GERANIACEAE 4 1 3 



2. G. volubilis (L.) Britton. In dry sandy soil: N. Y. to Fla., 

 Pa., Ky., Kans. and Tex. 



N. Y. Rare on L. I., and the upper end of Manhattan (not re- 

 cently collected), otherwise unknown. 

 N. J. The southern part of Cape May Co. 

 Pa. Berks Co. 



A rare and highly local species whose distribution is little under- 

 stood. 



26. Falcata Gmel. 



Leaves thin; bracts small; plant pubescent or glabrate. 1. F. comosa. 



Leaves firm; bracts large; plant villous-brown-pubescent. 2. F. Pitcheri. 



i. F. comosa (L.) Kuntze. Moist thickets: N. B. to Fla., Man., 

 Neb. and La. 



Common throughout the range except in the pine-barrens of 

 N. J., there rare or wanting; always decreasing southward. 



2. F. Pitcheri (T. & G.) Kuntze. In moist thickets: Mass. to 

 W. N. Y., S. Dak., Neb., Kan. and Tex. 

 Conn. Rare near the coast, especially westward, decreasing and 



perhaps wanting northward. 

 N. Y. Frequent on the L. I. coastal plain; occasional on S. I.; 



rare in the Bronx, increasing but not common northward. 

 N. J. Middlesex and Mercer counties, increasing southward but 



not in the pine-barrens; nowhere common. 



Among the introduced plants credited to the range perhaps the following are here 

 worthy of record: Ervum Lens L. the lentil, Ononis arvensis L., Sesban macrocarpa 

 Muhl., Genista tinctoria L., Ulex europaeus L., Pueraria Thunbergiana Seib. and Zucc, 

 Vigna repens (L.) Kuntze. Anthyllis vulneraria DC, Ornithopus sativus Brot.. 

 Onobrychis saliva Lam., Pisum sativum L., Cicer arietinum L., Arachis hypogaea Willd., 

 Trigonella Besseriana Ser. and Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Nutt.) Pursh. They have all 

 been found but none are to be considered as part of our wild flora. There are a score 

 or so of mere waifs besides the above. Acuan virgatus (L.) Medic, of the Mimosaceae 

 has been found as a waif near Communipaw, N.J. 



GERANIACEAE 



Anthers 10, rarely 5; carpel-tails not hairy inside. 



Carpel-bodies deciduous from the styles, appendaged. 1. Robertiella. 



Carpel-bodies not deciduous from the styles, not appendaged. 2. Geranium. 



Anthers 5; carpel-tails bearded inside. 3. Erodium. 



i. Robertiella Hanks 

 1. Robertiella Robertiana (L.) Hanks. {Geranium Robertianum 

 L.). In rich woods: N. S. to Man., N. J., and Mo. Also in 

 Europe, Asia and Africa. 



