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THE GERANIUM FAMILY. 



1b m% 



In waste and cultivated places, through- 

 out Europe, except the extreme north, 

 but not generally so common as the 

 doves-foot G. In Britain certainly not 

 so abundant as that species, but per- 

 haps sometimes mistaken for it, and 

 thus overlooked. Fl. all summer. 



Fig. 207. 



10. Round-leaved Geranium. Geranium rotundifolium, L. 



(Fig. 208.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 157.) 



Usually rather a stouter plant than 

 the dove s -foot G., 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 exceeding 

 the slightly pointed sepals. Carpels 

 hairy, without wrinkles, and the seeds 

 dotted, as in the two following species. 



In waste and cultivated places, re- 

 corded as common in Europe and Rus- 

 sian Asia, and certainly so in the south, 

 much less frequent in the north, the 

 doves-foot G. being, probably, frequently 

 mistaken for it. In Britain rather scarce, 

 chiefly occurring in southern and cen- 

 tral England, and some parts of Ireland. 

 Fig. 208. FL summer. 



