GERANIACE^. (GERANIUM FAMILY.) 193 



* Bealc persistent J Iristly within. Valves with 3 pores at tip. 



t Perennials. 

 1 E. trichomanefolium, 3 Amanum, 3 Romanum. 

 1 1 Annuals. 

 X Leaves all p innately ar 2-pinnately cut. 

 4 E. cicutarium, 5 moschatum, 6 cichooium. 



I I Leaves (or at least the lower ones) undivided or lohed. 



^7 E. gruinum, 8 botrys, 9 laciniatum, 10 malacoides. 



* * Beah deciduous^ plumose. Pore at apex of valves 0. 



t Perennials. 



HE. hirtum, 12 Gaillardoti, 13 glaucophyllum, 14 Hussoni. 



1 1 Monocarpic plants. 

 15 E. bryoniaefolium. 



1. E. triehomanefolium, L'her. '^. .1, densely glandula/r- 

 hairy, tufted, stemless. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-pinnatisect into 

 minute, oblong, obtuse lobules. Sepals short-mucronate ; petals pur- 

 ple to white, a little longer than calyx ; carpels shaggy, one-fifth as 

 long as .03 long beak — Summer — Alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



2. E. Amanum, Boiss. et Kotschy. 2]! Canescent icith glaiid- 

 less wool, tufted ; rhizome thick, with many branches. Leaves oblong, 

 pinnatipartite into ovate, deeply and obtusely lobed segments. Sepals 

 abrujitly acuminate, bearded, 5-nerved ; petals * * ; carpels loosely 

 white-villous, one-third as long as beak — Summer — Akmadagh 

 (Amanus). 



Var. gIandu]o§um, Boiss. Segments of leaves pinnatisect. 

 Peduncles and calyces glandular — Alpine Antilebanon. 



3. E, Romanum, L. 2|! .15 to .35 sparingly appressed-Tiairy, 

 stemless ; root fleshy, vertical. Leaves resetted, oblong to oblanceo- 

 late, pinnatipartite into sessile, ovate-oblong, pinnatisect leaflets, lobules 

 small, oblong, acute. Sepals ti(>ped with a bristle ; petals equal, pink, 

 not spotted, 3-3. times as long as calyx ; carpels bearded, one-fifth as 

 long as .04 long beak — Spring — Fields and roadsides; common in 

 middle mountain zones and interior plains. 



4. E. cicutarium, L. .3 to .4, caulescent, more or less 

 papillary, often glandular. Leaves oblong, pinnatipartite into ovate, 

 deeptly incised- dentate or dissected segments. Sej^als mucronate with a 

 fine bristle at tip ; petals purple, obovate, unequal, as long as or 

 longer than calyx, often spotted ; beak .05 long, 5-6 times as" long as 

 carpels — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



5. E. moschatum, L. Missaiki .15 to .4, sparingly glan- 

 dular-viscid above ; stems ascending, rather fleshy. Leaves pinnatisect 

 into 10-13, large, ovate, douUy serrate leaflets. Sepals ending in a stout 

 mucro ; petals pink, unequal, obovate, as long as calyx ; beak. 04 long, 

 6-8 times as long as carpels — Spring — Weedy places ; common every- 

 where. 



6. E. ciclionium, L. .1 to .4, pubescent-viscid. Leaves 

 tvate, pinnatipartite into ovate, pinnatifid or parted obtusely dentate 



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