MONADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. Geranium. 803 
E. Bot. 259— Vaill. 15. 4<~Pet. 64. 8. 
Calyx large^ ventricose. {Stems slender, mostly decumbent, hairy. Hairs 
laid flat. Leaves a little hairy on both surfaces, divided to the base. E.) 
Calyx somewhat hairy, membranous at the edges, terminated by short 
awns reddish at the ends. Petals marked with three lines; the little tooth 
between the lobes not very pointed, reddish blue. Stamens with ten green 
glands at the base. 
Long-stalked Crane’s-bill. (Irish: Creighta. Welsh: Pig yr Aran 
hirgoesog. E.) Corn-fields, pastures, and hedges. Heydon, Norfolk. 
Mr. Bryant. (About Fulham and Sarston, Norfolk. Mr. Woodward. 
On Willington Ballast Hills, Northumberland; Matlock ; also near 
Brockham, Surry. Mr. Winch. Opposite the Windmill Inn, between 
Warwick and Stratford. Perry. On Bryn Gwydryn, Anglesey. 
Welsh Bot. Queensferry, Mr. Maughan, and about Glasgow. Mr. M. 
Stark. Hook. Scot. St. Vincent’s Rocks, near Bristol. In a barren gra¬ 
velly soil near the entrance upon Barr-beacon from Birmingham. E.) 
A. June—Aug 
(G. pusil'lum. Fruit-stalks generally two-flowered: leaves kidney¬ 
shaped, palmate, cut, downy: capsules keeled, even, hairy: seeds 
without dots. 
Dicks. H. S. — Curt. 36— E. Bot. 385— Cavan. Diss. 83. 1. E.) 
Root throwing out many cylindrical, much branched stems, varying in 
length according to situation and soil; procumbent when growing 
alone, but upright when among other plants, and frequently attain¬ 
ing the height of two feet. Stem and branches just sensibly downy 
and soft to the touch. Leaves kidney-shaped, deeply lobed, hairy, espe¬ 
cially on the margin, and veins on the under surface : hairs expanding. 
Root and lower stem-leaves generally seven-lobed; upper leaves five- 
lobed, more deeply divided, opposite, unequal; lobes wedge-shaped, 
three-cleft, bluntish. Floral-leaves four, awl-shaped, hairy. Fruit-stalks 
alternate, axillary, upright. Calyx hairy, awnless. Petals inversely 
heart-shaped, bluish purple, notched; claws upright, about the length 
of the calyx. Stamens distinct at the base, five with and five without 
anthers. Seed-coats even, covered with short bristles pointing upwards. 
Seeds smooth. 
Varies with leaves alternate towards the tops of the stem and branches, 
and with three or sometimes four flowers on a fruit-stalk. Robson. 
(In general habit scarcely to be distinguished from G. molle , but its cap¬ 
sules being neither wrinkled nor free from hairiness, clearly discriminate 
the species; its Jlowers also much smaller, with only five stamens bearing 
anthers. E.) 
(A very diminutive variety is represented as G. humile, Cavan. Diss. 83. 2. 
R. Syn. 16. 2. a. b. G. columbinum humile , flore cceruleo minimo. High 
ditch banks. At Low Layton, early in spring. Dillenius. (By the side 
of the foot-way at the sixth mile stone from the standard on Cornhill on 
the Mitcham road, July, 1824. Mr. Griffith. E.) 
Small-flowered Crane’s-bill. Welsh : Pig yr Aran mdnflodeuog . 
G. pusilhtm. Linn. G. malvcefolium. Scop. With. G.parviflorum. Curt. 
G. columbinum majus, ■ Jlore minore cceruleo. R. Syn. Hedges and 
waste places, as common about Darlington as G. molle. Mr. Robson. 
(Between Dorking and Betchworth Park; and on Hebburn Quay, Dur¬ 
ham. Mr. Winch. Above the beach between AberfFraw bridge and the 
