GERANIACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



2. 



i. Robertiella Robertiana (L.) 



Hanks. Herb Robert. Red 



robin. Fig. 2651. 



Geranium Robertianum L. Sp. PI. 68 1. 1753. 

 Robertiella Robertiana Hanks ; Hanks & Small, 

 N. A. Fl. 25: 3. 1907. 



Annual or biennial, glandular-villous, weak, 

 extensively branching, erect or decumbent, 

 6'-i8' high, heavy-scented. Leaves thin, 

 ovate-orbicular in outline, the divisions 

 cleft, finely lobed or toothed, the teeth 

 oblong, mucrpnate; peduncles slender, 2- 

 flowered, i'-3' long; pedicels divaricate, 

 long; sepals acuminate and a \vn-pointed ; 

 flowers red-purple, about 6" broad; petals 

 4"-5" long, narrow-clawed; beak of the 

 fruit about i' long, awn-pointed, nearly 

 glabrous; carpels nearly glabrous, wrinkled. 



In rocky woods, rarely in sandy places, 

 Nova Scotia to Manitoba, New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania and Missouri. Occurs also in Eu- 

 rope, Asia and northern Africa. Odor disa- 

 greeable. Fox, mountain or wild geranium. Red 



GERANIUM [Tourn.l L. Sp. PI. robin - Red-shanks. Dragons'-blood. Jenny- 

 s s- wren. Wren s-nower. Red bird s-eye. May-Oct. 



676- 1753- 



Herbs with stipulate palmately lobed, cleft or parted leaves, and axillary i-2-flowered 

 peduncles. Flowers regular, 5-merous. Sepals 5, imbricated. Petals 5, hypogynous, imbri- 

 cated. Stamens 10 (rarely 5), generally 5 longer and 5 shorter. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled, 

 beaked with the compound style. Ovules 2 in each cavity. Capsule elastically dehiscent, the 

 5 cavities i-seeded, long-tailed. [Greek, a crane, from the long beak of the fruit.] 



About 190 species, widely distributed in temperate regions. Besides the following, some 60 

 others occur in North America. Type species: Geranium sylvaticum L. 

 Perennial ; flowers i' broad or more. 



Beak of the fruit, and pedicels, glandular-pubescent. 

 Beak of the fruit, and pedicels, pubescent, but not glandular. 

 Annuals or biennials ; flowers 2" -6" broad. 

 Peduncles i -flowered. 

 Peduncles 2-flowered. 



Peduncles longer than the leaves ; carpels smooth and glabrous. 

 Peduncles short ; carpels rugose or hairy. 

 Seeds reticulated or pitted. - 



Glandular-pubescent with long white hairs. 

 Pubescent with short hairs ; leaves deeply lobed. 

 Flowers pale purple ; seeds minutely reticulated. 

 Beak short-pointed ; inflorescence compact. 

 Beak long-pointed ; inflorescence loose. 

 Flowers deep purple ; seeds deeply pitted. 

 Seeds smooth or nearly so. 



Stamens 5 ; carpels hairy, not rugose. 

 Stamens 10; carpels glabrate, rugose. 



i. Geranium pratense L. Meadow 

 Geranium. Fig. 2652. 



Geranium pratense L. Sp. PI. 681. 1753. 



Perennial bv a stout rootstock. pubescent 

 with spreading or retrorse short hairs, erect, 

 i-2i high. Basal leaves long-petioled, reni- 

 form or orbicular-reniform in outline and 

 decidedly pentagonal, mostly 4'-$' wide, 5-7- 

 parted, the divisions narrower, more attenuate 

 and more finely cut than in G. maculatum; 

 stem-leaves usually with narrower divisions 

 and teeth than the basal leaves ; peduncles 

 elongated, glandular-pubescent like the pedi- 

 cels which are very variable in length ; flowers 

 deep-purple, il'-if broad; petals ciliate at the 

 base; beak of the fruit f'-i' long; carpels 

 minutely pubescent; seeds reticulate. 



In meadows and fields, New Brunswick and 

 Quebec to Maine and Massachusetts. Adventive 

 from Europe. June-Aug. 



1. G. pratense. 



2. G. maculatum. 



3. G. sibiricum. 



4. G. coliimbiniim. 



5. G.rotundifolium. 



6. G. carolinianum. 



7. G. Bicknellii. 



8. G. dissectum. 



g. G. pusillum. 



10. G. molle. 



