IIQ GERANIACE^. [Erodmm. 



petiolatis superioribus oppositis, petalis integris, staminiim filamentis vix basi subciliatis. 

 Linn, Sp. PI p. Qo^- Cav. Diss, v, 4. t 86. / 2. Mich. Am, v, 2. p. 157. Fursh, 11. Am. 

 V. 2. p, 448. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p, 157. Bigel Med, Bat t, 8, FL Bost. ed, 2, p. 256. De 

 Cand. Frodr. v. I, p. 642. — /3. tota planta pvbescenti-pilosa. 



Hab. Caijada. JUtchaux. /S. North -"West America. Douglas. — Flowers large, handsome, purple. 



2. G. albiflorum ; caule subangulato erecto dichotomo inferne glabro superne piloso- 

 glanduloso, foliis profunde 5-partitis ovato-acuminatis incisosubpinnatifidis subpilosis, 

 radicalibus longe petiolatis, superioribus oppositis breve petiolatis 3-partitis magis acu- 

 rainatis, calycibus glanduloso-pilosis, petalis integris (albis) intus filamentis que basi hir- 

 sutis, (Tab. XL.) 



Radix perennis. Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus, dichotomuSj glaber, apicibus ramorum solummodo glanduloso- 

 pilosis. Folia subpilosa margiue prEecipue, profunde palmato-et subpeltato-5-rarius-7-partita, segmentis ovatis 

 acuminatis profunde incisis subpionatifidis, laciniis valde acutis : radicalia longe petiolata, petiolo spithamseo 

 et ultra ; supcriora sensim minora, petiolo breviore ; suprema etiara petiolata, 3-5-partita, segmentis angusti- 

 oribus magis acuminatis magisque incisis. Pedunculi elongati, biflori, pedicellique basi bracteati, pilosi, pilis 

 brevibus patentibus glandulosis. Calyx basi prsecipue glanduloso-pilosus ; sepalis oralibus obscure nervosis 

 longe mucronatis. Petala magna, obcordata, alba vel ochroleuca, obscure lineata, intus valde hirsuta. Stami- 

 num filamenta altema sublongiora, basi hirsuta. Fructum non vidi, 



Hab. Vallies in the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. — This fine species of Geranium seems to hold a 

 middle rank between the American G. macitlatinn and the Europaean G.pratense: yet it is, I feel assured, 

 truly distinct from both. In the former, G. 7naculatum, the leaves are much less divided, the segments 

 broader, and the peduncles are quite destitute of glandular hairs : in the latter, the leaves are much more 

 deeply divided, the segments greatly narrower, and more truly pinnatifid. In both, the blossoms are purple ; 

 in ours, the flowers are constantly white, even when cultivated, as the plant is in our gardens, and of a firmer 

 texture. The G, longipes of De Candolle, according to his description, also approaches our plant. 



Tab. XL. Fig. 1, Root-leaf: — natural size. Fig. 2, Petal; Jig. 3, Stamen; Jig. 4, Calyx and pistil, with 

 the filaments of the stamens : — slightly magnijied. 



% # 



Annuum, pedunculis bijloris. 



3. G. Carolinianuyn ; foliis ultra medium S-lobis, lobis inciso-S-S-fidis, pedunculis 

 apice confertis, petalis emarginatis longitudine calycis aristati, carpellis pilosis, seminibus 

 Isevibus. DC, — Linn, Sp. PL p. 956. Cav. Diss. v. 4, t. 84. f. 1, et t, 124. f. 2. Mich, Am, 

 V. 2. p. 38. Furshy Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 449. De Cand. Frodr. v. I, p. 643. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. 

 p. 157. Mich, in Frankl. \st Journ, ed. 2. App. p. 27. 



Hab. Throughout Canada to lat. 52°, in the vallies of the Rocky Mountains, and to the westward of that 

 range in the same latitude. Drummond; Douglas. — De Candolle says the flowers are white: in our speci- 

 mens, both wild and cultivated, they are of a delicate rose-coloiu*. 



2. ERODIUM. L'Herit. 



Sep, 5, sequalia, in calcar seu tubum nectariferum nulla producta. Pet. 5 regularia 

 aut irregularia. Stam. 10, filamentis basi monadelphis, 5 antheriferis, 5 alternis sterilibus. 

 Glandidce 5 ad basin staminum sterilium. Carpellomm aristcB intus barbatae, demum 

 elastice spiraliter tortEe. DC, 



1. E. dcutarium; caule prostrato aut diffuso liirto, foliis pinnatisectis, segmentis 

 sessilibus pinnatifidis incisis acutisve, pedunculis 2-multifloris, petalis insequalibus. 



