GEKANIACK^.. (gkKANIU.M FAMILY.) 107 



6-celle(l loculicidal pod or a berry. Seeds 2 or fi;w in each cell, with a 

 straight embryo in a little (lesliy albumen. — Leaves rompound : juice 

 sour. 



6. Oialis. Styles 5, separate. Pod oblong ■. the valves not falling' away. LeaOcts usually 

 obcurelate. 



1. GERANIUM, L. Cn.vNKsiui.i.. 



Stamens 10 (sometimes only 5 in No. 2), all witli perfect anthers, the 5 

 longer with glands at their base (alternate with the petals). Styles smooth 

 inside in fruit when they separate from the axis. — Stems forking. Peduncles 

 1 -3-flowcred. (An old Greek name, from ytpavos, a cniiie; the long IVuit- 

 bearing beak thought to i-cscmblo tlie bill of that lurd.) 

 *• Ruiilstork jieirnnial. 

 1. G. macul^tum, L. (Wild Ckanesbill.) Stem erect, hairy; 

 leaves about 5-parted, the wedge-shaped divisions lobcd and cut at the end ; 

 sepals slender-pointed ; petals entire, light purple, bearded on the claw (^' 

 long). — Open woods and fields. April -July. — Leaves somewhat blotched 

 with whitish as they grow old. 



* * Root biennial or annual : Jlowers small. 



2. G. Caroliniknum, L. (Cauolin.v C.) Stems at first erect, dif- 

 fusely branched from the base, hairy ; leaves about 5-parted, the divisions cleft 

 and cut into numerous oblongdincar lobes ; peduncles and pedicels short ; 

 sfjHiIs awn-poinfedy as long as the emarginatc (pale rose-color) petals ; caqjcls 

 hairy ; se((h ovoiil-oblon(j, very minuUlij nticulaled. — Barren soil and waste 

 places : common. May -Aug. — Depauperate forms, except by the seeds, are 

 liardly distinguishable from 



.3. G. inssECTUJi, L. (Cut-leaved C.) More slender and spreading, 

 with narrower lobes to the leaves, and smaller red-purple petals notched at the 

 end ; seeds short-ovoid or globular, Jindj and stronrjli/ reticulated. — "Waste grounds, 

 scarce. (Nat. from Eil) 



4. G. conMBixuM, L. (Lon'g-.stalked C.) Minutely hairy, with 

 very slender decumbent stems; leaves .5-7-parted and cut into narrow linear 

 lobes ; prdunclc.t ami prdiccls Jiiiform and clonrjaled ; sepals awned, about equal- 

 ling the ])urple petals, enlarging after flowering; carpels f/labrous ; seeds nearly 

 as in No. 3. — Along the Susquehanna, Lancaster Co., &c., Prof. Porter. 

 Alexandria, Virginia, A. II. Curtiss. June, July. (Xat. from Eu.) 



5. G. i-usfLLUM, L. (Small-flowered C.) Stems procumbent, slender, 

 minutely pubescent ; leaves rounded lidn<ij-form, 5 - 7-parted, the divisions 

 wedge-shaped, mostly 3-lobed ; sepals awnless, about as long as the (purplish) 

 petals ; seeds smooth. — Waste jilaccs, Massachusetts to Pennsylvania : rare. (NaL 

 from Eil) 



6. G. Roberti^num, L. (IIekd RonERT.) Sparsely hairy, diHusc ; 

 Strong-sccntcd, harts ">-divided or jitdatdij b-divided, the divisions twice pinna- 

 tijid: sepals awncd, shorter than the (rcil-purplc) jietals ; jxhIs trrinUcd ; seeds 

 smooth. — Moist woods and shaded ravines: common northward. June -Oct. 

 (Eu.) 



