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GERANIACEiE. (GERANIUM FAMILY.) 
old Greek name, from yepavos, a Crane; the long fruit-bearing beak 
thought to resemble the bill of that bird.) 
* Root perennial. 
1. G. macillsitum, L. (Wild Cranesbill.) Stem erect, 
hairy ; leaves about 5-parted, the wedge-shaped divisions lobed and 
cut at the end; sepals awned ; petals entire, light purple. — Open 
woods. April-July. — A well-known plant, with large and hand¬ 
some flowers. Leaves somewhat blotched with whitish as they grow 
old. 
* * Root biennial or annual. 
2. G* Carolinianum, L. (Carolina Cranesbill.) Stems 
diffusely branched from the base, hairy; leaves about 5-parted, the 
divisions cleft and cut into numerous oblong-linear lobes; sepals 
awned, as long as the emarginate (pale red-purplish) petals; seeds 
very minutely reticulated (under a lens). — Barren soil and waste 
places. May-July. — Biennial in the north, low, spreading when 
old. Flowers small: the peduncles and pedicels short. 
3. G* dissectum, L. (Cut-leaved Cranesbill.) Stems 
spreading, hairy ; leaves 5 - 7-parted ; the divisions linear, 3 -cleft or 
cut; sepals awned, nearly as long as the 2-lobed (bluish-purple) pe¬ 
tals ; seeds conspicuously reticulated. — Waste places, introduced, if 
really in the country. Some states of No. 2 are often taken for it; 
but we have seen none with so long lobes to the leaves or seeds so 
much reticulated. 
4. G* piisillum, L. (Small-flowered Cranesbill.) Stems 
procumbent, slender, minutely pubescent; leaves rounded kidney- 
form, 5 - 7-parted, the divisions mostly 3-clefi ; sepals awnless, about 
as long as the 2-cleft (bluish-purple) petals ; seeds smooth. —* Waste 
places, New York : introduced. 
5. G* Rotoertianum, L. (Herb Robert.) Sparsely hairy, 
diffuse; leaves 3- divided , the divisions 2-pinnatijid ; sepals awned, 
shorter than the (purple) petals; pods wrinkled; seeds smooth.— 
Moist woods and shaded ravines. June - Oct. — Plant strongly 
odorous. 
2* ERODIUilI, L’Her. Storksbill. 
Stamens 5, perfect, the 5 shorter sterile. Styles in fruit at 
length twisting spirally, bearded inside. Otherwise as Gera¬ 
nium. (Name from epodtov, a Heron , in allusion to the shape of 
the beak.) 
1. E. cicutarium, L’Her. Annual, hairy; stems low, spread¬ 
ing ; leaves pinnate ; the leaflets sessile, 1 - 2-pinnatifid ; peduncles 
several-flowered ; petals (purplish) longer than the calyx. - Shore of 
Oneida Lake, New York, Knieskem. Introduced. 
