



