GERANIUM FAMILY. 583 
Ell. Sk. 2 2234. Chap. F1. 105. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina, Texas to Arkansas, south to 
Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 1,200 feet. 
September; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. Prodr. 2:385, 1825. ; 
. SMALLEST-VLOWERED RUYNCHOSIA. 
Dolichos minimus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 726. 1753. 
Glycine refleca Nutt. Gen. 2:115. 1818, 
Ell. Sk. 2: 236. Chap. Fl. 104. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 190. 
Wrst Inpres, Mexico To Brazin, TROPICAL Asia, AFRICA. 
Louisianian area. Florida along the coast to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Damp thickets. Mobile County, West Fowl River. 
Flowers yellow; August. Climbing over bushes. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Jamaica.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rynchosia galactioides (Nutt.) Endl.; Walp. Rep. 1:790. 1842. 
PINE-BARREN RuyYNCHOSIA. 
Pitcheria galactoides Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:93. 1834, 
Chap. F1. 105. 
Louisianian area, Middle Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Washington, Yellowpine. Flowers yellow, vexillum rufous hy fine close 
striae. July, August. 
One of the most characteristic plants, peculiar to the rolling pine barrens of the 
Lower Pine region. é 
Type locality: ‘Alabama and west Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
GERANIACEAE. Geranium Family. 
GERANIUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:676. 1753. 
One hundred and sixty species, temperate regions of the globe. North America, 6. 
Geranium carolinianum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 682. 1753. COMMON CRANESBILL. 
Ell. Sk. 2:157. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 104. Chap. I]. 65. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:50. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 93. 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area. British North America from Nova Scotia to the 
Pacific and the Arctic Circle. From Canada to the Gulf, west to Texas and southern 
California. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cultivated and waste grounds. Flowers lilac purple; 
March, April. A common winter weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Mab. in Carolina, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Geranium maculatum L. Sp. Pl. 2:681. 1753. 
SPOTTED GERANIUM. WILD CRANESBILL. 
EJ1.Sk.2:157. Gray, Man. ed. 6,103. Chap. F1. 65. ; 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario; New England 
to upper districts of the Carolinas and Georgia, west to Minnesota, Kansas, and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Rocky copses and open woods. Lau- 
derdale County. Madison County, near Huntsville, sunny hills. Cullman and Tus- 
caloosa counties. Flowers purplish red; April, May. Notfrequent. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root—‘‘cranesbill,”’ ‘‘Geranium,” U. 8. Pharmacopein—is 
used medicinally. ; Dee aoe 
Type locality: “.lab.in Carolina, Virginia, Sibiria.’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ERODIUM L’Her. Geran. t. 7, 1787. 
About 50 species, widely dispersed in the Old World. 
Brodium cicutarium (L.) L’Her.; Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:411. 1789. 
PIN-CLOVER. ALFILARIA (IN CALIFORNIA), 
Geranium cicutarium L. Sp. Pl. 2: 680. 1753. 
