Vot. II.J e GERANIUM FAMILY. 
7. Geranium Bicknéllii Britton. Bick- 
nell’s Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2245.) 
Geranium Bicknellii Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 24: 
g2. 1897. 
Similar to the preceding species, but taller, 
the stems usually more slender, loosely pubes- 
cent. Leaves slender-petioled, somewhat angu- 
late in outline, the segments oblong or linear- 
oblong, mostly narrower; peduncles slender, 2- 
flowered, the inflorescence loose; sepals lanceo- 
late, awn-pointed; ovary-lobes pubescent; per- 
sistent filaments longer than the carpels; beak 
about 1/ long, long-pointed, its tip 2’’-3’” long; 
seeds reticulated. 
Nova Scotia (?), Maine to Western Ontario and 
southern New York. May-Sept. 
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8. Geranium disséctum 1. Cut-leaved 
Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2246.) 
Geranium dissectum V,, Amoen. Acad. 4: 282. 1760. 
Closely related to the two preceding species, 
but smaller in every way, more slender, the 
branches decumbent or ascending; leaves sel- 
dom more than 1134’ wide, deeply cleft into 
narrower segments; inflorescence loose; pedun- 
cles short, 2-flowered; flowers purple, about 3// 
broad; sepals ovate, awned, equalling or slightly 
longer than the notched petals; capsule-lobes 
and beak pubescent; seeds ovoid or globose, 
deeply pitted. 
In waste places, and in ballast in New York and 
New Jersey. Also in the far Northwest. Fugitive 
from Europe. June-Sept. 
g. Geranium pusillum 1. Small-flow- 
ered Crane’s-bill. (Fig. 2247.) 
Geranium pustilum I,. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 957. 1763. 
Annual, widely branching, slender, weak, pu- 
bescent or villous, 4’-18’ long. Leaves petioled, 
reniform-orbicular, %/-114’ wide, deeply divided 
into 7-9 oblong, or sometimes linear-oblong, entire 
or 3-toothed, cuneate lobes; peduncles short, 3//— 
9’ long, 2-flowered; pedicels 3/’-12’’ long; sepals 
acute, awnless; flowers pale-purple, 3/’—-5’’ broad; 
petals notched; capsule-lobes hairy, keeled, not 
wrinkled; beak about 5’” long, canescent; seed 
smooth; anther-bearing stamens commonly only 
5, asin Lrodium. 
In waste places, southern New England to western 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario 
and British Columbia. Adventive from Europe. 
May-Sept. 
