92 THE GERANIUM FAMILY, [ Geranium, 
Europe, Russian and central Asia, and northern America, short of the | 
Arctic Circle. Abundant in Britain, 1. the whole season. A maritime 
variety, with thicker leaves and smaller flowers, has been described under 
the name of G. purpureum, Willd. : 
7. G. lucidum, Linn. (fig. 207). Shining Geranium.—An annual, 
often turning red like G. Robertianum, but always glabrous and shining, 
and the leaves are orbicular and palmately lobed, with broad segments 
usually obtuse, or rarely slightly pointed. It is easily distinguished also 
from all our Geraniums by the pyramidal calyx, the edges of the erect 
sepals forming very proj jecting angles. Petals like those of G. Robertianum, 
but smaller. 
In stony and waste places, on old walls, etc., in temperate and southern 
Europe and central Asia, extending northwards into Scandinavia. Gene- 
rally distributed over Britain, rarer in northern Scotland. #1. spring and 
summer. 
8. G.molle, Linn, (fig. 208). Dove’s-foot Geranium.—An annual, 
often tufted at the base, more or less covered with rather long, soft, 
spreading hairs; the stems weak and spreading, very short when first 
flowering, and seldom attaining a foot. Radical leaves numerous, on very 
long stalks, orbicular, rather above an inch diameter, divided to below the 
middle into 7 to 11 obovate or wedge-shaped lobes, which are again 3- or 
5-lobed; the upper leaves few, small, with fewer but deeper and narrower 
divisions. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, each with 2 small purplish 
flowers ; the sepals obtuse or scarcely pointed; the petals deeply notched, 
scarcely longer than the calyx. Carpels distinctly marked with transverse 
wrinkles. Seeds quite smooth, without dots. 
In waste and cultivated places, throughout Europe, except perhaps the 
extreme north, and spread over many other countries as a weed of culti- 
vation. Abundant in Britain. Sl. the whole season. 
9. G. pusillum, Linn. (fig. 209). Small-flowered Geranium.—Very 
near G. molle, but less hairy, and the leaves usually smaller and more 
deeply divided. Sepals with a short but distinct point. Petals but 
slightly notched. Carpels not wrinkled, but hairy as in G. rotundifolium, 
while the seeds are as smooth asin G‘. molle. Five of the stamens have 
usually, and perhaps constantly, no anthers, as in Hrodiwm. 'The upper 
leaves are sometimes divided to the base; the species is then distinguished 
from G. dissectum by the smaller leaves and smooth seeds. 
In waste and cultivated places, throughout Europe, except the extreme 
north, but not generally so common as G. molle. In Britain certainly not 
so abundant as that species, but perhaps sometimes mistaken for it, and 
thus overlooked. FV. all summer: 
10, G. rotundifolium, Linn. (fig. 210). Round-leaved Geranium.— 
Usually rather a stouter plant than G. molle, but with the same orbicular 
leaves and soft hairs; the lobes of the leaves rather broader, more obtuse, 
and not so deep; the peduncles shorter; the flowers still smaller, with 
entire, obovate petals, scarcely extending the slightly pointed sepals. 
Carpels hairy, without wrinkles, and the seeds dotted, as in the two following 
species. 
In waste and cultivated places, recorded as commor in Europe and | 
Russian Asia, and certainly so in the south, but mark less frequent in the 
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