Geranium. ] XX. GHRANIACES, 9B 
north, G. molle being, probably, frequently mistaken for it. In Britain 
rather scarce, only occurring in southern and central England, and some 
parts of Ireland. VU. summer. 
11. G.dissectum, Linn. (fig. 211). Cut-leaved Geranium.—An 
annual, like the last three, but often more erect, and usually more branched, 
and the leaves much more deeply divided into 5, 7, or 9 narrow segments, 
which are again deeply trifid or lobed. Peduncles very short, bearing two 
small purple flowers ; the sepals rather larger than in the last three species, 
‘with distinct subulate points; the petals about their length, slightly 
notched. Carpels hairy, without wrinkles. Seeds beautifully and minutely 
reticulated or dotted. The hairiness of the plant is variable; usually the 
stems are clothed with long, reflexed hairs, the leaves with a short, soft 
down. 
In dry pastures, waste and cultivated places, common over Europe, 
Russian Asia, and North America, except the extreme north; a slight 
variety equally common in North America under the name of G. carolinia- 
num, and a larger-flowered perennial variety extends over western America, 
southern Australia, and New Zealand. The common small-flowered form is 
abundant in Britain, £7. spring and summer, 
12, G. columbinum, Linn. (fig, 212). Long-stalked Geranium.—An 
annual, with slender, decumbent, slightly hairy stems; the leaves deeply 
divided as in Gt, dissectum, but the segments still narrower, mostly linear ; 
the peduncles and pedicels long and slender ; the calyx considerably longer, 
with long, slender points. Petals entire or notched, seldom exceeding the 
calyx. Carpels but slightly hairy, or quite glabrous, not wrinkled, Seeds 
dotted as in Gt. dissectum. 
In dry pastures, on banks and waste places, widely spread over Europe 
and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. Not so common as G. 
dissectum in Britain, and very local in Scotland and Ireland, fl. spring 
and summer. 
Il. ERODIUM. ERODIUM. 
Prostrate or decumbent herbs, differing from Geranium in the divisions 
or nerves of the leaves being pinnate, not palmate; in the stamens always 
reduced to 5, the 5 alternate ones being rudimentary only; in the awns of 
the carpels bearded with a few long hairs on the inside, and spirally twisted 
after they are detached from the axis, The flowers are also frequently 
more than two together, in an umbel on the summit of the peduncle. 
The geographical range is nearly that of Geranium, in which genus it 
was included by Linneus. But the greater number of the species are 
maritime plants from the Mediterranean regions, or roadside weeds, with 
flowers so insignificant, that but few have ever been cultivated. 
Leaves pinnate, with distinct segments. 
Segments deeply pinnatifid, with toothed lobes. IOS of 
areddish purple . » 1. £. cicutarium, 
- Segments ovate, coarsely toothed or shortly lobed. Flowers 
of a bluish purple. - 2. BE. moschatum, 
Leaves toothed or lobed, but not divided into distinet segments, 
Leaves ovate P ’ 3. BE. maritimum. 
Leaves palmately ‘lobed . . ‘ ‘ » Geranium pusillum, 
1, S. cicutarium, L’Her. (fig. 213). Gakic: Krodium.—Usually an 
