574 FLORA. 



2.5 cm. long, awn-pointed, nearly glabrous; carpels nearly glabrous, slightly 

 wrinkled; seed smooth. In rocky woods, rarely in sandy places, N. S. to Mani- 

 toba, N. J., Pa. and Mo. Also in Europe, Asia and Africa. May-Oct. 



3. Geranium Sibiricum L. SIBERIAN CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 2241.) Vil- 

 lous pubescent, freely branched, 3-13 dm. high. Leaves deeply 3~5-parted, 

 5-6 cm. broad, nearly orbicular, or cordate reniform, the divisions oval lanceolate, 

 cleft or toothed; peduncles slender, 5-7.5 cm. long, 2-bracted near the middle; 

 flowers nearly white, 6-8 mm. broad; sepals oval, awned; beak of the fruit 

 canescent, 1.4-1.8 cm. long, tipped with a short prolongation; lobes of the capsule 

 puberulent or hairy; seed minutely reticulate. Along roadsides in the northern 

 part of N. Y. City; also found at Cambridge, Mass., and in 111. Adventive from 

 Asia. Some of the pedicels are rarely 2-flowered. June-Sept. 



4. Geranium columbinum L. LONG-STALKED CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 

 2242.) Slender, slightly hispid pubescent with whitish appressed hairs. Leaves 

 2.5-3.75 crn. in diameter, deeply 5-g-divided into narrow, variously cleft seg- 

 ments ; petioles very slender; peduncles slender, longer than the upper leaves; 

 pedicels 2.5-7.5 cm. long; flowers purple, about 8 mm. broad; sepals ovate, awn- 

 pointed, enlarging in fruit; petals notched; capsule-lobes nearly glabrous, keeled, 

 not rugose; beak 1.2-2 cm. long, hispid; seeds deeply pitted. In fields and along 

 roadsides, N. J., Penn., Md. and Va. Also in S. Uak. Nat. or adventive from 

 Europe. May -July. 



5. Geranium rotundifolium L. ROUND-LEAVED CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 

 2243.) Often tufted, 1.5 -4 dm. high, much branched, softly pubescent with spread- 

 ing white purple-tipped hairs. Leaves reniform-orbicular, 3-4 cm. wide, cleft 

 about to the middle into 5-9 obtuse broad lobes, which are 3-5 toothed; petioles 

 slender; flowers purple, 4-6 mm. broad; sepals ovate, or oval, short-pointed, some- 

 what shorter than the entire obovate petals; ovary and capsule -lobes hairy, not 

 wrinkled; beak pubescent, about 1.2 cm. long, tipped by a short awn. In waste 

 places, Mich., and in ballast about N Y. Fugitive from Europe. Summer. 



6. Geranium Carolinianum L. CAROLINA CRANE'S BILL. (I. F. f. 2244.) 

 Erect, generally branched, stout, 1.5-4 dm. high, loosely pubescent with spreading 

 often glandular gray hairs. Leaves reniform-orbicular, 2.5-7.5 cm - wide, deeply 

 cleft into 5-9 oblong or obovate cuneate toothed or lobed segments; peduncles 

 rather short and stout; flowers in compact clusters, pale pink or whitish, 8-14 mm. 

 broad; sepals ovate, ciliate, about equalling the obovate emarginate petals; ovary- 

 lobes hispid-pubescent; persistent filaments not longer than the carpels; beak nearly 

 2.5 cm. long. In barren soil, N. Eng. and Ont. to Br. Col., Fla. and Mex. Also 

 in Bermuda. April-Aug. 



7. Geranium Bicknellii Britton. BICKNELL'S CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 2245.) 

 Similar to the preceding, but taller, the stems usually more slender, loosely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves somewhat angulate, the segments oblong or linear oblong, mostly 

 narrower; peduncles slender, the inflorescence loose; sepals lanceolate; ovary-lobes 

 pubescent; persistent filaments longer than the carpels; beak about 2.5 cm. long, 

 its tip 4-6 mm. long. N. S. to W. Ont., Br. Col., Mont, and S. N. Y. May-Sept. 



8. Geranium dissectum L. CUT-LEAVED CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 2246.) 

 Closely related to the two preceding species, but smaller in every way, more slender, 

 the branches decumbent or ascending; leaves seldom more than 3.75 cm. wide, 

 deeply cleft into narrower segments; inflorescence loose; peduncles short; flowers 

 purple, about 6 mm. broad; sepals ovate, awned, equalling or slightly longer than 

 the notched petals ; capsule-lobes and beak pubescent. In waste places and in 

 ballast, N. Y. and N. J. Also in the Northwest. Fugitive from Europe. June-Sept. 



9. Geranium pusillum Burm. f. SMALL-FLOWERED CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 

 2247.) Widely branching, slender, pubescent or villous, 1-4.5 dm. long. Leaves 

 petioled, reniform orbicular, 1.25-3.75 cm. wide, deeply divided into 7-9 oblong, 

 or sometimes linear-oblong, entire or 3-toothed, cuneate lobes; peduncles short, 6- 

 18 mm. long; pedicels 6-24 mm. long; sepals acute, awnless; flowers pale purple, 

 6-10 mm. broad; petals notched; capsule lobes hairy, keeled, not wrinkled; beak 

 about i cm. long, canescent. In waste places, S. N. Eng. to N. J., Ohio, Ont., 

 Neb., Wyo. and Br. Col. Adventive from Europe. May-Sept. 



10. Geranium molle L. DOVE'S- FOOT CRANE'S-BILL. (I. F. f. 2248.) 

 Resembling the preceding species, but more villous, the leaves nearly orbicular 



