MACLOSKIE I GERANIACE/E. 533 



Patagon., Chubut, mountain meadows ; "a form with a finely appressed 

 pulverulent velvet." (Speg.) 



2. GERANIUM ANDINUM Ph. 



Root fusiform, thick, perennial, rufescent, bearing at its apex numerous 

 prostrate stems. 



Patagon., Chubut, mountain meadows. 



3- G. ARENICOLUM Steud. 



Rhizome thick, woody. Stems branching from the base, leafy. Leaves 

 bipinnatifid, setulously pilose, segments incised, acutely serrate. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, exceeding the leaves, flowers 4-6 in an umbel. Calyx pilose- 

 setose. 



Punta Arenas. . "Seems to be an Erodium from its leaves and umbels ; 

 possibly E. cicutarium." 



4. G. BERTERIANUM Colla. 



Perennial, with long and fleshy napiform root and ascending or erect 

 stems. The whole plant villous, with simple and glandular hairs. Leaves 

 orbicular, 5-lobed, lobes cuneiform and 5-cleft ; the segments linear and 

 subobtuse. Peduncles 2-flowered. Sepals oval, aristate, villous, and cil- 

 iate. Petals twice as long, rose-colored, entire or slightly cut. Carpels 

 villous. Seeds smooth. Plant 3060 cm. high. 



(Chili), Patagon., by Rio Chubut, and Carren-leofu. (The Patagonian 

 specimens have no glandular hairs.) "Are they G. submolle Steud., whose 

 roots are not known?" (Speg.) 



5. G. CORE-CORE Steud. 



Root subligneous. Stem branching, covered like the leaves with ap- 

 pressed hairs. Leaves dark green, with 7-8-lobules, repeatedly trifid, 

 obtuse and toothed occasionally, all shining or pubescent. Peduncles 2- 

 flowered. Calyx appressed-hairy, with rather long awns. Petals slightly 

 cut, exceeding the calyx. Carpels hairy. Seeds finely reticulate. Height 

 80 cm. 



(Chili) ; Patagon., by R. Sta. Cruz, R. Chubut, and Carren-leofu. 



