GERANIUM ROTUNDIFOLIUM. ROUND-LEAVED
CRANE’S-BILL.
GERANIUM rotundifolium ; pedunculis bifloris, petalis integris, foliis reniformibus incisis tomentosis,
capsulis hirsutis, seminibus reticulatis. Sm.
GERANIUM rotundifolium. Linn. ■ PI. p. 957. Hud, Angl p . 303. g H W H With. But. A rr. ed. 4. M S.p. 594. Curt. FI. Load. ed. 1. Sm th , F l .B r d p. 7»o.
W m Bot. t. 157. Hoffm. FI. Germ. ed. W M W M W | 6f f % f
m i s. p. 712. Decand. Pi. Fr. ed. S. m l.4. p. 852. FI. Gall. U B H P e n . Syn.
PI. m l a. p. 236. Ait. Hort. Kao. c d .Z .m l . i .p . 190. Hook. FI. Scot. P . I. p. -07.
GERANIUM yiscidum, caule decumbente, foliis semiquinquelobis, ldbis tridentatis et quinquelobatis.
Hall. Helv. «.941.
GERANIUM columbinum majus, dissectis foliis. Rail Syn. p. 359.
(3 Geranium columbinum maximum, foliis dissectis. Rail Syn. p. 360.
Class a n d O r d e r . MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA.
f [N a t u r a l Oe d e e . GERANIEIE, Decandolle. GERANIA, Just., Adam. GRUINALES, Linn.]
r „ r i I . „ Calux nentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala, regularis. Nectarii glandular qumque, melliferm,
I M i i i l M i Bi i H i i M AriSi quinque, monospermi, aristati, ad basm receptaculr rostrat,;
aristis nudis simplicibus (nec spiralibus nec barbatis). W-
Ge n . Ch a e . Calyx of five leave,. Corolla of five petal,, regular. Gland, of
adnate td'the base of the longer'filaments ./A r i l l s five, monospermous, aristate, at the base of the beaked
ceptacle: ariste simple, naked (neither spiral nor bearded.) W.
R a d ix annua, subfusiformis, parce fibrosa.
Caules e basi sæpe divisi ; rami teretes,^ rubicundi, pu-
bescentes, non raro iterum ramosi.
Fo lia omnia petiolis folio lbngioribus pubescentibus,
rubicundis insidentia, cordato-rotundata, pubes-
centia, venosa, quinque- ad septem-lobata, lobis
acute laciniato-crenatis, laciniis tribus ad quinque.
Stipulée quaternæ, lanceolate, membranaceas, rubi-
cundoe. _ . .
P e d u n c u l i oppositifolii, petiolis breviores, bifidi, bi-
flori. Pedicelli pedunculo breviores, patentes,
basi braCteis quadrilânceôlatis suflfulti.
Caly x pentaphyllus, foliolis ovatis, acutis, trinerviis,
piloso-pubescentibus, mucronatis, erecto-patulis.
Corolla : Petala quinque, obovata, apice rotundata,
calycelongiora, pallide purpurea.
St am in a : Filamenta decern, alba, subulata, alternatim
longiora. Antheræ cæruleæ.
P is t il l u m : Germen quinquanguläre. Stylus subu-
latus. Stigmata quinque, radiata.
Pericarpium : Cocculi quinque, læ ves, pubescentes.
Sem in a quinque, elliptica, reticulato-punctata.
Root annual, subfusiform, sparingly fibrous.
Stems often divided from the base, the branches rounded,
red, pubescent, not unfrequently again divided.
Leaves , all o f them placed upon pubescent, red, petioles
which are longer than the leaf, cordato-ro-
tundate, pubescent, veined, five- to seven-lobed,
lobes acutely laciniated and crenated, the lacini©
from three to five.
St ipu l e s in fours, lanceolate, membranaceous, red.
Pe d u n c l e s opposite the leaves, shorter than the petioles,
bifid, two-flowered. Pedicels shorter than
the peduncle, patent, having a t the base four lanceolate
brae teas.
Ca ly x pentaphyllous, leaflets ovate, acute, three-nerved,
piloso-pubescent, mucronate, erecto-patulous.
Corolla : Petals five, obovate, rounded at the apex,
longer than the calyx, pale purple.
Stam e n s : Filaments ten, white, subulate, alternately
longer. Anthers blue.
P is t il : Germen five-angled. Style subulate. Stigmas
five, radiate.
P e r ic a r p : Coccules five, smooth, pubescent.
Se ed s five, elliptical, reticulato-punctate.
Fie. 1. Flower. Fig. 2. Stamen. Fig. S. Pistil. Fig. 4. Calyx with the ripe fruit; the coccules separating
from their receptacles. Fig. 5. Seed :— dll more or lees magnified.
A species not uncommon in many parts of England, especially near London and » the middle and southern
nnrts of the kingdom occurring in dry pastures and by road sides. In Scotland it is more rare.
T ° ^ s t S ’ is w i the Geranium motto figured in the Old Series of tins work, from which. however it
differs, as Sir James Smith has long ago remarked, by the smooth capsules, and from it and its other allied
species by the beautifully reticulated or dotted seeds.