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No. 



GERANIUM MACULATUM. 



English Name— SPOTTED CRANE'S BILL. 

 French Name — Geranium Macule. 

 German Name — Geflecter Storchschnabxi.. 

 Officinal Names — Geranium radix, Kino Ame- 



ricanus. 



Vulgar Names — Crowfoot, Alum-root, Tormen- 

 til, Storkbill. In Canada and Louisiana, Racint a 



Pecquet. 

 ^ Authorities — Lin. Mich. Pursh, Schoepf, Golden, 



Swn, Tbacher, B. Barton, Mease, Coxe, Eberle, 



flo 



withies, ZoUickoffer. Big. fig. 8, andseq. W. Barton 



May 



have 



W Genus Geranium— Calix five parted, equal, per- 

 sistent. Corol five equal petals. Stamina 10, hypogy- 

 nous, filaments monadelphous or united at the base, 

 five alternate shorter. Germ central with five gland* 

 at the base, a persistent style, five stigmas. Fruit five 

 capsuls one se'eded, attached by a beak to the persist- 

 ent style. 



Species G. Maculatum— Perennial, hairy, erect 



dichotome ; leaves few, opposite, three to five parted^ 

 palmate, segments oblong acute, jag 

 elongated, biflore, petals obovate. 

 DESCRIPTION— Root perennial 



peduncles 



thick, rousch, knobby, brownish spotted 



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