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sell). Orange (Eames), Southbury (Harger), Salisbury (M. 

 L. Fernald). May — Sept. 



Oxalis corniculata L. (horned). 



Oxalis corniculata L., var. stricta of Gray's Manual ed. 6 in 



part. 

 Oxalis stricta of many authors, not L. 

 Oxalis Bushii Small. 

 Oxalis rufa Small. 

 Oxalis cytnosa Small. 

 Lady's Sorrel. Tall Yellow Wood Sorrel. 



Common. Woods and fields in various soils and situations. 

 May — Sept. 



Oxalis repens Thunb. (creeping). 



Oxalis corniculata L. in part, and of many later authors. 



Rare or local. Florist's grounds, greenhouses and street 

 gutters: New London (Graves). May — June. A cosmo- 

 politan species, in Connecticut probably adventive from 

 Europe. 



GERANIACEAE. GERANIUM FAMILY. 



GERANIUM L. Cranesbill. 



Geranium maculatum L. (spotted). 

 Wild Cranesbill. 



Common. Fields, roadsides and woods. May — ^June. 

 The very astringent root is medicinal and is officinal. 



Geranium pratense L. (of meadows). 

 Meadow Geranium or Cranesbill. 



Rare. Naugatuck, in waste ground (B. B. Bristol). July. 

 Fugitive from Europe. 



Geranium Robertianum L. 

 Herb Robert. Red Robin. 



Rocky ledges, usually in shade. Rare in eastern districts, 

 becoming occasional or frequent westward. May — Sept. 



Geranium carolinianum L. 



Occasional. Rocky woods, dry fields and waste" ground. 

 May — July. 



