GERANIACEi^— GERANIUM FAMILY 



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^ WILD GERANIUM. SPOTTED CRANE'S-BILL. 



ALUM-ROOT 



Geranium maculdtum 



Gerdninm, a crane, from the long beak of the fruiting 

 capsule. 



Perennial. Open woods and fields. Newfoundland to 

 Manitoba, south to Georgia, Alabama, and Kansas. 

 Abundant in northern Ohio. April- July. 



Root. — Somewhat woody, with astringent juices, used 

 medicinally. 



Stem. — Erect, hairy, usually forking above, one to two 

 feet high. 



Leaves. — Basal leaves with long petioles, about five- 

 parted, the wedge-shaped divisions lobed and variously 

 toothed and cleft; stem-leaves two, similar to the basal 

 ones, both hairy, and more or less mottled with paler 

 green. 



Flowers. — Pale rose-purple, rather large, an inch or more 

 across. 



Calyx. — Sepals five, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat hairy. 



Corolla. — Petals five, rose-purple, distinctly veined, 

 obovate, with a small dense tuft of hairs on the inside of 

 the claw. 



Stamens. — Ten stamens in two sets, which mature at 

 different times, all inserted with the petals. 



Pistil. — Ovary five-lobed, five-celled, placed around the 

 base of an elongated axis; five styles cohering with the 

 axis, free at the summit. 



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