90 THE GERANIUM FAMILY. 
Petals not longer than the calyx . 8. G. molle, — 
Petals entire or slightly notched. 
Leaves shortly divided into broad lobes. Seeds dotted 10. G. rotundifolium. 
Leaves divided to the middle. Seedssmooth . . 9. G. pusillum. 
Two other Continental perennial species are included in some of our 
Floras as having occasionally strayed from gardens: @. striatum, with 
long hairs on the stems, and rather large flowers, the petals very pale, 
elegantly veined, and rather deeply notched ; and G. nodosum, a gla- 
brous plant, the lobes of the leaves very pointed, and the petals of a 
purplish red, much less notched. G. macrorhizon and several other 
exotic perennials are also cultivated in our flower-gardens. 
1. G. sanguineum, Linn. (fig. 202). Blood-red G.—Rootstock thick 
and woody, sometimes.creeping. Stems numerous, aboutafootlong,de- 
cumbent or rarely erect, with spreading hairs. Leaves nearly orbicular, : 
but divided to the base in 5 or 7 segments, which are again cut into 3 — 
or 5 narrow lobes. Flowers large, of a dark purple, growing singly on 
long, slender peduncles. Sepals hairy, with a fine point. Petals twice 
as long, obovate, slightly notched, and very spreading. 
In dry woods and pastures, in temperate and southern Europe to the 
Caucasus, penetrating far into Scandinavia. In Britain, it occurs in 
many localities, and yet is not very general. FJ. summer. A more 
hairy variety with more flesh-coloured flowers, and of shorter growth, 
originally found in the Isle of Walney, Lancashire, is the G. lancastriense, 
With. 
2. G. pheeum, Linn. (fig. 203). Dusky G.—Rootstock and general 
mode of growth of G. sylvaticum, but the stems are weaker, with fewer — 
flowers, the leaves less deeply cut, with broader lobes, and the petals, 
of a dark, dingy purple colour, are broadly obovate, quite entire, and 
spread very open from the base, or are almost reflexed. 
In woods and meadows, in hilly districts, in central and western 
HKurope, not extending to its eastern limits, and in northern Europe only 
as an introduced plant. In Britain also an introduced plant, although 
~ said to be wild in Westmoreland and Yorkshire. FI. all summer. 
3. G. sylvaticum, Linn. (fig. 204.) Wood G.—Rootstock very short, 
covered with the brown scarious stipules of the old leaves. Stems 
erect or ascending, 1 to 2 feet high or rather more. Radical leaves on 
long stalks, palmately divided almost to the base with 5 or 7 pointed 
lobes more or less cut and serrated. Stem-leaves few, on much shorter 
stalks. The upper part of the stem is repeatedly forked, forming a 
rather dense, corymbose panicle of handsome purplish flowers. 
Peduncles short, each with 2 flowers, on short pedicels, which 
remain erect when the fruit ripens. Sepals ending in a fine point 
above a line long. Petals obovate, slightly notched, scarcely twice 
as long as the calyx. Filaments of the stamens hairy, scarcely 
flattened. i 
In moist woods and thickets, and mountain meadows, throughout __ 
Europe and Russian Asia, extending to the Arctic regions.» In Britain, 
not found south of Stafford and Carnarvon ; common in Scotland and © 
northern Ireland. Fl. summer. 
4. G. pratense, Linn. (fig. 205). Meadow G.—Distinguished from 
G. sylvaticum chiefly by its more cut leaves, and larger bluish-purple 
flowers loosely panicled on longer peduncles ; the pedicels always more 
