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RUTACEAE (RUE FAMILY) 



cumbent ; pedicels clustered at the summit of the peduncle, ascending 

 with spreading hairs ; petals yellow. Dry or moist soil. 



GERANIACEAE (GERANIUM FAMILY) 



Herbs with lobed or divided leaves and regular flowers, and five 

 glands alternating with the petals. Stamens as many, or twice 

 as many as the sepals and ovary deeply lobed. 



GERANIUM 



Plants with forking stems. Peduncles I to 3 flowered. 10 sta- 

 mens with perfect anthers, the five longer ones with glands at 

 their base, and the two carpels separating with their long styles, 

 when mature, from the elongated axis. 



G. maculatum, 



WILD GERANIUM. 

 Erect and hairy; 

 leaves 5-parted, the 

 wedge-shaped divi- 

 sions lobed and cut at 

 the end; sepals slen- 

 der, pointed; pedicels 

 and beak of fruit 

 hairy ; petals entire, 

 light purple, bearded 

 on the claw, more 

 than i cm. long. Fields and open woods. April to July. 



G. carolinianum, WILD GERANIUM. Diffusely branched, hairy; 

 leaves cut and cleft into many oblong-linear segments; flowers in a 

 close cluster; sepals about as long as the whitish or very pale pink 

 petals; beak of fruit tipped with a short style. Rocky places. May, 

 June. 



Geranium maculatum, Wild geranium. 



RUTACEAE (RUE FAMILY) 



Shrubs or trees, usually with alternate, compound leaves. 

 Flower with 3 to 5 parts and stamens as many, or twice as many 

 as the sepals. 



