GERANIUM FAMILY. 583 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 234. Chap. Fl. 105. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina, Texas to Arkansas, south to 

 Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 1,200 feet. 

 September; rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. S'urv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. Prodr. 2 : 385. 1825. 



SMALLEST-FLOWERED RHYNCHOSIA. 



Dolichos minimus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 726. 1753. 



Gli/cine reflexa Nutt. Gen. 2 : 115. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 236. Chap. Fl. 104. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 190. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, TROPICAL ASIA, AFRICA. 



Louisiauian area. Florida along the coast to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Damp thickets. Mobile County, West Fowl River. 

 Flowers yellow; August. Climbing over bushes. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Jamaica. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rynchosia galactioides (Nutt.) Endl.; Walp. Rep. 1 : 790. 1842. 



PINE-BARREN RHYNCHOSIA. 



Pitcheria galactoides Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 93. 1834. 



Chap. PI. 105. 



Louisiauiau area. Middle Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. Washington, Yellowpine. Flowers yellow, vexilluui rufous by line close 

 striae. July, August. 



One of the most characteristic plants, peculiar to the rolling pine barrens of the 

 Lower Pine region. 



Type locality: "Alabama and west Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GERANIACEAE. Geranium Family. 



GERANIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 676. 1753. 



One hundred and sixty species, temperate regions of the globe. North America, 6. 

 Geranium carolinianum L. Sp. PL 2 : 682. 1753. COMMON CRANESBILL. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 157. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 104. Chap. Fl. 65. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 50. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 93. 



Boreal zone to Louisianian area. British North America from Nova Scotia to the 

 Pacific and the Arctic Circle. From Canada to the Gulf, west to Texas and southern 

 California. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and waste grounds. Flowers lilac purple ; 

 March, April. A common winter weed. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina, Virginia.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Geranium maculatum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 681. 1753. 



SPOTTED GERANIUM. WILD CRANESBILL. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 157. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 103. Chap. Fl. 65. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario; New England 

 to upper districts of the Carolinas and Georgia, west to Minnesota, Kansas, and 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Rocky copses and open woods. Lau- 

 derdale County. Madison County, near Huntsville, sunny hills. Cullman and Tus- 

 caloosa counties. Flowers purplish red; April, May. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root "crauesbill,' "Geranium," U. S. Pharmacopoeia is 

 used medicinally. 



Type locality : " .lab. in Carolina, Virginia, Sibiria." 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ERODIUM L'Her. Geran. t. L 1787. 

 About 50 species, widely dispersed in the Old World. 



Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ; Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 414. 1789. 



PIN-CLOVER. ALFILARIA (IN CALIFORNIA). 

 Geranium cicutarium L. Sp. PI. 2 : 680. 1753. 



