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pale 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. Fi. large, 
purple, claw of pet. ciliated. Base of filaments slightly hairy.— 
Moist pastures. P. VI.—VII. 
5. 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. diffuse hairy, hairs spread- 
ing horizontally —E. B. 272. R. v. 168.—Fl. large purple, fila- 
ments dilated at the base.—f. G. prostratum (Lindl.); st. dwarf 
tufted nearly simple decumbent, fl. flesh-coloured. G. lancas- 
triense With.—In dry places. 8. Sands in Walney Island, Lan- 
eashire. P. VII. 
** Root fusiform, rhizome wanting, perennial. 
6. G. pprenaicum (L.); peduncles 2-flowered, fruitstalks de- 
flexed, pet. 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. vy. 191.—F1. light pur- 
ple or nearly white. Claws of the pet. with a dense tuft of hairs 
on each side. Fertile anth.10. Segments of the upper leaves 
more acute. St. spreading, 1—3 feet high, clothed with dense 
short down and long hairs intermixed.—Roadsides and pastures. 
P. VI. VII. 
*** Root fusiform annual, ped. 2-flowered. 
7. G. pusillum (L.); pedicels deflexed after flowering, pet. bifid 
about equalling the mucronate sepals, claws slightly cihated, carp. 
smooth with adpressed hairs, seeds smooth, 1. reniform palmate 
with 5—7 trifid lobes, st. diffuse downy.—E. B. 385. R. v. 190. 
G. rotundifolium Fries.—St. usually prostrate, clothed only with 
short down. Fl. small, bluish-purple. Claws of the pet. only 
slightly ciliated. Fertile anth. 5. Ped. shorter than the leaves. 
—Waste places. A. VI.—IX. 
8. G. dissectum (L.); pet. bifid about equalling the awned 
sepals, claws slightly ciliated, carp. smooth with erect hairs, seeds 
reticulated, |. in 5—7 deep laciniated segments with linear lobes, 
st. diffuse hairy —E. B. 753. R. v. 189.—F. small, bluish-pur- 
ple. L. divided almost to the base, longer than the peduncles.— 
Waste places. A. VI—VIII. 
9. G. columbinum (L.); pet. obovate emarginate with a short 
