FALSE MERMAID FAMILY. Limnanthacese. 



generally borne in pairs. 8-16 inches high. Me. to 

 southern N. Y., and northwest to western Ontario, 

 Canada. 



Geranium Another similar species but one more 



Carolinianum commonly distributed through the South 

 Pale magenta The leaves are deeply cut and narrowly 

 May-August i o b e d, and the pale magenta flowers are 

 borne in compact clusters. The beak to the seed-vessel 

 is nearly an inch long, and is short-pointed in contradiS' 

 tinction to that of the foregoing species, which is long- 

 pointed. The curved sections of the beak are also 

 shorter. The stem is fuzzy and 8-15 inches high. In 

 poor soil from Me., south to Mex. , and west. This gera- 

 nium as well as the others is more or less dependent 

 upon the small bees (Halictits), and the Syrphid flies 

 for cross-fertilization. The flower has ten perfect sta- 

 mens, however, and the inner circle of their anthers is 

 so near the stigma that self-pollinization may easily 

 occur ; that is the expressed opinion of Professor 

 Robertson. 



An uncommon species introduced from 



Geranium _. 



pratense Europe, confined to Canada, northeastern 



Purple Maine, and eastern Massachusetts. Leaves 



June-Septem= with mostly 7 deeply cut lobes ; the flower- 

 stems and seed-vessel beak glandular-hairy. 

 Flowers deep magenta-purple. 24 inches high. Open 

 fields. See Appendix. 



FALSE MERMAID FAMILY. Limnanthacece. 



Plants with 3-6 parted flowers and compound (pinnate) 

 leaves. 



False Mermaid ^ s ^ en( ^ er an( * weak-stemmed little plant, 

 Floerkea pro- with small compound leaves of from 3-5 

 serjnnacoides leaflets sometimes thrice cleft. The tiny 

 White white flowers with three petals are borne 



April-June singly on long and slender stems proceed- 

 ing from the base of the leaves. The flower is succeeded 

 by 1-3 fleshy spherical seed receptacles which are set 

 snugly within the remaining three sepals. 6-15 inches 

 high. In swampy land, and on river-banks, from Me., 

 southwest to Pa. , and westward. 

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