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GERANIUM FAMILY. 



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i. Geranium maculatum L,. 



Wild or Spotted Crane's-bill. 



Alum-root. (Fig. 2239.) 



Geranium maculatum L,. Sp. PI. 681. 1753. 



Perennial from a thick rootstock, pubes- 

 cent with spreading or retrorse hairs, 

 erect, simple, or branching above, i-2 

 high. Basal leaves long-petioled, nearly 

 orbicular, broadly cordate or reniform, 

 3 / -6 / wide, deeply 3~5-parted, the divi- 

 sions obovate, cuneate, variously toothed 

 and cleft; stem-leaves 2, opposite, short er- 

 petioled, otherwise similar to the basal 

 ones; peduncles 1-5, elongated, generally 

 bearing a pair of leaves at the base of the 

 umbellate inflorescence; ultimate pedi- 

 cels i '-2' long; flowers rose-purple, i'- 

 \]4. f broad; sepals awn-pointed, villous, 

 ciliate; petals woolly at the base; beak of 

 the fruit i / -i^ / long; carpels pubescent; 

 seed reticulate. 



In woods, Newfoundland to Manitoba, 

 south to Georgia, Alabama and Missouri. 

 April-July. 



2. Geranium Robertianum L,. 



Herb Robert. Red Robin. (Fig. 2240.) 



Geranium Robertianum L,. Sp. PI. 681. 1753. 



Annual or biennial, glandular-villous,weak, 

 extensively branching, erect or decumbent, 

 6 / -i8 / high, heavy-scented. Leaves thin, 

 ovate- orbicular in outline, ternately divided 

 to the base, the divisions again divided or 

 cleft, finely lobedor toothed, the teeth oblong, 

 mucronate; peduncles slender, 2-flowered, i'- 

 $' long; pedicels divaricate, l /t' long; sepals 

 acuminate and awn- pointed; flowers red-pur- 

 ple, about 6" broad; petals 4 // -5 // long, nar- 

 row-clawed; beak of the fruit about i / long, 

 awn-pointed, nearly glabrous; carpels nearly 

 glabrous, slightly wrinkled; seed smooth. 



In rocky woods, rarely in sandy places, New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south 

 to southern New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva- 

 nia and Missouri. Occurs also in Europe, Asia 

 and northern Africa. Odor disagreeable. Old 

 names, Red-shanks, Dragons'-blood. May-Oct. 



3. Geranium Sibiricum L,. Siberian 

 Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2241.) 



Geranium Sibiricum L,. Sp. PI. 683. 1753. 



Annual, villous-pubescent, freely branched, 

 decumbent or ascending, i-4^ high. 

 Leaves deeply 3~5-parted, 2 / -2J / broad, 

 nearly orbicular, or cordate-reniform, the 

 divisions oval-lanceolate, cleft or toothed; 

 peduncles slender, i-flowered, 2 / ~3 / long, 2- 

 bracted near the middle; flowers nearly white, 

 3 // -4 // broad ; sepals oval, awned ; beak of 

 the fruit canescent, 7"-9" long, tipped with 

 a short prolongation; lobes of the capsule 

 puberulent or hairy, seed minutely reticulate. 



Abundant along roadsides in the northern part 

 of New York City; also found at Cainbidpe, 

 Mass. Adventive from Asia. Some of the pedi- 

 cels are rarely 2-flowered. June-Sept. 



