GEKAN1ACEAE (GERANIUM FAMILY) 



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Fruit 1.7-2.4 cm. long; seeds pitted. 



Flowers crowded . 



Inflorescence lax . . . 

 Fruit 1-1. 5 cm. long. 



Seeds pitted ; sepals short-awned 



Seeds smooth ; sepals awnless . 

 Fertile part of the carpel essentially glabrous. 

 Pedicels s-15 mm. long . 



Pedicels 3-6 cm. long . 



6. G. carolinianum. 



7. G. Bicknellii. 



8. G. rotundifolium. 



9. G.pusillum. 



10. G.molle. 



11. G. cohtnibinum. 



1. G. maculatum L. (WILD C.) Erect, hairy; leaves about ^-parted, the 

 wedge-shaped divisions lobed and cut at the end ; sepals slender-pointed ; pedi- 

 cels and beak of fruit hairy but not glandular; petals entire, light purple, 

 bearded on the claw. Open woods and fields, centr. Me. to Man., and southw. 

 Apr.-July. 



2. G. PRATENSE L. Tall (7 dm. high) ; leaves mostly 7-parted, the narrow 

 lobes incised ; pedicels and beak glandular-pubescent ; petals deep purple. 

 Fields and meadows, n. e. Me., N. B., and Que. ; also locally, e. Mass. (Introd. 

 from Eu.) 



3. G. SIBIRICUM L. Weak, diffusely branched; stem leafy; leaves 3(-5)- 

 parted, the segments broadly lanceolate or rhombic, sharply cut-toothed, acute ; 

 carpels finely pubescent ; seeds lineolate. Said to be established on Manhattan 

 I. (Adv. from Eurasia.) 



4. G. Robertianum L. (HERB ROBERT.) Sparsely hairy, diffuse, strong- 

 scented ; leaves ^-divided or pedately ^-divided, the divisions twice pinnatifid ; 

 sepals awned; petals red-purple, long-clawed ; carpels wrinkled ; seeds smooth. 

 Moist woods and shaded ravines, e. Que. to Minn., s. to N. J., Pa., and Mo. 

 June-Oct. (Eu.) 



5. G. PYRENAICUM Burm. f. Soft-pubescent and somewhat glandular, 2-6 dm. 

 high ; leaves orbicular, 5-7 -cleft two thirds of the way to the base, the lobes 



obovate-oblong, again toothed ; sepals puberulent, 

 merely pointed, not awned ; petals rose-colored, deeply 

 notched ; carpels puberulent ; seeds smooth. Road- 

 sides and waste places, about Quebec ; also at Bethle- 

 hem, Pa. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. G. carolinianum L. Diffusely branched, hairy ; 

 leaves about 5-parted, the divisions cut and cleft into 

 many oblong-linear segments ; flowers glomerate- 

 cymose ; sepals ovate, about as long as the whitish or 

 very pale pink petals; beak of fruit tipped with a 

 short filiform style; seeds ovoid, minutely reticulated. 

 Rocky places, etc., mostly in poor soil, e. Mass., 

 southw. and westw., common ; May-June. FIG. 804. 



7. G. Bicknellii Britton. Diffusely branched ; leaves somewhat angular in 

 contour, deeply cleft into narrow segments and lobes ; 



flowers in pairs, the peduncles scattered; petals rose- 

 colored, somewhat exceeding the sepals ; beak of fruit 

 tipped with a prolonged filiform style (4-6 mm. in length) ; 

 seeds nearly black, finely reticulated. Open woods, clear- 

 ings, etc , Nfd. to B. C., s. to N. E., N! Y., Mich., Utah, etc. 

 FIG. 805. 



8. G. ROTUNDIFOLIUM L. Weak, diffusely branched, vil- 

 lous with gland-tipped hairs ; leaves orbicular in outline, 

 cleft half to two thirds the way to the base, the broadish 

 segments crenate-toothed or lobed ; petals rose-color, 

 entire ; seeds finely reticulated. Waste places about New 

 York City, Philadelphia, etc., rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



0. G. PUSILLUM Burm. f. Similar to the preceding in 

 habit and foliage ; flowers very small ; petals purplish, 

 about equaling or little exceeding the awnless sepals ; sta- 

 mens 5 ; fruit pubescent ; seed smooth. Waste places and cultivated ground, 

 Mass., southw. and westw., casual. (Adv. from Eu.) 



