802 MONADELPHIA. DECANDRTA. Geranium. 
Knotty Crane’s-bill. Mountainous thickets in Cumberland. Ray; con¬ 
firmed by Mr. Woodward. (Gathered in rather a hilly situation between 
Hatfield and Welwyn, Herts, by the Rev. Dr. Abbot. E. Bot. E.) 
P. July—Aug. 
G. sylvat'icum. (Leaves about sevcn-lobed, deeply notched and ser¬ 
rated : capsules hairy all over : stamens awl-shaped, fringed. E.) 
E. Bot. 121—j Rose 1, at p. 472, G. palustre — FI. Dan. 124— C&m. Epit. 
602 —Park. 705. 5— H. Ox. v. 16. 25. 
{Stem two or three feet high, branched, leafy. E.) Flowers (an inch over, 
light purple, veined ; petals entire, or slightly notched, E.) before blos¬ 
soming hanging down, afterwards upright. Leaves slightly hairy, the 
lower with seven lobes, middle with five, upper with three. Fruit-stalks 
with sometimes more than two flowers. Floral-leaves awl-shaped, small. 
Calyx and fruit-stalks very hairy. Woodw. Hairs on the flowering stems, 
edges of the leaves, and on the calyx, ending in small globules. Leaves , 
segments terminating in small fleshy glands: the upper sessile. Calyx 
ribbed, membranous at the edge, ending in fine points. 
A dwarf variety with unusually large flowers was remarked in Scotland by 
Lightfoot. 
Wood Crane’s-bill. G. batrachoides alterum. Ger. Em. 942. Mountain¬ 
ous thickets and pastures in Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Yorkshire ; 
and sides of rivers in rocky and shady places. Holt wood in Leziate, 
near Lynn, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. About Aysgarth Force, Wensleydale. 
Mr. Wood. Near Coniston, Lancashire. Mr. Woodward. Corby 
Castle, Cumberland. Dr. Stokes. Very common in moist shady places in 
most parts of the county of Durham. Mr. Robson. Near Hales Owen, 
Shropshire. (Oversley wood, Warwickshire. Dudmaston woods, Salop. 
Hall. Common in Scotland. In Colinton woods with white flowers. 
Maughan. Grev. Edin. In a field adjoining Dunluce Castle, Antrim. 
E. Murphy, Esq. E.) P. June—July. 
(3) Petals notched or cloven : fruit-stalks two-flowered. Annual. 
G. dissect'um. Fruit-stalks shorter than the leaves: leaves in five, 
three, or many-cleft, deeply divided lobes : petals notched: 
capsules hairy : (seeds reticulated. E.) 
Curt. —(J E. Bot. 753. E.— FI. Dan. 936— Vaill. 15. 2— Plot Oxf. 9. 4, at p. 
146— Pet. 64. 6 and 7— Fuchs. 207— J. B. iii. 474. 1-— Blackw. 58. 2. 
( Stems weak, spreading, or sub-erect, leafy, hairy, twelve to eighteen inches 
long. E.) Leaves divided down to the leaf-stalk into five, and these 
again into three, segments strap-shaped, usually entire, but the middle 
one sometimes sub-divided. Fruit-stalks very short. Flower-scales 
minute. Woodw. Calyx leaves three-ribbed. Seed-coats beset with 
glandular hairs. Hollefear. Stem hairs pointing downwards. Calyx 
hairs viscid. Curt. Calyx awned. Flowers red, (rather small, from their 
short stalks apparently sessile among the leaves. E.) Anthers blue. 
Jagged-i.eaved Crane’s-bill. (Welsh: Pig yr Aran llarpiog. E.) 
Road sides ; borders of fields, ditch banks. A. May—Aug. 
G. columbi'num. (Fruit-stalks thrice as long as the leaves, which are 
in five, very deep, laciniated segments : calyx five-sided; capsules 
quite even and smooth ; seeds reticulated. E,) 
