Vo. II.] 
1. Geranium maculatum [L. 
Wild or Spotted Crane’s-bill. 
Alum-root. (Fig. 2239.) 
Geranium maculatum I,. Sp. Pl. 681. 1753. 
Perennial from a thick rootstock, pubes- 
cent with spreading or retrorse hairs, 
erect, simple, or branching above, 1°-2° 
high. Basal leaves long-petioled, nearly 
orbicular, broadly cordate or reniform, 
3/-6’ wide, deeply 3-5-parted, the divi- 
sions obovate, cuneate, variously toothed 
and cleft; stem-leaves 2, opposite, shorter- 
petioled, otherwise similar to the basal 
ones; peduncles 1-5, elongated, generally 
bearing a pair of leaves at the base of the 
umbellate inflorescence; ultimate pedi- 
cels 1/-2’ long; flowers rose-purple, 1/- 
114’ broad; sepals awn-pointed, villous, 
ciliate; petals woolly at the base; beak of 
the fruit 1/-114’ long; carpels pubescent; 
seed reticulate. 
In woods, Newfoundland to Manitoba, 
south to Georgia, Alabama and Missouri. 
April-July. 
2. Geranium Robertianum [L,. Herb Robert. 
3. Geranium Sibiricum L. Siberian 
Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2241.) 
Geranium Sibiricum lV, Sp. Pl. 683. 1753. 
Annual, villous-pubescent, freely branched, 
decumbent or ascending, 1°-4%° high. 
Leaves deeply 3-5-parted, 2/-2%’ broad, 
nearly orbicular, or cordate-reniform, the 
divisions oval-lanceolate, cleft or toothed; 
peduncles slender, 1-flowered, 2/-3/ long, 2- 
bracted near the middle; flowers nearly white, 
3/’-4’’ broad; sepals oval, awned; beak of 
the fruit canescent, 7//-9/’ long, tipped with 
a short prolongation; lobes of the capsule 
puberulent or hairy; seed minutely reticulate. 
Abundant along roadsides in the northern part 
of New York City; also found at Cambidge, 
Mass. Adventive from Asia. Some of the pedi- 
cels are rarely 2-flowered. June-Sept. 
GERANIUM FAMILY. 341 
Red Robin. (Fig. 2240.) 
Geranium Robertianum I,. Sp. Pl. 681. 1753. 
Annual or biennial, glandular-villous, weak, 
extensively branching, erect or decumbent, 
6/-18’ high, heavy-scented. Leaves thin, 
ovate-orbicular in outline, ternately divided 
to the base, the divisions again divided or 
cleft, finely lobed or toothed, the teeth oblong, 
mucronate; peduncles slender, 2-flowered, 1/— 
3/ long; pedicels divaricate, 14’ long; sepals 
acuminate and awn-pointed; flowers red-pur- 
ple, about 6’ broad; petals 4’/-5/” long, nar- 
row-clawed; beak of the fruit about 1’ long, 
awn-pointed, nearly glabrous; carpels nearly 
glabrous, slightly wrinkled; seed smooth. 
In rocky woods, rarely in sandy places, New 
Brunswick and Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south 
to southern New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva- 
nia and Missouri. Occurs also in Europe, Asia 
and northern Africa. Odor disagreeable. Old 
names, Red-shanks, Dragons’-blood. May-Oct. 
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