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GERANIACEAE. 



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4. Geranium columbinum L/. 

 stalked Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2242.) 



Geranium columbinum L. Sp. PI. 682. 1753. 



Annual, slender, decumbent or prostrate, slightly 

 hispid-pubescent with whitish appressed hairs. 

 Leaves I'-iJ^' in diameter, pedately deeply 5-9- 

 divided into narrow, mostly linear variously cleft seg- 

 ments; petioles very slender, those of the lower and 

 basal leaves often 5 / -6 / long; peduncles also slender, 

 longer than the upper leaves, 2-flowered; pedicels 

 i '-3' long; flowers purple, about 4" broad; sepals 

 ovate, awn-pointed, enlarging in fruit; petals notched; 

 capsule-lobes nearly glabrous, keeled, not rugose; 

 beak f>"-io" long, hispid; seeds deeply pitted. 



In fields and along: roadsides, New Jersey, Pennsylva- 

 nia, Maryland and Virginia. Also in Dakota. Natural- 

 ized or adventive from Europe. Native also of northern 

 Asia. May-July. 



5. Geranium rotundifdlium L,. Round- 

 leaved Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2243.) 



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



Annual, often tufted, 6'-i8'higb, much branched, 

 softly pubescent with spreading white purple-tipped 

 glandular hairs. Leaves rcniform-orbicular, broader 

 than long, \%' wide, cleft about to the middle into 

 5-9 obtuse broad lobes, which are 3-5-toothed; peti- 

 oles slender, those of the basal leaves elongated; flow- 

 ers purple, 2 // -3 // broad; sepals ovate, or oval, short- 

 pointed, somewhat shorter than the entire obovate 

 petals; ovary and capsule-lobes hairy, not wrinkled; 

 beak pubescent, about 6" long, pointed with a short 

 awn; seeds reticulated. 



In waste places, Michigan, and in ballast about New 

 York. Fugitive from Europe. Native also of northern 

 Asia. Summer. 



6. Geranium Carolinianum L,. Carolina 

 Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2244.) 



Geranium Carolinianum L. Sp. PI. 682. 1753. 



Annual, erect, generally branched from the base 

 and also above, stout, 6 / -i5 / high, loosely pubes- 

 cent with spreading often glandular gray hairs. 

 Leaves petioled, reniform-orbicular in outline, i'- 

 3' wide, deeply cleft into 5-9 oblong or obovate 

 cuneate toothed or lobed segments; peduncles 

 rather short and stout, 2-flowered ; flowers in 

 compact clusters, pale pink or whitish, 4 // -6 // 

 broad; sepals ovate, ciliate, awn-pointed, about 

 equalling the obovate emarginate petals; ovary- 

 lobes hispid-pubescent; persistent filaments not 

 longer than the carpels; beak nearly i' long, 

 short-pointed; seeds ovoid-oblong, finely reticu- 

 lated. 



In barren soil, Nova Scotia (?), New England to 

 British Columbia, south to Florida and Mexico. Also 

 in Bermuda. April-Aug. 



