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THE GERANIUM FAMILY. 



out Europe, Eussian and central Asia, 

 northern America, short of the Arctic 

 Circle. Abundant in Britain. Fl. the 

 tvhole season. A maritime variety, with 

 thicker leaves and smaller flowers, has 

 been described under the name of 

 G. purpureum (Eng. Bot. Suppl. 

 t. 2648.) 



Fig. 204. 



7. Shining Geranium. Geranium lucidum, Linn. (Fig. 205.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 75, the leaves not correct.) 



An annual, often turning red like the 

 Herb-Robert G., but always glabrous 

 and shining, and the leaves are orbicular 

 and palmately lobed, with broad seg- 

 ments usually obtuse, or rarely slightly 

 pointed. It is easily distinguished also 

 from all our Geraniums by the pyra- 

 midal calyx, the edges of the erect 

 sepals forming very projecting angles. 

 Petals like those of the Serb-Robert 

 6r., but smaller. 



In stony and waste places, on old walls, 

 etc., in temperate and southern Europe 

 and central Asia, extending northwards 

 into Scandinavia. Generally distributed 

 over Britain, excepting northern Scot- 

 Fig. 205. land. Fl. spring and summer. 



