VOL. II.] GERANIUM FAMILY 



7. Geranium Bicknellii Britton. Bick- 

 nell's Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2245.) 



Geranium Bicknellii Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 24: 

 92. 1897. 



Similar to the preceding species, but taller, 

 the stems usually more slender, loosely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves slender-petioled, somewhat angu- 

 late in outline, the segments oblong or linear- 

 oblong, mostly narrower; peduncles slender, 2- 

 flowered, the inflorescence loose; sepals lanceo- 

 late, awn-pointed; ovary-lobes pubescent; per- 

 sistent filaments longer than the carpels; beak 

 about \ f long, long-pointed, its tip 2 // ~3 // long; 

 seeds reticulated. 



Nova Scotia (?), Maine to Western Ontario and 

 southern New York. May-Sept. 



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8. Geranium dissectum L/. Cut-leaved 

 Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2246.) 



Geranium dissectum L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 282. 1760. 

 Closely related to the two preceding species, 

 but smaller in every way, more slender, the 

 branches decumbent or ascending; leaves sel- 

 dom more than ij^' wide, deeply cleft into 

 narrower segments; inflorescence loose; pedun- 

 cles short, 2-flowered; flowers purple, about 3" 

 broad; sepals ovate, awned, equalling or slightly 

 longer than the notched petals; capsule-lobes 

 and beak pubescent; seeds ovoid or globose, 

 deeply pitted. 



In waste places, and in ballast in New York and 

 New Jersey. Also in the far Northwest. Fugitive 

 from Europe. June-Sept. 



9. Geranium pusillum L. Small-flow- 

 ered Crane's-bill. (Fig. 2247.) 



Geranium pusillum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 957. 1763. 



Annual, widely branching, slender, weak, pu- 

 bescent or villous, 4 / -i8 / long. Leaves petioled, 

 reniform-orbicular, J^'-i^' wide, deeply divided 

 into 7-9 oblong, or sometimes linear-oblong, entire 

 or 3-toothed, cuneate lobes; peduncles short, 3 /x - 

 9 /x long, 2-flowered; pedicels 3 // -i2 // long; sepals 

 acute, awnless; flowers pale- purple, 3 // -5 // broad; 

 petals notched; capsule-lobes hairy, keeled, not 

 wrinkled; beak about 5" long, canescent; seed 

 smooth; anther-bearing stamens commonly only 

 ,5, as in Erodium. 



In waste places, southern New England to western 

 New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario 

 and British Columbia. Adventive from Europe. 

 May-Sept. 



