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*** Root fusiform atfyvml, ped. 2-Jl(noered. 
0. G. pmU'lum (L.); pedicels deflexed after flowering, pet. 
notched a little crceedinff the mucronate sep(ds, clmcs slightly 
;iliat€, carp, not wrinkled loith adpressed hairs, seeds smo ih, 1. 
renifomi palmate with 5 — 7 trifid lohes, st. difl'use downy. — E. B. 
385. R. V. 190. G. rotundi folium Fries. — St. usually prostrate, 
clothed only with short down. Fl. small, bluish purple. Claws 
of the pet. only .slightly eiliate. Fertile anth. 5. Styles pale 
•flesh-coloured. Ped. shorter than the leaves. — Waste places. 
A. IX. E. S. I. 
7. G. dissec'tum (L.) ; pet. bifid about equalling the awned 
;sepals, claws slightly eiliate, carp, not wrinkled ivith erect hairs, 
eeds netted, 1. in 5 — 7 deep laciniate segnients with linear lobes, 
St. diflUse hairy. — E. R. 753. R. v. 189. — Fl. small, bluish pur- 
Kile. L. divided almost to the base, longer than the peduncles. — 
Vaste places. A. VI.— VIII. Doves-foot. E. S. I. 
8. G. columhmum (L.) ; pet. obovate emarginate with a short 
blunt tooth in the notch about equalling the awned sepals, claws 
eiliate, carp, not wrinkled xoith a feiv minute scattered hairs, 
seeds netted, 1. in 5—7 deep laciniate segments, st. difl'use with 
adpressed hairs. — E. B. 259. R. v. 198. — Fl. small, rose-colom-ed. 
L. divided almost to their base. Peduncles longer than the leaves, 
pedicels very long. — On gravelly and limestone soils. A. VI. 
VII. E. S. I. 
9. G. rotundifdlium (L.) ; j^et. spathulate entiri blunt rather 
longer than the shortly awned sepals, claws glabrous, carp, not 
wrinkled loith spreading hairs, seeds netted, 1. reniform in 5 — 7 
broadly wedgeshaped incise-crenate segments, st. difllise pubes- 
cent.— £ R. 157. R. V. 190. G. viscidum Ehrh.— Fl. small, 
flesh-colom-ed. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. — Old walls 
and waste places, rare. A. VI. VII. E. I. 
10. G. mol'le (L.) ; pet. oblong deeply bifid 1 as long again as 
the mucronate sepals, claws eiliate, carp, transversely wrinkled, 
glabrous, seeds smooth, 1. roimdish-reniform in 7 — 9 deep wedge- 
shaped seginents trifid at the end, st. difl'use pubescent. — E. R. 
778. R. V. 191.— Fl. small, pm-ple. Styles duU red. Softly 
pubescent, glandular above. — Dry places. A. IV. — VIII. E. S. I. 
11. G. lucidum (L.) ; pet. obovate entire, claivs glabrous very 
ilong nearly equalling the transversely ivrhikled jjyramidal caly.v, 
carp, netted triply heehd glandidar-hairy at the summit, seeds 
amboth, I. reniform' in 5 blunt incise-crenate mucronate seg- 
ments, St. spreading ascending.— R. 76. R. v. 187. — Fl. small, 
rose-coloured. St. and 1. glabrous and shining, often strongly 
tinged with red. — Lindley considers his G. Rail as most allied 
to this species, diff'ering by its " shaggy calyx and simply keeled' 
