68 ORDER 30. GERANIACE^E. 



2 O. violacea L. Bulbous at base, acaulescent ; scape umbelliferous ; flowers nod- 



ding ; tips of the calyx fleshy ; styles shorter than the outer stamens. ii An elegant 

 specie? in rocky woods. 58'. Flowers violet-purple. May. 



3 O. stricta L. Caulescent ; st. branching; ped. umbelliferous, longer than the peti- 



oles ; sty'e as long as the inner stamens ; flowers yellow. Fields. 3 9'. Common. 

 4 O. FLAVA. Scapes 6', 1-flowered ; leaflets 610, linear; petals* yellow, 1' long. S. Afr. 



5 O. ROSEA. Stem erect, 8' ; Ifts. 3, obcordate ; pet. roseate, 1', toothed ; fls. many. Chili. 



6 O. VERSICOLOR. St. 3' ; Ifts. 3, linear, emarginate ; pet. crimson-striped outside. S. Afr. 



2. FLGEJRKEA, Willd. FALSE MERMAID. Sep. 3, longer than the 3 

 pttals. Glands 3. Stam. 6. Ovaries 3, tuberculate. Style 2-cleft. Fruit 

 separating into 3 achenia. (i) Small aquatics, with pinnately-divided leaves. 

 F. proserpinacoides Lindl. By streams and lakes, Vt. to Penn., and W. C 10'. 



Prostrate ; Ivs. alternate ; If. segm. 35 ; pet. white, shorter than the sepals ; ach. 13. 



3. LIMNANTHES, Br. Sepals 5, valvate. Pet. 5, convolute, with 5 

 glands. Stamens 10. Style 1. Ovary deeply 5-lobed, separating 5 ache- 

 nia in fruit. Herbs with pinnate leaves and cut-lobed leaflets. Summer. 

 L. DOUGLASII. Stems low, diffuse, with numerous axillary flowers 1' broad ; petals wedge- 

 oblong, yellow, edged with white, notched at the end. California. 



4. GERANIUM, L. CRANE'S BILL. Sep. and pet. 5, regular. Stam. 

 10, all perfect, the 5 alternate ones longer, and each with a gland at its 

 base. Fruit at length separating from the axis into 5 achenia, and up- 

 lifted on the smooth curving styles. Herbs. Ped. 1-3-flowered. Fig. 172. 



* Petals entire, twice as long as the awned sepals, purplish NOB. 1, 2 



* Petals emarg. or 2-lobed, not longer than the sep., roseate. May Aug. . .Nos. 36 



European perennials, cultivated, hardy, ornamental No. 7 



1 G. maculatum L. Stem erect, angular, dichotomous, retrorsely-pubescent ; leaves 



palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes cuneiform and entire at base, incisely serrate above, radi- 

 cal ones on long petiole*, if Woods. 2f. Flowers 1', purple. April June. 



2 <;. Robertiaiium L. Herb Robert. Stems weak, reddish, diffuse, hairy; learca 



pinnately 2-parted to the base, the segments pinnatifld, and the pinnae incisely tooth- 

 ed ; capsule rugous, seeds smooth. @ Rocky places, Can. to Va. 1 2f. Jn. Aug. 



3 G. Carolinianum L. Erect, at length diffuse, hairy ; leaves 5-7-parted ; eegm. 3- 



lobed, lobes entire or incised ; ped. short, clustered at the ends of branchlets ; sepals 

 awned ; fruit hairy ; seeds obscurely reticulated. Hills, dry or rocky. $ 2f. 



4 G. dissectum L. Diffuse, pubescent ; Ivs. 5- or 7-parted, segm. '.i^ear, many-cleft; 



seeds strongly reticulated, (i) Fields : rare. 612'. Fruit some hairy. Europe. 



5 G. (HIM ill ii m L. Procumbent, puberulent ; Ivs. round-reuiform, 7-parted, segments 



3-cleft ; sepals atvnless ; seeds smooth. (T) Waste grounds, N. Y., Mass. If. Eur. 



6 G. columbiiium L. Slender, decumbent, with long, filiform flower-stalks ; sep. 



awned, enlarged after flowering ; fr. glab. ; Ivs. and sd. as in No. 4. Penn. (Porter). 



7 G. tcANGtriNEUM. Erect, diffuse ; leaf-lobes 3-cleft, linear ; ped. 1-flowered ; flowers red, 



'arge. /3. LANCASTRIENSE is prostrate, with smaller (!') purple flowers, very elegant. 



5. ERODIUM, L'Her. HERON'S BILL. Sep. and pet. 5, regular. Stam. 

 tO, the 5 shorter ones sterile. Styles in fruit spirally twisted and bearded. 

 K. cicutariuin Sm. Diffuse, hairy ; leaves pinnately divided, segments sessile, pin- 



natifid, incised, acute ; ped. several-flowered ; petals equal, red. Lake shores, N. 

 Y. : rare. In California it is one of the chief forage plants. May, June. Europe. 



6. PELARGONIUM, L'Her. STORK'S BILL. GERANIUM. Sepals 5, 



