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4. Great dovc's-fooc Cranefbill with iittle flowers. 
Geranium colimhinim mnjus f.ore winore ctcruko. 
This is [he plant many have confounded with 
the precctjing tn its name; and, having been 
taken for the fame fpecies, it has been omitLed by 
tnoft v-riters. 
The root is long, flender, redilh. and furniflied 
with many hbres. 
The leaves are numerous, and have very long 
footftalks : they are large, of a rounded form 
in the whole, but very deeply divided into feve^ 
ral parts; and they are of a pale green colour, 
and covered with a foft filvery down. 
The ftalk is round, thick, upright, and two 
feet high : it is alfo of agreenifh colour, though 
frequently red at the joints, and is covered with 
the fame filvery down as the leaves. 
The leaves upon this have iong, flender, and 
weak footftalks, and are much more, deeply di- 
vided than chofe from the root. 
The flowers Hand in confiderable numbers to- 
wards the tops of the lla!ks : they are very fmall, 
though the plant is fo large, and their colour is 
1 faint blue. 
The feed veflel, or beak, is long and flender. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Geranium cclumbimmi majus fore 
minore ccrules. 
The flower in this fpecies is fometimes white. 
Ray found it in this condition near the lead 
mills on Hackney river, and it is frequent in the 
Time place at this time in the fame variation. 
5. Dwarf Dove's-foot. 
Gerf-nimn columbimm huraile fiore minimo caruhs. 
The root is oblong, flender, and divided, and 
has feveral fibres. 
The f^rft leaves are fupported on long foot- 
ftalks, five or fix together, from the root; and 
they are broad and Ihort, deeply divided into 
about feven parts, and thofe notched again at 
the edges. 
The ftalk is round, flender, upright, and not 
more than three inches high, feveral ufuaily rife 
together ; and they are of a pale colour, and 
feldom much branched. 
The leaves on them refcmble thofe from the 
root, but thev are more deeply divided, and have 
Ihorter footfl:aiks. 
The flowers are numerous, and very fmall : 
the petals are divided at the tips, and they are of 
a faint bluiOi hue 
The beak is fliort, fliarp, and fmall ; and is 
*nclofed at the bottom in a cup, which is large 
confidering the fmallnefs of the plant. 
It is common on ditch fides, and flowers in 
fpring. The fliape of the flower and beak fhew 
it plainly to be a difl:in£l fpccics ; not, as might 
appear otherwife, a ftarved plant of fome of the 
other kinds. 
Ray calls it Geranium coluriih'mum humik Jiore 
(teruleo minimo, 
6. Dove's-foot Cranefbfll with deep cut leaves. 
Geranium cdumhinum foliis prcfunde feclis. 
The root is long, thick, divided into feveral 
parts, and hung with numerous fibres. 
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The leaves that rife from it are fuppoiled on 
tall footfiialks; and they are large, of a figure 
approaching in the whole to round, but divided 
by deep and frequent fegm.ents into very fmall 
and narrow parts. 
The fl:alk is round, thick, upright, and a foot 
and half high : it is of a pale whitifli colour, and 
very much branched. 
The leaves on the fl:alk refemblc thofe from 
the root, but are of a paler green, and more 
deeply divided. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a bright red : 
they fl:and in great numbers toward the tops of 
the branches. 
The beaks are large and long. 
It is common about the hedges of dry pafliures, 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Geranitm cohimhinum temmS 
laciniatum. J. Bauhine, Gruinale folio tenuit'zt 
divifo. 
The flowers in this are alfo fometimes white. 
7. Dove's-foot Crancfbill with flowers on long 
footfl;alks. 
Geranium columhinum diffeais foliis pediculis florum 
longiffimis. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The firft leaves are numerous, and are placed 
on long footftalks : they are of a form approach- 
ing to round, deeply divided into fegments, and 
of a dark duflky green. 
The ftalk is round, upright, firm, branched, 
and fmooth : it is of a pale colour, and jointed 
at diftances. 
The leaves on it are like thofe from the root, 
but fmaller i and they are alfo perfedly fmooth, 
and deeply divided. 
The flowers are fupported on very long and 
flender footflalks ; and they are of a bright red : 
they are moderately large, and the petals are 
flightly divided. 
The beaks are large. 
It is common in dry paftures, and flowers in 
July. 
Ray calls it Geranium columbinum dijje£lis foUis 
pcdiculis fiortim longijfmis. 
8. The greatefl; dove's-foot CraneibiJJ. 
Geranium columbinum maximum. 
The root is long and large, of a red colour, 
and furniflied with numerous fibres. 
The firfl: leaves rife in confiderable number, and 
are fupported on very long footftaiks : ifiey are 
of a rounded figure, large, and deeply divided 
into numerous, narrow, and pointed fef^mcnts. 
The flialk is round, thick, upright, and three 
feet high. 
The leaves on it are like thofe from the 
root, but more deeply divided ; and the whole 
plant is covered with a filvery down. 
The flowers are large and red, and they fl:and 
on footft:alks, longer than thofe of the other 
kinds, but not at all comparable to thofe of the 
lafl: fpecies. 
The beaks are large, long, and fliarp. 
It is frequent in our midland counties, and 
flowers in jLily. 
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