XX. GERANIACE7E. 
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Geranium.'] ' 
stamens dilated at the base, capsules even hairy, seeds minutely 
reticulated. E. B. t. 404. 
Pastures and moist thickets, particularly near cascades in moun- 
tainous countries. About London. If. . 6 — 9. — Stem l — 2 ft. high. 
Readily distinguished by its large purple flowers and multipartite 
leaves. The hairs on the fruit, in this and the last, are spreading and 
glandular. 
6. G. Pyrendicum L. ( Mountain C.) ; leaves reniform 5 — 7- 
lobed, lobes oblong obtuse trifid and toothed at the extremity, 
stem erect branched softly hairy, petals with a deep notch 
twice as long as the mucronate sepals, capsules keeled even 
slightly downy, seeds without dots. E. B. t. 405. 
Meadows and pastures in many places, but not frequent. 11 . 6,1. 
— Stem ‘2 — 3 ft. high, much branched. Claws of petals densely bearded. 
Distinguished by the very obtuse segments of its lower leaves (for the 
upper ones are acute and less divided), and its rather small, numerous, 
purple flowers, with cleft petals. The root of this is fusiform ; in all 
the former it consists of long fibres arising from a prtemorse, oblique 
tap root. 
*** Peduncles 2- flowered . Root annual. 
7. G. lucidum L. (shining C .) ; leaves roundish 5-lobed, lobes 
trifid and notched obtuse with a short mucro, calyx pyramidal 
angular dentato-tuberculate, claw of petals glabrous, capsules 
transversely wrinkled, seeds without dots. E. B. t. 75. 
Rocks, walls, and roofs of houses, especially hilly and mountainous 
countries. 0. 5 — 8. — Stems spreading, shining (as are the leaves), 
brittle, swelling at the joints. Leaves small, lower ones reniform, 
often of a fine red. Flowers small, rose-coloured. 
8. G. Robertidnum L. (stinking C. or Herb-Robert) ; leaves bi- 
tri- or quinate with 3 or 5 deep lanceolate inciso-pinnatifid acu- 
minate segments, calyx angular hairy, claw of petals glabrous, 
capsules transversely wrinkled, seeds without dots. E. B. 1. 1486. 
Woods, thickets, stony and waste ground, frequent. A small var. 
is common by the sea-side, the j8 of Smith : it is the G. purpureum of 
Miller, and of Forster in E. B. S. t. 2648,(7. Raii, Lindl. Svn. p. 57. 
0. 5 — 9. — Stems spreading, red, brittle. Flowers purple, some- 
times white. 
9. G. mdlle L. (Dove' s-foot C .) ; leaves rounded or reniform 
lobed and cut downy, their segments obtuse, petals notched 
scarcely longer than the calyx, their claws bearded, capsules 
transversely wrinkled, seeds without dots. E. B. t. 778. 
Dry pastures and waste places, common. 0. 4 — 8. — Stems 
spreading, procumbent, with long hairs. Leaves lobed ; lobes broad, 
cut. Flowers small, purple. Seeds smooth. 
10. G. pusiilurri L. (small-flowered C.) ; petals notched, 
anther-bearing stamens 5, leaves rounded or reniform palmate 
