GERANIUM Dissectum. Jaccep CRANE 's-Bir. 
GERANIUM. Linn. Gen. PJ. MoNApELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Monogyna. Stigmata 5. Fructus roftratus, pentacoceus. 
Rai Syn. Gen. 24. Hers PENTAPETAL/E VASCULIFERA, 
GERANIUM difectum pedunculis folio brevioribus, foliis quinquepartito-trifidis multifidifque, petalis; 
emarginatis, arillis villofis. L’Herit. Ger. Ait. Hort. Kew. vol. 9. $- 437- 
GERANIUM diffectum pedunculis bifloris, foliis quinquepartito-trifidis, petalis emarginatis, longitudine 
calycis, arillis villofis. Linn. Sy/f. Veg. p. 618. Spec. plant. p. 956. Flor. Suec. 622. 
Scopolt Fl. Carn. ed. 2. n. 848. Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 304. Lightfoot Fl. Scot. 371. 
GERANIUM caule erccto, foliis quinquelobis, lobis trifidis acutis. Ha//. Hi. 937. 
GERANIUM foliis imis ufque ad pedunculum divifis. | 277. Parif. tab. 15. f. 2. 
GERANIUM malacoides / columbinum alterum. Parkinfon 706. Columbinum majus diffe&tis foliis, 
Ger. em. 938. Rati Syn. 359. Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill, with jagged leaves. 
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RADIX annua, teres, fubfibrofa, fufca. Q ROOT annual, round, fomewhat fibrous, brown. 
CAULES plures, fubpedales, patentes, teretiufculi, : STALKS many, about a foot long, fpreading, round- 
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pallide virides, hinc rubentes, pilis crebris, ifh, of a pale green, here and there reddifh, 
brevibus, albis, deorfum fpe&tantibus, obfiti, befet with a number of white, {hort hairs, 
nodofi, ramofi, ramis alternis, divaricato- pointing downwards ; jointed, branched; the 
patulis. branches alternate, divaricated, fpreading. 
LEAVES oppofite, on long footftalks, deeply divided ' 
into five fegments, which are again divided 
FOLIA. oppofita, longe petiolata, quinquepartita, laci- 
. nus tri-fexfidis, diftantibus, linearibus, ine- 
qualibus, acutiufculis, venofis, utrinque pilis into from three to fix fmaller ones, diftant, 
furfum fpectantibus inftruétis, margine apice- linear, unequal, fomewhat pointed, veiny, on 
que rubris, finubus obtufis. Laciniz foliorum ( both fides befet with hairs pointing upwards, 
radicalium magis approximate et obtufiores, § their edge and tips red, the finufles obtufe. 
petiolis divaricato-patulis, comprefliufculis, The fegments of the radical leaves'approach 
uti caulis pilofis. nearer to each other, and are more obtufe, 
footftalks fpreading, a little flattened, hairy 
like the ftalk. 
STIPUL/É bilobz, bafi lata, albida, lobis femicorda- 6 STIPUL E compofed of two lobes, with a broad white 
OOO DO OOOO OOOO OSS) 
tis, acuminatis, rubris, nitentibus, linea dor- 9 bafe, the lobes femicordate, acuminated, red, 
fali albida, margineque ciliatis. . Íhining, having a whitifh line on the back, 
: 6 which together with the margin is edged with 
6 - hairs. 
FLORES parvi, purpureo-rubri. ; FLOWERS fmall, of a purplifh red colour. 
PEDUNCULI biflori, foliis breviores. i PEDUNCLES two-flower'd, fhorter than the leaves. 
CALYX: PzniaNTHIUM pentaphyllum, foliolis ova- : CALYX: a Perranruium with five, ovato-oblong, 
to-oblongis, trinervibus, ariftatis, pilis glandu- | three-rib'd, awned leaves, befet with glan- 
lofis obfitis, #g. 1. ; dulous hairs, fig. 1. 
COROLLA calyce paulo brevior. Perata quinque, 9 COROLLA a little fhorter than the calyx. PrrALs 
oblongo-obcordata, emarginata, jig. 2. i five, oblongo-obcordate, emarginated, fig. 2. 
NECTARIUM: GrawpULA quinque virides, cum i NECTARY: five green glandules, placed alternately 
petalis alternantes, fig. 3. 6 with the petals, fig. 9. 
STAMINA: Firamenta decem, germen cingentia. $ STAMINA: ten FiLAMEN'TS furrounding the germen. 
AwNTHERA Íubovate, coerulez, fig. 4. ANTHER nearly ovate, blue, jig. 4. 
PISTILLUM: GznwzN pentagonum, roftratum, pilis i PISTILLUM five-corner’d, beaked, befet with glan- 
glandulofis veftitum. — Srvrus cylindricus, dulous hairs. Srvrz cylindrical permanent. 
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perfiftens. Sricma quinquefidum, rufefcens, STiGMA quinquefid, reddifh, fig. 5. 
fig: 5- 
SEMINA arillata. AnrirLus villofus, jig: 6. 9 SEEDS covered with a villous ARILLU s, fig. 6. 
We have figured this fpecies in the ftate we ufually find it among the herbage, on the borders of meadows 
and paftures ; a fituation which with us it very much affe&ts; of courfe itis more drawn up than when it grows 
fingly, which it frequently does by road fides, and in fallow fields. 
It flowers in May and June. 
It varies greatly infize, and we have feen it with white and flefh coloured bloffoms. 
It can fcarcely be miftaken for any of the other Britifh fpecies; we may remark, however, that it is not only 
diftinguifhed by its finely divided leaves, but that its bloffoms (ufually of a bright colour) being furnifhed with 
. very {hort footítalks, appear fitting as it were among the leaves ; the petals alfo are ufually fhorter than the calyx 
by the awns of the latter, which are unufually long; the calyx, but more particularly the ftyle, which becomes 
the roftrum, is thickly covered with vifcid hairs ; the hairs on the ftalk afford likewife a good diftinétion, as they 
do not fpread horizontally as in many of the other fpecies, but obvioufly point downward, which is accurately 
noticed in Monf. VA1LLANT's figure. 
