S? THALAMIFLOR^ 



of the whole plant is strong and unpleasant. Road-sides and hedges, 

 very common. — Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



7. G. Lucidum (Shining Crane's-bill). ^Smooth and glossy. 

 Leaves nearly round, 5-lobed ; sepals angular and wrinkled. A 

 beautiful little species, a few inches high, with small rose-coloured 

 flowers, and shining stems and leaves which are generally tinged 

 with bright red. Old walls and stony places, common. — Fl. all 

 the summer. Annual. 



8. G. molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill). — Downy with soft hair. 

 Leaves roundish, lobed, and cut ; petals notched, little longer than 

 the obtuse sepals ; flowers 2 on each peduncle ; capsules wrinkled ; 

 seeds smooth ; ste>ns spreading, and seldom a foot long. Easily 

 distinguished from any of the preceding by its prostrate habit, 

 downy herbage, and small light purple flowers. Fields and waste 

 places, common. — Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



9. G. pusillum (Small-flowered Crane's-bill). — Downy with soft 

 hair. Leaves roundish, lobed, but not so deeply as in G. molle, the 

 lobes cut ; petals notched ; stamens 10, 5 of which are usually 

 without anthers ; capsules keeled, downy, not wrinkled ; seeds 

 smooth. Resembling G. molle in habit, but smaller. Waste ground, 

 common. — Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



10. G. rotundifoliuni (Round-leaved Crane's-bill). — Downy with 

 soft hair. Leaves roundish, lobed, but not so deeply as in G. molle, 

 and cut ; petals entire ; capsules hairy, not wrinkled ; seeds dotted. 

 Fields and waste places, not common, but perhaps often confounded 

 with the last, which it much resembles in size and habit. — Fl. June 

 to August. Annual. 



11. G. dissectum (Jagged-leaved Crane's-.bill). — Stems spreading, 

 hairy ; leaves roundish, more or less hairy ; variously divided into 

 numerous jagged, narrow segments ; sepals with long points ; 

 petals notched ; capsules scarcely wrinkled, hairy ; seeds dotted ; 

 flowers purple. Distinguished by its deeply cut, hairy, not downy 

 leaves, and the exceedingly short pedicles. Fields and waste 

 ground. — Fl. aU the summer. Annual. 



12. G. columhinum (Long-stalked Crane's-bill). — Stems decum- 

 bent, roughish, with short hairs ; leaves deeply 5-lobed, the lobes 

 cut into many long, narrow, acute segments ; flower-stalks very 

 long ; sepals with long points ; capsules smooth. Distinguished 

 from the last by its larger bluish rose-coloured flowers, which grow 

 on very long and slender stalks, and by its smooth capsules. Waste 

 ground, not so common as the last. — Fl. June to August. Annual. 



N.B. — Particular care should be taken when comparing specimens 

 with the above descriptions to examine the roo/-leaves ; for the 

 s)!eOT-leaves vary, even on the same plant, to such a degree as to 

 defy description. 



