54 R- Knutli. — Geraniaceae. 



elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, sicut pedicelli pubescentia. Petala purpurea, sepalis parum 

 longiora. Valvulae 3 — 3 72 ^^ longae, sparsim hirsutae; rostrum 15 — 20 mm longum, 

 minute glanduloso-pubescens. Semina reticulata (ex Hanks et Small). 



Washington: West Klickitat Co. (Tjpiis). 



Nota. Gl. Trelease specimina descripta ad O. carolinianum longipes reducit, ut 

 Suksdorf I. c. indicat. 



G. Bieknellii Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXIV. (<897) 92; Britt. et Brown, 

 m. Flora f. 2245; Hanks et Small in Underwood-Britton, North Americ. Fl. XXV. \. 

 (1907) 10. — O. carolinianum longipes S. Wats. Bot. King's Expl. (1871) 50. — 

 0. longipes Goodding in Bot. Gaz. XXXVII. (1904) 56. — Annuum vel bienne. Caulis 

 inferne simplex et erectus, vel basi ramosus ramis dz divaricatis, pilis zb patulis ob- 

 situs. Foliorum lamina crassiuscula, ambitu pentagona, rarius satis rotundata (in foliis 

 inferioribus), 2 — 7 cm lata, lobis oblongis vel lanceolatis. Petioli, pedunculi et pedi- 

 celli glanduloso-pubescentes. Sepala lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, satis villosa, ex- 

 teriora 7^2 — 8V2 i^^i^ loi^ga? mucronata mucrone 2 — t^l2Tam longo. Petala roseo- 

 purpurea, sepalis circ. aequilonga. Rostrum 16 — 22 mm longum, glanduloso-hirsutum. 

 Valvulae 3 mm longae, sparsim hirsutae (ex Hanks et Small). 



Neu-Schottland bis Britisch Columbia, südwärts bis Colorado und 

 Mexiko: Canada, bei Ottawa (Macoun, Geol. Survey Canada a. 1898!]; Washington 

 (Eimer, Fl. of Okanogan Co., Wash. n. 527'.); Oregon (Lyell, Oreg. Bound. Comm. 

 a. 1859!, a. I86I!, Cusick, East. Oreg. PI. n. 2529!); Idaho (Sandberg, Mac- 

 dougal a. Heller, PI. of Idaho n 279!); Dakota (Rydberg, Fl. of the Black Hills 

 of S.-Dakota n. 5851); Minnesota (Taylor, PI. of Minnesota a. 1892!, Arthur, 

 Bailey a. Holway, Geol. a. Nat. Hist. Surv. of Minn. n. 13199!); Wyoming (A. et 

 E. Nelson, PI. Yellowstone Nat. Park n. 5672!); Colorado, bei Fish Creek Falls (Good- 

 ding, PI. Colorado a. 1903 n. 1646!); Mexiko, bei San Luis Potosi (Schaffner, Fl. 

 mexic. n. 188! Herb. Schaffner n. 459!). ' 



5. G. carolinianum L. Spec. pl. ed. 1. (1753) 682, ed. 2. (1763) 956; Willcf. 

 Spec. m. (1800) 711; Michx. FI. bor. americ. IL (1803) 38; A. Gray, Syn. Fl. North 

 Amer. I. 1. (1897) 360; Small, Fl. South-East. Un. St. (1903) 660; Hanks et Small 

 in Underwood-Britton, North Americ. Fl. XXV. 1. (1907) 9. — 0. carolinum Burm. f. 

 Spec. Geran. (1759) 27; Crantz, Inst. IL (1766) 156. — G. columhinum carolinuvij 

 capsulis nigris hir sutis 'üiW. Hort. Eltham. (17 74) t. 135, f. 16 2. — G. a^rwm Moench, 

 Meth. (1794) 285. — G. lanuginosum Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. IL (1797) 8. — G. 

 dissectum var. carolinianum Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. (1867) 36. — Annuum. 

 Radix fusca, 4 — 7 cm longa. Caulis pilis dz recurvatis puberulus, ramosus vel ramo- 

 sissimus, ascendens, 20 — 50 cm altus, sulcatus. Folia inferiora alterna, superiora 

 opposita, ambitu reniformi-orbiculata, pilis dz adpressis puberula, fere usque ad basin 

 5 — 7-partlta, lobis fere pinnatisectis, lacinulis linearibus obtusiusculis ; inferiora lon- 

 gius petiolata petiolis 5 — 10 cm longis, gradatim brevioribus, quam lamina 3 — 4-pIo 

 longioribus; superiora saepe breviter petiolata. Bracteae lineari-subulatae; pedunculi 

 biflori, valde abbreviati; flores tum coacervati et fere umbellati, Sepala ovata vel 

 orbiculari-ovata, manifeste mucronata mucrone 1 — 1 V2) i'arius 2 mm longo, sub fructu 

 accrescentia , usque 7 — 8 mm, plerumque autem 5 — -,1 mm longa. Petala calycem 

 aequantia vel paullo longiora. Valvulae laeves, pilis fere setosis, saepius atrescentibus 

 hirtae. Semina favoso-punctata. 



Mittleres Nordamerika, vorzüglich im atlantischen Gebiet. Bermuda-Inseln. 

 Jamaica. Paraguay. — New York (Rabenau, Fl. Vereinigt. Staaten!; Heuser, Fl. 

 Vereinigt. St. a. 1895!). Washington (Holm a. 1897!). New Jersey (Tuckerson 

 ex herb. Knieskern!, Tweedy, Fl. North America!). Ohio (Krebs n. 320 !). In- 

 dianopolis (Umbach, Herb, of North-West. College!, Deam a. 1897!, Bush, PI. of 

 Indian Territory n. 1186!). Kentucky (Hooker!). Missouri (Engelmann a. 1842!, 

 Riehl n. 167!, Eggert, Herb. Americ. n. 15!, Eggert, Fl. v. St. Louis a. 1874!, 

 Bush, PI of Missouri n. 7l!). Californien (Hillebrand! , Heller, PI. of Calif. 



