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stalks. — Moist meadows and river-sides; common. — Fl. June — 

 September. Perennial. 



7. G. pyrendicum (Mountain Crane's-bill). — Stem spreading, 2 

 feet high, downy, with long hairs intermixed ; radical leaves 

 reniform, 7 — 9-lobed, lobes oblong, obtuse, 3-cleft and toothed at 

 the end ; flowers \ in. across ; sepals mucronate ; petals notched, 

 twice as long, bright red. — Road-sides and meadows ; uncommon, 

 seldom indigenous. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



** Annual or Biennial 



8. G. mblle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill). — Prostrate, very softly 

 pubescent ; leaves roundish, lobed and cut ; flozvers \—\ in. 

 across, rose-colour or lilac ; sepals mucronate ; petals bifid ; fruit 

 wrinkled, glabrous. — Fields and waste places ; common. — Fl. all 

 the summer. Annual. 



9. G. pusillum (Small-flowered Crane's-bill). — Resembling the 

 last, but smaller, prostrate, very softly pubescent ; leaves roundish, 

 more deeply lobed ; flozvers \ in. across, lilac ; sepals mucronate ; 

 petals notched ; carpels keeled, downy with adpressed hairs, not 

 wrinkled. — Waste ground; common. — Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



10. G. rotundifdlium (Round-leaved Crane's-bill). — Also re- 

 sembling G. mblle, downy, with more distant hairs ; flozvers \ — J 

 in. across, flesh-pink ; petals not notched ; carpels keeled, with 

 spreading hairs, not wrinkled. —Waste places; not common. — Fl. 

 June, July. Annual. 



11. G. dissectum (Jagged-leaved Crane's-bill). — Hairy, not 

 downy; stems spreading; leaves roundish, divided almost to the 

 base in 5 — 7 segments with linear lobes ; peduncles very short ; 



flowers \ — \ in. across, bright red ; sepals with long points ; petals 

 bifid ; carpels not wrinkled, with erect hairs. — Waste places ; 

 common. — Fl. all the summer. Annual. 



12. G. columbinum (Long-stalked Crane's-bill). — Stems spread- 

 ing, nearly glabrous ; branches 1 — 2 feet ; leaves similar to those of 

 the last but on much longer stalks ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; pedicels very long and slender ; flowers \ — f in. across, 

 often drooping, bluish rose-colour ; sepals with long points ; 

 petals emarginate ; carpels with few small hairs. — Dry hedgerows ; 

 not very common. — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



13. G. lucidum (Shining Crane's-bill). — A beautiful and distinct 

 species, a few inches high, glabrous and glossy ; stems and leaves 

 generally tinged with red ; leaves nearly round, 5-lobed ; flowers 

 small, rose-colour; sepals wrinkled, with long points; petals 

 shorter, entire. — Old walls and stony places ; common. — Fl. all 

 the summer. Annual. 



