GENUS 2. 



GERANIUM FAMILY. 



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8. Geranium dissectum L. Cut-leaved 

 Crane's-bill. Fig. 2659. 



Geranium dissectum L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 282. 1760. 



Closely related to the two preceding species, 

 but smaller in every way, more slender, the 

 branches decumbent or ascending; leaves seldom 

 more than ii' wide, deeply cleft into narrower 

 segments; inflorescence loose; peduncles short, 

 2-flowered; flowers purple, about 3" broad; 

 sepals ovate, awned, equalling or slightly longer 

 than the notched petals ; capsule-lobes and beak 

 pubescent; seeds ovoid or globose, deeply pitted. 



In waste places, and in ballast in New York and 

 New Jersey. Also in the far Northwest. Fugitive 

 from Europe. Wood-geranium. June-Sept. 



9. Geranium pusillum L. Small-flowered 



Crane's-bill. Fig. 2660. 

 Geranium pusillum L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 957. 1763. 



Annual, widely branching, slender, weak, pubes- 

 cent or villous, 4'-i8' long. Leaves petioled, reni- 

 form-orbicular, \'-\\' wide, deeply divided into 7-9 

 oblong, or sometimes linear-oblong, entire or 3- 

 toothed, cuneate lobes ; peduncles short, 3"-o/' long, 

 2-flowered ; pedicels 3"-i2" long ; sepals acute, awn- 

 less; flowers pale-purple, 3"-s" broad; petals notch- 

 ed ; capsule-lobes hairy, keeled, not wrinkled ; beak 

 about 5" long, canescent ; seed smooth ; anther-bear- 

 ing stamens commonly only 5, as in Erodium. 



In waste places, Ontario to British Columbia, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nebraska and 

 Utah. Also in Bermuda. Adventive from Europe. 

 May- Sept. 



10. Geranium molle L. Dove's- foot Crane's-bill. 

 Fig. 2661. 



Geranium molle L. Sp. PI. 682. 1753. 



Resembling the preceding species, but more villous, the leaves 

 nearly orbicular in outline and not as deeply cleft, generally only 

 to just below the middle, into 7-11 obovate or cuneate lobes, 

 which are 3-5-toothed at the apex; flowers dark-purple, 3"-s" 

 broad; sepals obtusish, not awned ; capsule-lobes distinctly marked 

 with transverse wrinkles; beak about 5" long, sparingly pubes- 

 cent ; seeds smooth or striate, not pitted, nor reticulate ; anther- 

 bearing filaments 10. 



In lawns and waste places, Maine to Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio 

 and Ontario. Also in Washington and Vancouver. Fugitive from 

 Europe. Other English names are pigeon-foot, starlights, culverfoot. 

 May-Sept. 



