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tariferous glands at the base of the longer fila- 
ments, the awns of the fruit neither bearded nor 
twisted. ‘To this division belongs the plant under 
consideration, which has the following specific 
character. Erect, hairy backward ; stem forked ; 
leaves opposite, three or jive parted, cut ; peduncles 
mostly two flowered ; petals, obovate, entire. 
Jussieu has formed a natural order by _ the 
name of Gerania, which — ee ae to the 
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Gruinales of Linnzeus. @,. tectascen te Sy Pi 
Although we have few species of Gerutiom 
in the United States, yet the present species, by its 
extensive diffusion, is a sufficient representative 
of the race. It is very common in low grounds, 
about Boston and Philadelphia, in the Carolinas, 
and in the western country upon the nga of the 
Ohio and Tllinois. _ % 
The root of Geranium maculatum is perennial, 
horizontal, thick, rough and knobby. In most 
plants it sends up a stem and several root leaves, 
The leaves are spreading, hairy, divided in a pal- 
mate manner into three, five, or seven lobes, which 
are variously cut and toothed at their extremi- 
ties ; those of the root are on long petioles, those 
at the middle of the stem opposite and petioled, 
those at the top opposite and nearly sessile. The 
stem is erect, round, hispid with reyersed hairs, 
