90 THE GERANIUM FAMILY. [Geranium. 



Petals not longer than the calyx 8. Cr. molle. 



Petals entire or slightly notched. 

 Leaves shortly divided into broad lobes. Seeds dotted 10. G. rotundifolium. 

 Leaves divided to the middle. Seeds smooth . . 9. O. pusillum. 



Two other Continental perennial species are included in some of our 

 Floras as having occasionally strayed from gardens : 0. 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, about a foot long, 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. Fl. 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. phseum, Linn. (fig. 203). Dusky #.— 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 

 Europe, 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. Fl. all summer. 



3. G. sylvaticum, Linn. (fig. 204.) Wood G. — Kootstock 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. 



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 



