GERANIACEAE (GERANIUM FAMILY) 



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Fruit 1.7-2.4 cm. long ; seeds pitted. 



Flowers crowded 6. O. carolinianum. 



Inflorescence lax 7. G. Bicknellii. 



Fruit 1-1.5 cm. long. 



Seeds pitted ; sepals short-awned . 8. G. rotundifolium. 



Seeds smooth ; sepals awnless 9. G. pusillum. 



Fertile part of the carpel essentially glabrous. 



Pedicels 8-15 mm. long 10. G. molU. 



Pedicels 8-6 cm. long 11. G. columbinum. 



1. G. macuiatum L. (WILD C.) Erect, hairy; leaves about 5-parted, the 

 wedge-shaped divisions lobed and cut at the end ; sepals slender-pointed ; pedi- 

 cels and beak of fruit hairy but not glandular; petals entire, light purple, 

 bearded on the claw. Open woods and fields, centr. Me. to Man., and southw. 

 Apr.-July. 



2. G. PRATENSE L. Tall (7 dm. high) ; leaves mostly 7-parted, the narrow 

 lobes incised ; pedicels and beak glandular-pubescent ; petals deep purple. 

 Fields and meadows, n. e. Me., N. B., and Que. ; also locally, e. Mass. (Introd. 

 from Eu.) 



3. G. siBfRicuM L. Weak, diffusely branched ; stem leafy ; leaves 3(-6)- 

 parted, the segments broadly lanceolate or rhombic, sharply cut-toothed, acute ; 

 carpels finely pubescent ; seeds lineolate. Said to be established on Manhattan 

 I. (Adv. from Eurasia.) 



4. G. Robertianum L. (HERB ROBERT.) Sparsely hairy, diffuse, strong- 

 scented ; leaves 3-divided or pedately 5-divided, the divisions twice pinnatifid ; 

 sepals awned ; petals red-purple, long-clawed ; carpels wrinkled ; seeds smooth. 

 Moist woods and shaded ravines, e. Que. to Minn., s. to N. J., Pa., and Mo. 

 June-Oct. (Eu.) 



6. G. PYRENAICUM Burui. f . Soft-pubescent and somewhat glandular, 2-6 dm. 

 high ; leaves orbicular, 5-7-cleft two thirds of the way to the base, the lobes 



obovate-oblong, again toothed ; sepals puberulent, 

 merely pointed, not awned ; petals rose-colored, deeply 

 notched ; carpels puberulent ; seeds smooth. Road- 

 sides and waste places, about Quebec ; also at Bethle- 

 hem, Pa. (Adv. from Eu.) 



6. G. carolinianum L. Diffusely branched, hairy ; 

 leaves about 5-parted, the divisions cut and cleft into 

 many oblong-linear segments ; flowers glomerate- 

 cymose ; sepals ovate, about as long as the whitish or 

 very pale pink petals; beak of fruit tipped with a 

 short filiform style; seeds ovoid, minutely reticulated. 

 Rocky places, etc., mostly in poor soil, e. Mass., 

 southw. and westw., common ; May-June. FIG. 804. 



7. G. Bicknellii Britton. Diffusely branched ; leaves somewhat angular in 

 contour, deeply cleft into narrow segments and lobes ; 



flowers in pairs, the peduncles scattered ; petals rose- \ .V 

 colored, somewhat exceeding the sepals ; beak of fruit 

 tipped with a prolonged filiform style (4-6 mm. in length) ; 

 seeds nearly black, finely reticulated. Open woods, clear- 

 ings, etc., Nfd. to B. C., s. to N. E., N. Y., Mich., Utah, etc. 

 FIG. 805. 



8. G. ROTUNDIF6LIUM L. Weak, diffusely branched, vil- 

 lous with gland-tipped hairs ; leaves orbicular in outline, 

 cleft half to two thirds the way to the base, the broadish 

 segments crenate-toothed or lobed ; petals rose-color, 

 entire ; seeds finely reticulated. Waste places about New 

 York City, Philadelphia, etc., rare. (Adv. from Eu.) 



9. G. pusfLLUM Burm. f. Similar to the preceding in 



habit and foliage ; flowers very small ; petals purplish, g05. G. Bicknellii. x y 2 . 

 about equaling or li.ttle exceeding the awnless sepals ; sta- 

 mens 5; fruit pubescent; seed smooth. Waste places and cultivated ground, 

 Mass., southw. and westw., casual. (Adv. from Eu.) 



804. G. carolinianum. x 



