MONADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Geranium. 449 



species is known in some parts of the mountains by 

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

 taste of its roots, which are very successfully employed 

 in curing the tlux among children, which is a disease 

 very prevalent in those countries. 



2. G. ditfusum, pubescens ; foiiis oppositis 5-lobis, lobis carolinianum. 



tritido-incisis, peduncttlis bifloris subfasciculatis, pe- 



talis emarginatis longitudine calycis aristati, arillis vil- 



losis. — IFilld. sp, p/. 3. p. 71 1. 

 G. lanuginosum. Jacq. hort. schoenh. 2. t. 140. 

 Icon. Cauan. diss. 4. t. 84,/. 1. ^ ^ 124. /. 2. Dill. 



elth. t. 135. f. 162. 

 In fields : Virginia to Georgia. $ . June, July. v. v. 



Flowers small, white, with red veins. 



3. G. difFusum, pubescens ; foiiis oppositis 5-partitis, lobis dissectum, 



3-fidis incisis linearibus, pedunculis bifloris elongatis, 

 petalis emarginatis longitudine calycis aristati, arillis 

 pilosis, pilis glandulosis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 712. 



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



Infields: New York. 0. June, July. v. v. Flowers 

 rose-coloured, larger than the foregoing one, 

 . 4. G. diffusum, hirsutum ; foiiis oppositis ternatis quina- rolertianim. 

 tisquj trifido-pinnaiifidis, pedunculis bifloris, petalis 

 integris calyce aristato duplo longioribus, arillis reti- 

 culatis.— JFi/W. sp.pl. 3. p. 7\4. 



Icon. FL dan. 694. Cavan. diss. 4. t. 86 f. 1 . 



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

 ginia; 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. 



III. POLY ANURIA. 



547. HALESIA. Gen. pi. 814. 



. H. foiiis ovatis acuminatis argute serratis, fioribus dode- telrapk 

 candris, fructu subsequaliter rhomboideo-tetraptero. — 

 IVilld. sp.pl. 2.p.84g. 

 Icon. Bot. mag.giO. Cavan, diss. 6. i. 186. Catesh. 

 car. 1. t. 64, 



