408 LIMNANTHACEAE 



Kefs. — Erodium botrys Bcrtol. Amoen. Ital. 35 (1819); Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 247 

 (1901), ed. 2, 243 (1911), Man. 591, fig. 585 (1925). Geranium botrys Cav. Diss. 4:218 (1787) 

 trj)o loc. "in aronosis propo inare Hispanicum et Lusitanicum, atque in pratis Neapolitanis". 



4. E. moschatum L'lTer. White-stem Filaree. Musk Clover. Leaves at 

 first forming a close rosette on the ground, later witli stout fleshy ascending leafy 

 stems 1/2 to V/2 feet high; herbage hirsute with scattered spreading hairs; leaves 

 2 or 3 inclies to II/2 feet long ; leaflets ovate to elliptical, serrate and sparsely incised, 

 short-petiolulate, % to V/'2 inches long, the terminal cuneately 3 to 5-parted; 

 peduncles much elongated iii fruit, 4 to 11 inches long; petals rose-purple, 3 lines 

 long, with sliort claws; filaments membranously winged at base, with upwardly 

 pointing teeth ; beak of the fruit 11/2 to 1% inches long. 



Naturalized from Europe, chiefly in rich loams or clay soils almost throughout 

 cismontane California at low altitudes. Mar.- Apr. 



Locs. — Eureka, Tracy 150; Vaca Valley, Jepson; Santa Rosa, Heller 5159; Point Eeyes, 

 Davy 6807 ; Livermore Valley, Davy; Caliente Creek, Kern Co., Davy 1931; Los Angeles (Erythea 

 1:58) ; San Bernardino, Parish. 



Kefs.— Erodium moschatum L'Her,; Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:414 (1789); Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. 

 Cal. 247 (1901), ed. 2, 243 (1911), Man. 591, fig. 586 (1925). Geranium moschatum L. Sp. PI. 

 680 (1753), type from Europe. 



5. E. cicutarium L'Her. Red-stem Filaree. Leaves at first forming a close 

 rosette on the ground, later with more or less ascending leafy stems 3 to 12 inches 

 long ; leaflets subsessile, nearly oblong, inciselj^ pinnatifid with acute often toothed 

 lobes ; petals rose-purple ; sepals terminated by 1 or 2 bristle-like hairs ; filaments 

 little dilated at base, not toothed ; beak of the fruit 1 to l^/i inches long. 



Introduced from the Mediterranean region; barren hillsides or dry plains 

 everywhere, 5 to 4500 feet, chiefly in light or sandy soils. Beginning to flower in 

 February or J\Iarch, Erodium cicutarium may in many places continue through 

 the summer. Its stems are usually reddish, while those of E. moschatum are com- 

 monly white or whitish. 



Locs. — Warner Mts., Modoc Co., L. S. Smith 1094 ; Alton, Humboldt Co., Tracy 3675 ; Gwin 

 Mine, Calaveras Co., Jepson; Inverness, Jepson; Olema, Jepson 13,559; Berkeley, Jepson 13,557, 

 13,560; Berryessa, Santa Clara Co., Davy 7054; Hetch-Hetchy, Jepson; Lemon Cove, Jepson; 

 Bakersfield, Davy; Daggett, Mohave Desert, Mary Deal; San Bernardino, Parish; Thomas Val- 

 ley, San Jacinto Mts., Jepson 13,558; San Felipe Wash, e. San Diego Co., C. V. Meyer 39; Blair 

 Valley, e. San Diego Co., Jepson. 



Eefs.— Erodium CICUTARIUM L'Her. ; Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:414 (1789); Parish, Zoe 1 : 8 (1890); 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 248 (1901), ed. 2, 243 (1911), Man. 592, fig. 587 (1925). Geranium 

 cicutarium L. Sp. PI. 680 (1753), type from Europe, 



Fugitive aliens. — The following alien Geraniaceae have been recorded in the literature as 

 occurring in California. Mostly garden plants, they are probably waifs or transients, or plants 

 occurring in protected areas or on garden refuse heaps, and in any event are at the present time 

 for the most part, little known or unknown to collectors as truly spontaneous competitives. GerA' 

 KiuM pyrenaicum Burm. f. Sp. Geran. 27 (1759), — Mt. San Gorgonio, 7000 feet (Bull. S. Cal 

 Acad. 19*:21), G. DISSECTUM var. glabratum Hook, f. Handb. Fl. New Zeal. 36 (1864), — "Call 

 fornia" (N. Am. Fl. 25:10). G. rotundifolium L. Sp. PI. 683 (1753),— -Sawtelle (Dav. & Mox 

 Fl. S. Cal. 211). Pelargonium grossularioides Ait. Hort, Kew. 2:420 (1789), (P. anceps Ait 

 I.e.), — East Oakland, Eastwood, Pt. Arena, Congdon. P. clandestinum A. Cunn. Ann. Nat 

 Hist. 3:317 (1839),— "Southern California" (N. Am. Fl. 25:23). P. zonale L'Her.; Ait. Hort 

 Kew. 2:424 (1789),— "California" (N. Am. Fl. 25:23). P. inquinans L'Her. I.e. (Fish Gera 

 nium), — "Southern California" (N. Am. Fl. 25:24). P. capitatum L'Her. I.e. 2:425,— "Southern 

 California" (N. Am. Fl. 25:24). Tropaeolum majus L. Sp. PI. 345 (1753), native of Peru; 

 occasional fugitive from gardens (Greene, Fl. Fr. 99). 



LIMNANTHACEAE. Meadow Foam Family 



Annual herbs with dissected alternate leaves without stipules. Flowers com- 

 plete, regular, symmetrical, 3 to 6-merous. Calyx of distinct or nearly distinct 

 sepals, persistent, free from the ovary. Petals withering-persistent. Stamens 

 twice as many as the petals. Carpels 5, their bodies distinct but with a common 



