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3, L. alfeldi White. Glabrous or sparingly pubescent through- 

 out; stem rather stout, flexuose, wingless; stipules semicordate, 

 acuminate, thick, strongly reticulated, |-| as long as the leaflets 

 and often nearly as broad, the lower coarsely lobed, acuminately 

 toothed; leaflets 6-10, oblong to obovate, thick and stiff, prominently 

 reticulated, glabrous; peduncles 6-10-flowered, much exceeding the 

 leaf; flowers 2-3 cm. long, purple; pedicels longer than the calyx- 

 tube; calyx pubescent, upper teeth short, broadly triangular, acute, 

 lateral pair oblong-lanceolate, equaling the tube, the lowest of equal 

 length, subulate. 



Frequent in the foothills of the interior region. 



L. SPLENDENS Torr. Flowers very showy, deep rose-purple. 

 A very handsome species of Riverside and San Diego County, 

 said to have been first collected at Cucamonga. 



Family 50. GERANIACEAE. Geranium Family. 



Herbs with alternate or opposite, palmately lobed or 

 pinnate leaves, and axillary solitary or clustered perfect 

 regular flowers. Stipules commonly present. Sepals 5, 

 rarely fewer, usually persistent. Petals of the same 

 number, hypogynous. Stamens as many or 2-3 times as 

 many; anthers 2-celled, versatile. Carpels 5, united 

 about a central axis, each 1-2-ovuled, indehiscent, at 

 length elastically splitting away from below, and beaked 

 by the long style. 



Anthers 10; carpel tails not hairy on the inside. 1. Geranium. 



Anthers 5; carpel tails hairy on the inside. 2. Erodium. 



1. GERANIUM L. Geranium. 



Herbs with stipulate, palmately lobed, cleft or divided 

 leaves and axillary 1-2-flowered peduncles. Flowers 

 regular, 5-merous. Sepals imbricated. Petals hypogy- 

 nous, imbricated. Stamens 10, generally 5 longer and 5 

 shorter. Style persistent, naked on the inner surface, 

 becoming recurved. Carpel opening along the inner 

 face. 



1, G. carolinianum L. More or less spreading, 15-30 cm, high, 

 loosely gray pubescent and glandular; leaves incisely 3-5-parted, 

 3-5 cm. broad; segments cuneate, more or less deeply toothed or 

 dissected; peduncles 2-flowered, about 2 cm. long; petals rose color, 

 4-5 mm. broad; beak of fruit villous or glandular; carpels villous- 

 hispid, usually black; seed reticulate. 



Frequent on grassy hillsides of the valleys and foothills. March- 

 April. 



