
GERANIUM FAMILY—FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY 13 
refer to this resemblance. The flowers are rose-purple and look like 
those of a small geranium. The twisted fruits have been carried every- 
where by sheep, and the plants are especially common in roadsides and 
pastures at 4000-7000 ft. The Storksbill has been somewhat used 
in medicine as a mild astringent and tonic, and under the name of 
“Filaree” it is greatly prized by stockmen as forage, especially for 
sheep. 
GERANIUM, CRANESBILL GERANIUM CAESPITOSUM 
Plate 7, fig. 6 
The Geranium, like the Alfilaria, has a fruit resembling the long 
beak of the crane or stork. The flowers are bright pink, red or 
purple, while the plants closely resemble those of the White Geranium. 
The latter, however, grows usually along brook-banks and in wet 
meadows, while the Red Geranium occurs on dry foothills, gravel- 
slides and in pine woods at 5000-10000 ft. Both Geraniums bloom 
from late spring to midsummer. 
FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY 
FRINGE Cup ALLIONIA LINEARIS 
Plate 8, fig. 1 
The purple flowers of the Fringe Cup open late in the afternoon 
and wither as they close in the heat of the sun the next morning. As 
with most red and blue flowers, albino forms are sometimes found. The 
plants are 2-5 ft. in height and may be found in bloom all summer on 
prairies, foothills and gravel-slides at 4000-9000 ft. 
Four O’CLtocK MIRABILIS MULTIFLORA 
Plate 8, fig. 2 
This plant resembles the Four O’Clock of the garden, but the 
flowers are much larger. It also opens late in the afternoon and 
