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3. G. sylvaticum, Linn. (fig. 203). Wood Geranium.—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 two flowers, on short pedicels, which remain erect when the fruit 
ripens. Sepals ending ina 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 
Kurope and Russian Asia, extending to the Arctic regions. In Britain, 
chiefly in western, central, and northern England, not found south of 
Stafford and Carnarvon; common in Scotland and northern Ireland. /, 
summer. 
4, G. pratense, Linn. (fig. 204). Meadow Geranium.—Distinguished 
from G. sylvaticum, chiefly by its more cut leaves, and larger bluish- 
purple flowers loosely panicled on longer peduncles; the pedicels always 
more or less spreading or reflexed after flowering. The filaments are also 
much flattened in their lower part, and the claws of the petals ciliated on 
the edge, not bearded inside, 
In meadows, woods, and thickets, roadsides, etc., widely spread over 
Europe and Russian Asia, but not an Arctic species, although, like the last, 
chiefly a mountain plant in southern Europe, In Britain, rather less fre- 
quent than G. sylvaticum, not extending so far north in Scotland, but 
more widely spread in southern England; very rare in Ireland. fl. 
summer, 
5. G. pyrenaicum, Linn. (fig. 205). Mountain Geranium.—A peren- 
nial, like the last four species, but with smaller flowers, and much of the 
habit of the annual ones. Stems often 2 feet long or more, and branched, 
more or less covered with short, soft hairs. Leaves erbicular, deeply cut 
into 5 or 7 coarsely toothed, usually obtuse lobes. Flowers numerous, on 
slender pedicels, two together on each peduncle. Sepals scarcely 2 lines 
long. Petals about twice their length, pale purple and veined, deeply 
notched. G. perenne, Huds. 
A native of the hilly districts of central and southern Europe to the 
Caucasus, but frequently naturalized on roadsides and waste places further 
to the north. In Britain it appears to be fully established in several parts 
of England, southern Scotland, and Ireland. FV. spring and summer. 
6. G. Robertianum, Linn. (fig. 206). Herb-Robert Geranium.—aAn 
erect or spreading much-branched annual, 6 inches to near a foot high, 
generally bearing a few soft hairs, often turning bright red in all its 
parts, and smelling disagreeably when rubbed. Leaves divided into 3 pin- 
nate or twice pinnate segments, never orbicular or palmate (except the 3 
primary divisions). Flowers rather small, Sepals hairy, with long points. 
Petals reddish-purple or rarely white, sometimes nearly twice the length of 
the calyx, obovate and entire, with glabrous, erect claws. Carpels glabrous, 
with a few transverse wrinkles. 
Tn stony and waste places, open woods, etc., very common throughout 
