GEEANIUM FAMILY. 583 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 234. Chap. Fl. 105. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian ai"eas. North (Jaroliua, Texas to Arkansas, xsouth to 

 Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 1,200 feet. 

 Septemlier; rare. 



Tj'pe locality : " Hah. in Virginia." 



Herh. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. Prodr. 2 : 38.5. 182.5. 



Smai,le.st-kix>wered Rhynchosia. 



DoUchos minimus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 726. 1753. 



Glycine reflexa Nutt. Gen. 2 : 115. 1818. 



Eli. ,Sk. 2 • 236. Chap. Fl. 104. Grise)). Fl. Brit. W. lud. 190. 



West IxniES, Mexico to Brazil, Tropical, Asia, Africa. 



Louisiauian area. Florida along the coast to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Littoral region. Damp tliicktits. Mobile County, AVest Fowl Kiver. 

 Flowers yellow ; August. Climbing over bushes. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Jamaica." 



ilerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchosia galactioides (Nutt.)EndL; Walp. Kep. 1 : 700. 1842. 



PiNE-BAHREN KllVNCHOSIA. 



Pitcheria qalactoides Nutt. .lourn. xVcad. I'hila. 7 : 93. 1834. 



Chap. Fl. 105. 



Louisiauian area. Middle Florida to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. Washington, Yellowpine. Flowers yellow, vexilluin rufous l)y fine close 

 striae. July, August. 



One of the most characteristic jilants, peculiar to the rolling pine barrens of the 

 Lower I'iue region. 



Type locality: "Alabama and west Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mcdir. 



GERANIACEAE. Geranium Family. 



GERANIUM L.Sp. PI. 2:676. 1753. 



One hundred and sixty species, temperate regions of the globe. North America, 6. 

 Geranium carolinianum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 682. 1753. Common Cranesbill. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 157. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 104. Chap. Fl. 65. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 50. Wats. Bot. Cali f. 1 : 93. 



Boreal zone to Louisiauian area. British North America from Nova Scotia to the 

 Pacific and the Arctic Circle. From Canada to the Gulf, west to Texas and southern 

 California. 



Alabama: Over the State. Cultivated and waste grounds. Flowers lilac purple; 

 March, April. A coiimion winter weed. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina, Virgiuia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Geranium maculatum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 681. 17.53. 



Spotted Geranium. Wild Cranesbill. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 157. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 103. Chap. Fl. 65. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario; New England 

 to upper districts of the Carolinas and Georgia, west to Jlinucsota, Kansas, and 

 Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Rocky copses and oi»en woods. Lau- 

 derdale County. Madison County, near Huntsville, sunny hills. Cullman and Tus- 

 caloosa counties. Flowers purplish red; April, May. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root — "cranesbill,' "Geranium," U. S. Pharmacopceia — is 

 used metlicinally. 



Type locality : "lab. in Carolina, A'irginia, Sibiria." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ERODIUM L'Her. Geran. <. /. 17S7. 

 About 50 species, widely dispersed in the Old World. 



Erodium ciciitarium (L.) L'Her. ; Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 :414. 1789. 



Pin-clover. Alkilaria (in California). 



Geranium cicutarium L. Sp. PL 2 : 680. 1753, 



