193 GERANIACE^. (GERANIUM FAMILY.) 



* * Annuals. 



t Petals long-clawed. Calyx not angled. 



X BeaTc of ripe fruit usually about .01 long. 



5. Cr, pusillum, L. .15 to .25, pubescent, sparingly glandular 

 above. Leaves round, palmately 5-9-parted into cuneiform, incised 

 segments. Sepals oblong, acute, short-mucronate ; petals oblong ob- 

 cordate, pale violet, somewhat longer than calyx ; valves appressed 

 hairy — Spring — Fields ; Harran, near Damascus. 



6. O, molle, Willd., .2^0.4, <^7o?^?^?/-'^;^7Z()?^s, glandular above. 

 Leaves round, palmately 7-9-fid into cuneate, obtusely incised-dentate 

 lobes. Sepals ovate, short-mucronate; petals purple, veined, obcordate, 

 ciliate atove dase, somewhat longer than calyx ; valves oMiquely netted- 

 wrinkled, glabrous; seeds smooth — Spring — Fields and waysides; 

 common everywhere, 



I I Beah of ripe fruit about .02 long. 



7. Cr. rotiiiidifoliuiii, L. © .15 to .4, sparingly glandular- 

 pubescent. Leaves kidney-shaped, 7-fid, obtusely incised-dentate. Pe- 

 duncles short ; sepals hirsute, acute, siiort-aristate ; petals red or white, 

 oblong-cuneate, entire, glah^ous, as long as calyx to twice as long ; 

 valves 2nihescent ; seeds pitted — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



§. O. coliimbinuiii, L. .2 to .4, appressed-hairy. Leaves 

 round, palmately 5-7-parted, segments parted into linear-lobes, the up- 

 permost leaves 3-fid. Peduncles very long ; sepals broad, ovate, long- 

 aristate, appressed-hairy ; petals purple, obcordate, ciliate above base, as 

 long as calyx ; valves keeled at back, ratlier smooth — Spring — Beit- 

 Meri. 



9. O. dis§ectuiii, L. .2 to .5 ; stem loosely branched, 

 retrorsely hispid. Leaves round, palmately 5-7-parted, segments cuneate, 

 parted into oblong -linear, obtuse lobes. Peduncles short; sepals flat, hairy, 

 aristate ; petals lilac, obcordate ; valves villous, furnished with a mucro 

 at the base of the commissure — Spring — Fields ; common. 



1 1 Petals long-clawed, purple. Calyx strongly angled. 



10. O. purpureum, Vill. © .3 to .4, more or less papillary- 

 pubescent. Leaves triangular, ternate or quinate, leaflets petiolulate, 3- 

 parted into pinnatifid, incised segments. Sepals papillary, oblong- 

 lanceolate, aristate; limb of petal as long as claw ; valves densely 

 wrinkled ; seeds finely dotted — Spring — Shady rocks ; common. 



11. O. lucidum, L. © .2 to. 3, glabrous, ^Gsh.y. 'Lea.Yes round, 

 palmately 5-7-fid into cuneate, dbttisely incised andcrenate lobes. Sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, transversely wrinMed ; limb of petal 

 shorter than claw ; valves puberulent at tip, wrinkled lengthwise at 

 back, netted at face ; seeds smooth — Spring — Eocky shady places ; 

 common. 



4. ERODIUII, L'her. Stork's Bill. Ghazalrdur-dur. 



Flowers regular, or petals somewhat unequal. Sepals equal. 

 Glands 5, alternate with petals. Stamens 10, 5 fertile and 5 sterile. 

 Valves of capsule indehiscent ; styles hairy within, twisting spirally at 

 maturity — Annual or perennial, sometimes dioecious herbs, stems often 

 indurated below, peduncles usually umbellate at apex. 



