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573. P. pauciflorus Benth. [5. paticiflora (Benth.) Wat- 

 son]. 



Along the Wabash railroad near Persinger. 

 Indiana to Minnesota and South Dakota; Mississippi to 

 Texas. 



Order 23. GERANIALES. 

 Family 53. GERANIACEAE J. St. Hil. Geranium family. 



223. GERANIUM L. Cranesbill. 



574. G. maculatum L. Spotted cranesbill. 

 Common in oak forests and thiclcets. 

 Newfoundland to Manitoba; Florida and Mississippi to 



Missouri and Nebraska. 



575. G. Carolinianum L. Small cranesbill. 

 Frequent in waste and open places. 



Nova Scotia to British Columbia; Florida to Califor- 

 nia; Mexico; West Indies and the Bermuda Islands. 



Family 54. OXALIDACEAE Lindl. Wood sorrel family. 



224. OXALIS L. IIONOXALIS Small: XAN- 

 THOXALIS Small]. Wood sorrel. 



576. O. violacea L. [/. violacea (L.) Small]. Violet 

 wood sorrel. 



Open woods, clay barrens, and wild roadsides; common. 

 New England to the Rocky Mountains; Florida to 

 New Mexico: Bolivia: adventitious in Ceylon and Italy. 



577. O. Dillenii Jacq. [C. comiculata Dille?iii (Jacq.) 

 Trelease]. 



Roadsides and waste places. 



New Jersey and the Great Lakes to Vancouver; Flori- 

 da to Texas. 



578. O. striata L. [C. comiculata stricta (L.) Sav.: X- 

 stricta (L.) Small]. Yellow wood sorrel. 



Common in fields and thickets. 



Nova Scotia to South Dakota; Florida to Texas. 



