GERANIACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



2. 



i. Robertiella Robertiana (L.) 



Hanks. Herb Robert. Red 



robin. Fig. 2651. 



Geranium Robertianum L. Sp. PI. 681. 1753. 

 Robertiella Robertiana Hanks ; Hanks & Small, 

 N. A. Fl. 25 : 3. 1907. 



Annual or biennial, glandular-villous, weak, 

 extensively branching, erect or decumbent, 

 6'-i8' high, heavy-scented. Leaves thin, 

 ovate-orbicular in outline, the divisions 

 cleft, finely lobed or toothed, the teeth 

 oblong, mucronate; peduncles slender, 2- 

 flowered, i'-3' long; pedicels divaricate, i' 

 long; sepals acuminate and awn-pointed; 

 flowers red-purple, about 6" broad ; petals 

 4"~5" long, narrow-clawed; beak of the 

 fruit about i' long, awn-pointed, nearly 

 glabrous; carpels nearly glabrous, wrinkled. 



In rocky woods, rarely in sandy places, 

 Nova Scotia to Manitoba, New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania and Missouri. Occurs also in Eu- 

 rope, Asia and northern Africa. Odor disa- 

 greeable. Fox, mountain or wild geranium. Red 

 robin. Red-shanks. Dragons'-blood. Jenny- 

 wren. Wren's-flower. Red bird's-eye. May-Oct. 



GERANIUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 

 676. 1753. 



Herbs with stipulate palmately lobed, cleft or parted leaves, and axillary i-2-flowered 

 peduncles. Flowers regular, 5-merous. Sepals 5, imbricated. Petals 5, hypogynous, imbri- 

 cated. Stamens 10 (rarely 5), generally 5 longer and 5 shorter. Ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled, 

 beaked with the compound style. Ovules 2 in each cavity. Capsule elastically dehiscent, the 

 5 cavities i-seeded, long-tailed. [Greek, a crane, from the long beak of the fruit.] 



About 190 species, widely distributed in temperate regions. Besides the following, some 60 

 others occur in North America. Type species: Geranium sylvaticum L. 

 Perennial; flowers i' broad or more. 



Beak of the fruit, and pedicels, glandular-pubescent. 

 Beak of the fruit, and pedicels, pubescent, but not glandular. 

 Annuals or biennials ; flowers z"-6" broad. 

 Peduncles i -flowered. 

 Peduncles 2-flowered. 



Peduncles longer than the leaves ; carpels smooth and glabrous 

 Peduncles short ; carpels rugose or hairy. 

 Seeds reticulated or pitted. 



Glandular-pubescent with long white hairs. 

 Pubescent with short hairs ; leaves deeply lobed. 

 Flowers pale purple ; seeds minutely reticulated. 

 Beak short-pointed ; inflorescence compact. 

 Beak long-pointed ; inflorescence loose. 

 Flowers deep purple ; seeds deeply pitted. 

 Seeds smooth or nearly so. 



Stamens 5 ; carpels hairy, not rugose. 

 Stamens 10; carpels glabrate, rugose. 



1. G. pratense. 



2. G. maculatnin. 



3. G. sibiricum. 



4. G. columbiniini. 



5. G.rotundifoliiim. 



6. G. carolinianum. 



7. G. Bicknellii. 



8. G. dissectum. 



g. G.pusillnm. 

 10. G. molle. 



i. Geranium pratense L. Meadow 

 Geranium. Fig. 2652. 



Geranium pratense L. Sp. PI. 681. 1753. 



^Perennial _ bv a stout rootstock, pubescent 

 with ^spreading or retrorse short hairs, erect, 

 i -2^ high. Basal leaves long-petioled, reni- 

 form or orbicular-reniform in outline and 

 decidedly pentagonal, mostly 4'-$' wide, 5-7- 

 parted, the divisions narrower, more attenuate 

 and more finely cut than in G. maculatum; 

 stem-leaves usually with narrower divisions 

 and teeth than the basal leaves; peduncles 

 elongated, glandular-pubescent like the pedi- 

 cels which are very variable in length ; flowers 

 deep-purple, ii'-if broad; petals ciliate at the 

 base; beak of the fruit f'-i' long; carpels 

 minutely pubescent; seeds reticulate. 



In meadows and fields. New Brunswick and 

 Quebec to Maine and Massachusetts. Adventive 

 from Europe. June-Aug. 



