. Field and woodland plants. st of tliese is the Round-leaved Cranes-bill (Geraniumrotundifolium), which rather closely resembles the Doves-footCranes-bill, but is not nearly so plentiful. It is a downy plant,growing from six to twelve inches high, and flowering in June andJuly. The flowers are usually nearly half an inch across, of a pink colour ;]and the petals are notnotched. This species is repre-sented on Plate III. Fig. 1. In dry pastures and on stonywastes we may see the BloodyCranes-bill {Geranmm sangui-neum), which, though not com-mon, is very widely distributedin Britain. It has a th
. Field and woodland plants. st of tliese is the Round-leaved Cranes-bill (Geraniumrotundifolium), which rather closely resembles the Doves-footCranes-bill, but is not nearly so plentiful. It is a downy plant,growing from six to twelve inches high, and flowering in June andJuly. The flowers are usually nearly half an inch across, of a pink colour ;]and the petals are notnotched. This species is repre-sented on Plate III. Fig. 1. In dry pastures and on stonywastes we may see the BloodyCranes-bill {Geranmm sangui-neum), which, though not com-mon, is very widely distributedin Britain. It has a thick, woodystock ; numerous more or lessdecumbent stems, from one totwo feet long, clothed withspreading haks; and roundleaves, divided quite to the baseinto five or seven deeply-cutsegments. The flowers are soli-tary, dark crimson (occasionallypink) in colour, with haiiy sepalsterminating in fine points;slightly notched petals abouttwice as long as the sepals; andten stamens, five of which areThis species flowers during July. The Musk Mallow. larger, and glandular at the August. The Small-flowered Cranes-bill (G. pimllum) also resembles theDove s-foot Cranes-bill, but its flowers are usually smaller—abouta third of an inch in diameter—and of a pale hlac colour. Thestems are prostrate and do«ny, from six to eighteen inches long ;and the leaves roundish and deeply lobed. The sepals terminatem a sharp pomt, and the petals are notched. This is a very commonspecies, which flowers tluoughout the summer. British wild flowers of the Geranium family arc divided intotwo groups, known popularly as the Cranes-bills and the Storks-biUs, the former constituting the genus Geranium, of which several WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMEli 150 flowers have been described ; and the latter forming the genusErodium. These two groups are sometimes confused by youngbotanists, but may be easily distinguished by the aid of the followingnotes :—The flowers of the Cranes-bills are symmetrical, wh
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