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when it attains its highest development, but it must have shade and 
a rich soil to show forth its full beauty. The Dove’s-foot Crane’s- 
bill, G. molle, may be known by the roundish leaves which grow 
next the root, and deeply-notched petals of a pinkish-purple colour, 
though in many of its characters it resembles the Small-flowered 
Crane’s-bill, G. pusillum, and the Round-leaved Crane’s-bill, G. ro- 
tundifolium. 
A common plant on dry wastes and fallow fields is the Jagged- 
leaved Crane’s-bill, G. dissectum, the leaves of which are cut into 
longer and narrower segments than those of any other species, with 
SNEEZEWORT YARROW. 
the exception of the one next to be mentioned. The flowers are 
few, produced in pairs at the top of the plant ; they are of a pleasing 
pink colour usually, but vary considerably, as soil and situation 
affect them. The Long-stalked Crane’s-bill, G. columbinum, is like 
the last in its deeply-cut leaves, but the flowers are larger, and borne 
on peculiarly long stalks, which give the plant a light, wiry appear- 
ance, in which it differs from all other species. The Stork’s-bills 
are the close allies of the Crane’s-bills ; they bear smaller flowers, 
and the fruit has a longer, narrower, and harder beak. The Hemlock- 
leaved Stork’s-bill, Erodium cicutarhim, is the most common. 
