160 - GERANIACEA., 
Order XXX. GERANIACEA. 
Geraniacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 269. 
Herbaceous or shrubby plants, a few arboreous, There are about 750 species, 
belonging to twenty-one genera, generally dispersed in temperate and subtropical 
regions, especially abundant in South Africa, and rare in Australia. 
Tribe GERANIEA. 
This tribe has nearly the same distribution as the whole family. 
1. GERANIUM. 
Geranium, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 832; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 272. 
Nearly 100 species, with few exceptions herbaceous, and represented in nearly all 
temperate regions, including the mountains within the tropics. 
1. Geranium carolinianum, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 956; Cav. Diss. iv. t. 84. fig. 1, 
et t. 124. fig. 2. (An G. dissecti, L., var. 2) 
A common plant in Temperate Norra AmERicA, extending southward to—NortH 
Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann), Chihuahua (Torrey), region of San Luis Potosi 
(Parry & Palmer, 100); Soura Mexico, Real del Monte (Coulter, 762, 763), Chiapas 
(Linden, 927, 928), Orizaba (Linden, 815; Bottert, 598, 599), Oaxaca, 9000 to 11000 
feet (Galeotti, 4019, 4024), cultivated fields near Mexico (Bourgeau, 694); ? GuateMata, 
Volcan de Fuego (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
2. Geranium gracile, Engelm. in A. Gray, Pl. Fendl. i. p. 47, in adnot. 
Norta Mexico, Cosiquiriachi, Chihuahua (Wislizenus). 
3. Geranium hernandezii, DC. Prodr. i. p. 640; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 147. 
Norta Mexico, Llanos, Chihuahua (Wislizenus), without habitat (Gregg); SourTH 
Mexico, Oaxaca, 7000 to 9000 feet (Galeotti, 4022), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 290), 
without localities (Aschenborn, Bates, Graham, and Parkinson). Ub. Kew. 
4, Geranium mexicanum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 230. 
SoutH Mexico, between Guanaxuato and Santa Rosa (Humboldt & Bonpland), Paz- 
cuaro (Hartweg), J alacingo (Schiede & Deppe), grassy places about Jalapa (Schiede). 
Hb. Kew. | 
5. Geranium potentilleefolium, DC. Prodr. i. p. 639; Calques des Dess. Fl. 
Mex. 148. 
South Mexico, in pine-woods, Toluca, at 9000 to 10000 feet (Heller), Tlalpuxahua 
(Graham), forests of the Desierto Viejo (Bourgeau, 766). Hb. Kew. 
