130 GERANIACE^. Geranium. 



hairs on the inside of the claw. Stamens in a double series, the exterior alternating with the 

 petals, the inner opposite to them : filaments (under a lens) slightly ciliate at the base. Seeds 

 minutely reticulated. 



Open woods, etc. ; common. Flowers from the end of April to June. 



The root of this plant is a valuable astringent ; being equal to the officinal Kino and Catechu. 

 See Wood and Bache's U. S. Dispens. 330. 



»• Annual. 



2. Geranium Carolinianum, Linn. Carolinian CranesbUl. 



Stem diffusely branched ; pubescence simple ; leaves deeply 5-lobed or parted ; segments 

 incisely lobed or toothed ; peduncles and pedicels scarcely longer than the sepals, rather 

 crowded at the summit of the branches ; petals cuneate-oblong, slightly emarginate, about the 

 length of the awned sepals ; carpels hairy ; seeds oval, minutely reticulated. — Walt.fl. Car. 

 p. 175 ; "Cavan. diss. t. 84./. 1, and t. IM.f. 2." ex DC. ; Michx.fl. 2. p. 28 ; Pursh, fl. 

 2. p. 449 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 157 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 643 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 115 ; Dar- 

 lingt. fl. Cest. p. 392 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 207. 



var. Pubescence partly glandular ; peduncles and pedicels much longer than the sepals ; 

 flowers larger ; petals obovate, conspicuously emarginate. G. dissectum, Pursh ? 



Root somewhat fusiform. Plant somewhat hoary with a spreading or retrorse pubescence, 

 at first erect or oblique, at length diffuse, 6-12 inches long. Leaves 1-2 inches in dia- 

 meter, 5-lobed almost to the base, the ultimate segments rather obtuse. Peduncles, in the 

 common variety, usually much crowded among the leaves at the extremity of the branches, 

 and appearing umbellate or fasciculate ; in the other form, they are an inch or two long, and 

 the pedicels (of the fruit) full an inch in length. Calyx almost villous : awns about one-third 

 the length of the sepals. Petals rose-color or nearly white. Seeds finely reticulate under a 

 lens. 



Dry barren fields and hill-sides ; rather common : the variety, in Yates county {Dr. Sart- 

 well). May - June. The form described as a variety seems to be pretty constant, but it is 

 hardly distinct from G. Carolinianum. 



3. Geranium pusillum, Linn. 8mall-Jiowered Cranesbill. 



Stem procumbent, minutely pubescent ; leaves reniform or nearly orbicular, deeply 5—7- 

 lobed ; lobes of the lower leaves 3-cleft, of the upper ones entire ; petals emarginate, about, 

 the length of the hairy, acute (not mucronate) sepals ; carpels minutely pubescent ; seeds 

 smooth. — Eng. hot. t. 385 ; Muhl. cat. p. 64 ; Torr. compend. p. 254 ; DC. prodr. l.p. 643; 

 Torr. 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 207. 



Stem 1-2 feet long, spreading, very slender. Leaves slightly pubescent, from scarcely 

 half an inch to an inch in diameter ; segments oblong-cuneiform. Peduncles 2-3 lines, and 



