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GERANIACE^. (GERANIUM FAMILY.) 



segments ; rachis dentate, winged. Sepals glandular, long-mucronate ; 

 petals purple, obovate, as long as calyx, the upper retuse ; beak .1 to 

 .12 long, 8-10 times as long as carpel — Spring — Weedy places and 

 roadsides ; less common than the others. 



Var. 

 Aintab. 



aristatuni, Post. Plant tall. Sepals aristate — Damascus; 



7. E. gruinum, L. © .2 to .5 ; stem thick, sparingly hirsute. 

 Leaves appressed-papillary, the lowest undivided, cordate-ovate, the 

 others triangular, divided into three, sessile, acutely dentate leaflets, the 

 terminal longer, elongated, 3-5-lobed. Sepals .01 long, mucronate to 

 aristate ; petals purple, obovate, longer than sepals ; beak .07 long, 

 stout, 6-8 times as long as carpels — Spring — Fields ; common. Flowers 

 showy, .02 broad. 



Fig. 82 



Ripe fruit of E, gminum, 



8. E. botrys, Cavan. .2 to .4 ; stems ascending or erect, 

 retrorsely papillary-hirsute or glabrescent. Leaves 



hirsute or glabrescent, oblong, the lowermost obtusely Fig. 83. 

 sinuate, pinnatifid, the upper bipinnatifid into nar- 

 row, acute lobules. Sepals glandular, tapering into 

 a short mucro ; petals purple, oblong, once and a half 

 as long as calyx; beak .06 to .1 long, slender, 6-8 

 times as long as carpels — Spring — Beit-meri. 



9, E. laciniatum, Cavan. @ .3 to. 5, procum- 

 bent ; stems and petioles retrorse-hairy, rarely glabres- 

 cent, the lowest cordate-ovate, obtusely 3-lobed, the 

 others 1-2-pinnatisect or parted into short, acutish 

 lobules. Sepals glandular-hairy, mucronate ; petals 

 purple, oblong, as long as calyx, or longer ; beak 

 .06 long, slender, 6-8 times as long as appressed-hairy 

 carpels — Spring — Sandy places near coast. Mount 

 Nebo. 



Var. genuinum, Boiss. Hairy, green ; leaves 

 deeply cut — Common near coast. 



Var. glabrescens, Post. Glabrous — Beirut. 



Var. pulverulentiiin, Boiss. Ujreiyat-el-Gliazdl. 

 Murghdt. More or less crisp-canescent ; leaves small, 

 sinuate-pinnatilobed or slightly cut ; sepals crisp-hairy, Ripe fruits of E. 

 nearly muticous — Sinai to Egypt. Varies in color of lacmiatum 

 leaves from pale green to almost canescent. 



