CRANE'S-BILL FAMILY IOI 



3.* G. noddsum, a similar species, with glabrous stem and red 

 flowers, is also an escape. 



4.* G. phceum (Dusky Crane's-bill). — A tall, erect plant with 

 leaves 5 — 7-lobed, serrate; dingy, purplish-black flowers with 

 mucronate sepals ; and carpels hairy below, wrinkled above, not 

 uncommon in gardens, occurs also as an escape in plantations. — 

 Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



5. G. sylvdticum (Wood Crane's-bill). — A tall, erect, hairy species; 



gerXnium prat£ns£ (Meadow Crane s-bill). 



leaves palmate, 7-lobed, lobes cut and serrate ; flowers purplish- 

 blue or rose-colour ; petals with bearded claws ; stamens awl- 

 shaped, fringed; carpels hairy ; fruit-stalks erect. — Woods and 

 pastures, chiefly in the north ; rare. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



6. G. pratense (Meadow Crane's-bill).— The largest British 

 species, erect, downy, sometimes 4 feet high ; differing from the 

 last in having stalks to the cauline leaves ; narrow stipules ; larger, 

 b\ue-purp\e flowers, over an inch across ; very large points to the 

 sepals ; more slender and less hairy filaments ; and deflexed fruit- 



