GERANIUM. b3 



shaped rather longer than the mucronate sepals, carp, hairy 

 below transversely wrinkled above, seeds punctate-striate. — E. B. 

 322. R. V. 197. — St. erect, 2 feet high. L. 6-lobed : lobes acute, 

 cut, serrated. Fl. purplish-black, very rarely white. — In woods 

 and thickets, rare. P. V. VI. E. S. 



[2. G. nodosum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obcordate 

 long, sepals owned, carp, even downy, 1. 3 — 5-lobed, lobes ovate 

 acuminate serrate. — E. B. 1091. — St. 18 in. high, slender, erect. 

 Fl. pale purple. — In Cumberland and Hertfordshire. P. V. — 

 VIII. — G. striatum which resembles this but has a hairy stem 

 was found near Filby, Cumb., and Chepstow. Planted ?j E. 



3. G. sylvaticnm (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, pet. obovate 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, even haii-y, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds dotted, 1. palmate 7-lobed, lobes cut 

 and serrated, st. erect glandular-hairy ahoy t, filaments of stam. 

 subulate, fruitstalks erect. — E. B.,121 . — St. erect,2 — 3 feet high. 

 Fl. purplish-blue, claws of the petals bearded, lower half of fila- 

 ments hairy. When the fl. are pale rose-coloured, pet. smaller 

 and nearly entire, and st. more decidedly hairy, it may be the 

 ^.fastigiatum (Fries). — Woods and thickets, rare. P. VI. VII. 



4. G. pratense (1j.) ; ped. 2-flowered, pet. obovate entire or 

 slightly notched long, sepals awned, carp, even hairy, hairs 

 spreading glandular, seeds minutely reticulated, 1. palmate 7-lobed, 

 lobes cut and serrated, st. diffuse glandular hairy above, hairs de- 

 flexed, filaments of stam. filiform with a triangular-ovate base, 

 fr.-st. deflexed.—E. B. 404.— St. 1—2 feet high. Fl. large, 



purple, claw of pet. cihated. Base of filaments slightly hairy. — 

 Moist pastures. P. VI.— VIII. 



0. G. sanguineum (L.) ; peduncles mostly single-flowered, pet. 

 obcordate long, sepals awned, carp, smooth crowned with a few 

 bristles, seeds minutely wrinkled and dotted, 1. nearly round 

 7-lobed, lobes deeply 3-fid and cut, st. difi'use hairy, hairs spread- 

 ing horizontally.— S. jB. 2/2. R. v. 168. — Fl. large, purple; fila- 

 ments dilated at the base.— ^. G.prostratum (Lindl.); st. dwarf 

 tufted nearly simple decumbent, fl. flesh-coloured. G. lancas- 

 triense With. — In dry places. /3. Sands in Walney Island, Lan- 

 cashire. P. VII. 



** Root fusiform, rhizome wanting, perennial. 



6. G. pyrenaicum (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, fruitstalks de- 

 flexed, pei. obcordate twice as long as the mucronate sep., claws 

 densely ciliated, carp, smooth with adpressed hairs, seeds smooth, 

 1. reniform 7 — 9-lobed, lobes oblong obtuse trifid and toothed 

 at the end, st. erect villose.—E. B. 405. R. v. 191.— Fl. hght pur- 

 ple or nearly white. Claws of the pet. with a dense tuft of hairs 



