ISTL OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 338 



Trib. Ill, Umnantheae, Trib. IV, Oxalideae, Trib. VII, Balsamineae-, Bail- 

 Ion, Hist. PL V, 1 (1874) Series I, II, III, IV; Reiche, in Prantl and En- 

 gler, Nat. Pflanz. 3, IV, 1 (1889). 



Genera: 11; widely distributed over the earth. 



Species : 360 ; 45 per cent, in genus Geranium Linn. , 2 

 fossil species from Baltic amber (Comventz). 



GERANIUM LINN. Gen. 554 (1737). 



Baillon, Hist. PI. V, 35; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 272; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 50; Englerand Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, VI, 8 (Reiche); 

 Gray III. Gen t II, 127; Schenck, Palaeopliyt. 530. 



Living species: 160 ; temperate regions, especially in 

 N. hemisphere, and a few in the tropics; 4 Pac., 3 Atl. 

 Fossil species: 1-2, in amber (Conwentz). 



Geranium carolinianum LINN. Spec. 682 (1753). 

 G. atrum MOENCH, Meth. 285 (1794). 

 G. lanuginosum JACQ. Hort. Schoenb.II, 8 (1797). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 104; Britt., Fl.N. J. 72; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 36; Chap., Fl. S. St. 65; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 150; Mac., Fl. Can. 

 I, 90; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 94; Engl., Reiche "Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 4, 

 9; Coult. Fl.Tex. 50; Wats., King Exp. 50; Cov.,Fl. Ark. 171. 



North America: N. S. to Pac. and Arctic circle; S. to 

 Maine, N. J. and Fla. ; W. to S. Calif, and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Forest district, particularly N. E. ; 

 barren woods and openings. 



HERB. : Taylor 1067, Alexandria; Bollard 525, Cleary's 

 lake, Scott Co. ; Ballard 594, Prior's lake, Scott Co. ; Roberts 

 20, Duluth; Bailey 199, Vermilion lake; Herrick 56, St. Louis 

 river; Herrick 57, Minneapolis; Sandberg 105,~Red Wing; Sand- 

 berg 106, Taylor's Falls. 



Geranium maculatum LINN. Spec. 681 (1753). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 103; Britt., Fl. N. J. 72; Chap., FL 

 S. St. 65; Upham, Fl. Minn. 36; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 90; Led., Fl. Ross. I r 

 463?; Cov., Fl. Ark. 171; Wats., Bibl. Ind. 151. 



Ural and Baikal Siberia? 



North America: Newf., N. S., Ont. to Rainy river; S. 

 to N. Eng., N. J. and Va.; W. to Minn., Kan. and Ark. 



Minn, 'valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co.; 

 edges of woods and along streams. 



HERB.: Taylor 271, Janesville; Sheldon 132, Madison 

 Lake; Ballard 40, Chaska; Oestlund 20, Ramsey Co.; Holzinger 

 41, Winona Co. ; Oestlund 21, Hennepin Co. ; Sandberg 104, 

 Goodhue Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1884, Minneapolis; Herb. Wicker- 

 sheim 27, Mankato. 



