192 GERANIACEiE. (GERANIUM FAMILY.) 



* * Animals. 



t Petals long-clawed. Calyx not angled. 



\ Beak of ripe fruit usually about .01 long. 



5. G, piisilliim, 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. niolle, Willd,, .2 to .4, f^MmyzJ^VZows, glandular above. 

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

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

 ciliate above base, some%Yhat longer than calyx ; valves obliquely netted- 

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

 common everywhere. 



X \ Bealc of ripe fruit about .02 long. 



7. O. rotuiKlifoliiim, L. .15 to .4, sparingly glandular- 

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

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

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

 xialtes pubescent ; seeds pitted — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



8. O, columbiiium, 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, ratJier smooth — Spring — Beit- 

 Meri. 



9. O. dissectum, L. .2 to .5; stem loosely branched, 

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

 parted into oblong -linear, obtuse lobes. Peduncles slwrt; 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. piirpureum, Vill. .2 to .4, more or less papillary- 

 pubescent. Leaves triangidar, ternate or quinate, leaflets petiolulate, 8- 

 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. luciduiii, L. .2 to .3, p'ZaSro^^s, fleshy. Leaves row?!/?, 

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

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

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

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

 common. 



4. £R01>IUM, L'her. Stork's Bill. Ghazal-dur-dm\ 



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 dia3cious herbs, stems often 

 indurated below, peduncles usually umbellate at apex. 



