MCNADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Geranium. 449 



species is known in some parts of the mountains by 

 the name of Alum-root, on account of the astrirtovnt 

 taste of its roots, which are very successfolly employed 

 in curing the flux among children, which is a disease 

 very prevalent in those countries. 



2. G. diffusum, pubescens ; foliis oppositis 5-lobis, lobis carolinianum. 



trifido-incisis, pedunculis bitloris subfasciculatis, pe- 



talis emarginntis longitudine calycis aristati, arillis vil- 



losh.— lFUld. s.t). pl.S.p.?^^- 

 G. lanuginosum. Jac(i. hort. schoenh. 2. t. 140. 

 Icon. Caoan. diss. 4. t. 84. y: 1..^ ^ 124. /. 2. Dill. 



elth. t. 135. f. 162. 

 Infields: Virginia to Georgia. S- June, July. v. v. 



Flowers small, white, with red veins. 



3. G. diffusum, pubescens ; foliis oppositis 5-partitis, lobis disseclum. 



3-fidis incisis linearibus, pedunculis biflcris elongatis, 

 petalis emarginatis longitudine calycis aristati, arillis 

 pilosis, pilis glandulosis. — WUld. sp. pi. 3. p. 7 ^"i- 



Icon. Cavan. diss. 4. t. JS.f. 2. 



In fields : New York. ©. June, July. v. v. Flowers 

 rose-coloured, larger than the foregoing one, 



4. G. diffusum, hirsutum ; foliis oppositis ternatis qnina- rubertianum. 



tisquj trifido-pinnatifidis, pedunculis bifloris, petalis 

 integris calyce aristato duplo longioribus, arillis reti- 

 culatis, — inild. sp. pi. 3. p. 714. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 6g4. Cavan. diss. 4. t. 86. f. 1 . 



In shady moist places, on rocks : New York to Virsji- 

 ginia J rare. ^. June — Aug. v. v. Flowers pale 

 red. It is singular, that the American plant has not 

 that heavy scent the European is so well known by, 

 though its other characters agree exactly. 



IIK POL YANDRIA. 



54;. HALESIA. Gen.pl.S\4. 



1, H. foliis oralis acuminatis argute serratis, floribus dode- tdraptera. 

 candris, fructu subaequaliter rhomboideo-tetraptero. — 

 JVilld. sp.pl. 2. p. 840. 

 Icon. jBo^ 7»ao-. 910. Cavan. diss. Q. I. \SQ. Catesl. 

 car. 1. ^ 64. 



