GERANIACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



5. Geranium rotundifolium L. Round-leaved 

 Crane's-bill. Fig. 2656. 



Geranium rotundifolium L. Sp. PI. 683. 1753. 



Annual, often tufted, 6'-i8' high, much branched, 

 softly pubescent with spreading white purple-tipped 

 glandular hairs. Leaves reniform-orbicular, broader 

 than long, li' wide, cleft about to the middle into 

 5-9 obtuse broad lobes, which are 3-S-toothed; peti- 

 oles slender, those of the basal leaves elongated; flow- 

 ers purple, 2"-3" broad; sepals ovate, or oval, short- 

 pointed, somewhat shorter than the entire obovate 

 petals; ovary and capsule-lobes hairy, not wrinkled; 

 beak pubescent, about 6" long, pointed with a short 

 awn; seeds reticulated. 



In waste places, Michigan, and in ballast about New 

 York and Philadelphia. Fugitive from Europe. Native 

 also of northern Asia. Summer. 



6. Geranium carolinianum L. Carolina 

 Crane's-bill. Fig. 2657. 



Geranium carolinianum L. Sp. PL 682. 1753. 



Annual, erect, generally branched from the base 

 and also above, stout, 6'-i5' high, loosely pubescent 

 with spreading often glandular gray hairs. Leaves 

 petioled, reHiform-orbicular in outline, i'-3' wide, 

 deeply cleft into 5-9 oblong or obovate cuneate 

 toothed or lobed segments ; peduncles rather short 

 and stout, 2-flowered ; flowers in compact clusters, 

 pale pink or whitish, 4"-6" broad ; sepals ovate, 

 ciliate, awn-pointed, about equalling the obovate 

 emarginate petals; ovary-lobes hispid-pubescent; 

 persistent filaments not longer than the carpels ; 

 beak nearly i' long, short-pointed; seeds ovoid- 

 oblong, finely reticulated. 



In barren soil. Nova Scotia(?), Ontario to British 

 Columbia, Massachusetts, Florida and Mexico. Also in 

 Bermuda and Jamaica. April-Aug. 



7. Geranium Bicknellii Britten. Bicknell's 

 Crane's-bill. Fig. 2658. 



G. Bicknellii Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 24 : 92. 1S97. 



Similar to the preceding species, but taller, the 

 stems usually more slender, loosely pubescent. 

 Leaves slender-petioled, somewhat angulate in 

 outline, the segments oblong or linear-oblong, 

 mostly narrower; peduncles slender, 2-flowered, 

 the inflorescence loose ; sepals lanceolate, awn- 

 pointed; ovary-lobes pubescent; persistent fila- 

 ments longer than the carpels ; beak about i' 

 long, long-pointed, its tip 2"-3" long; seeds- 

 reticulated. 



Newfoundland to Maine to western Ontario, British 

 Columbia, southern New York, Michigan and Utah. 

 May-Sept. 



