GERANIACEAE. (Von. II. 
4. Geranium columbinum LL. Long- 
stalked Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2242.) 
Geranium columbinum I,. Sp. Pl. 682. 1753. 
Annual, slender, decumbent or prostrate, slightly 
hispid-pubescent with whitish appressed hairs. 
Leaves 1/-1144’ in diameter, pedately deeply 5~-9- 
divided into narrow, mostly linear variously cleft seg- 
ments; petioles very slender, those of the lower and 
basal leaves often 5’-6’ long; peduncles also slender, 
longer than the upper leaves, 2-flowered; pedicels 
1/-3/ long; flowers purple, about 4’’ broad; sepals 
ovate, awn-pointed, enlarging in fruit; petals notched; 
capsule-lobes nearly glabrous, keeled, not rugose; 
beak 6’/-10’’ long, hispid; seeds deeply pitted. 
In fields and along roadsides, New Jersey, Pennsylva- 
nia, Maryland and Virginia. Also in Dakota. Natural- 
ized or adventive from Europe. Native also of northern 
Asia. May-July. 
5. Geranium rotundifolium IL. Round- 
leaved Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2243.) 
Geranium rotundifolium J. Sp. Pl. 683. 1753+ 
Annual, often tufted, 6-18’ high, much branched, 
softly pubescent with spreading white purple-tipped 
glandular hairs. Leaves reniform-orbicular, broader 
than long, 114’ wide, cleft about to the middle into 
5-9 obtuse broad lobes, which are 3-5-toothed; peti- 
oles slender, those of the basal leaves elongated; flow- 
ers purple, 2’/-3/’ broad; sepals ovate, or oval, short- 
pointed, somewhat shorter than the entire obovate 
petals; ovary and capsule-lobes hairy, not wrinkled; 
beak pubescent, about 6/’ long, pointed with a short 
awn; seeds reticulated. 
In waste places, Michigan, and in ballast about New 
York. Fugitive from Europe. Native also of northern 
Asia. Summer. 
6. Geranium Carolinianum 1. Carolina 
Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2244.) 
Geranium Carolinianum I,. Sp. Pl. 682. 1753. 
Annual, erect, generally branched from the base 
and also above, stout, 6’-15’ high, loosely pubes- 
cent with spreading often glandular gray hairs. 
Leaves petioled, reniform-orbicular in outline, 1/— 
3/ wide, deeply cleft into 5-9 oblong or obovate 
cuneate toothed or lobed segments; peduncles 
rather short and stout, 2-flowered; flowers in 
compact clusters, pale pink or whitish, 4//-6’ 
broad; sepals ovate, ciliate, awn-pointed, about 
equalling the obovate emarginate petals; ovary- 
lobes hispid-pubescent; persistent filaments not 
longer than the carpels; beak nearly 1’ long, 
short-pointed; seeds ovoid-oblong, finely reticu- 
lated. 
In barren soil, Nova Scotia(?), New England to 
British Columbia, south to Florida and Mexico. Also 
in Bermuda. April-Aug. 
