GKRANIACEiE. 71 GEfiANlUM. 



fruit rostrate, at length separating into 5, long-styled, 1-seed- 

 ed carpels; styles smooth inside. 



Gr. yipd'joi, a crane ; the capsule and beak resembling the head of that 

 bird, fcityles erect, longer than the stamens, permanent. Stig. 5, oblong, re- 

 flexed. Carpels 5, aggregate, globose, each tipped with the long, linear, erect 

 pointed, rigid style, smooth, naked, at length recurved and adhering by its 

 point to the summit of the axis. This is the original genus of Linnaeus, for- 

 merly including all those ornamental species popularly called Geraniums, 

 since divided by L'Heritier into the three genera, Erodium, Pelargonium and 

 Geranium. 



1. G. macula'tum. 



Leaves 3 — 5-parted, cut, radical ones on Very long stalks ; peduncles 2-flo\v- 

 ered ; stem somewhat angular, dichotomous, erect, retorsely pubescent. This' 

 species is very common in moist woods, about streams, &c., and is not inferi- 

 or in beauty to many that are cultivated in the parlor and green-house. Stem 



1 or 2 feet high. Leaves large, hairy, deeply lobed and variously cut, upper 

 ones nearly sessile. Flowers large, purple, 2 together on a long, hairy pedun- 

 cle. The leaves in late summer and autumn are said to become marked with 

 pallid spots, as the name .indicates. Root astringent, medicinal, perennial. 

 May, June. Spotted Geranium, 



2. G. Robertia'num. 



Leaves 3 — 5-parted, the segments pinnatifidly 3-cleft ; peduncles 2-flowered ; 

 cali/x 10-angled, awned, much shorter than the entire petals. A smaller and 

 less interesting plant than the preceding, but no less common. Found in dry, 

 rocky places. It has a reddish stem, with long, diffuse, weak branches. 

 Leaves stalked, somewhat hairy, ternate or quinate, with pinnatifid leaflets. 

 Flowers small, pale pur])le. Capsules small, rugose, keeled. Seeds smooth. 

 Tiie plant has a strong, disagreeable smell. Flowers from May to Sept. Per. 



Herb Rohtrt. Stinking Cranes' -hill, 



3. G. pusi'llum. 



Leaves 5-parted, the lobes 3-cleft,, linear; prduncles2-Q.0V7ereA, long; petals 

 emarginate, as long as the awned calj^v. A delicate annual species, growing 

 in waste grounds, pastures, «fcc. Stem weak, a foot high, branching, covered 

 with short deflected hairs. Leaves ppposite, divided almost to the base into 

 5 or 7 lobes, these again variously cut. Peduncles axillary, forked, bearing' 



2 purplish red flowers in Jn. and Jl. 



4. G. Carolinia'num. 



Leaves b-\oheA, lobes trifid, cut; peduncles 2-flowered, clustered at the end 

 of tlie branches; petals emarginate, as long as the awned calyx. A diffuse, 

 pubescent plant, 8 — 15 inches high. Leaves on long stalks, beautifully and 

 deeply divided, and of a S-sided figure. Flowers rose-colored. Jl. Bien. 



Carolinian Geranium. 



5. G. sangui'neum. 



Stem erect, diffuse, branched ; peduncle longer than petioles ; leaves opposite, 

 5-parted, lobes trifid, with linear segments. A beautiful species, native of 

 Europe, deemed worthy of culture by many a florist. Grows about afoot 

 high. Leaves orbicular, deeply divided into 5 or 7, 3-fid lobes. Flowers 

 large, round, of a deep red or blood color. Bloodij Geranium, 



