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GERANIUM maculatum. 
Spotted Crane's-bill. 
G. maculatum, pedunculis bifloris, caule dichotomo, foliis 
inferioribus 5-partitis incisis ; summis tripartite sessili- 
bus, petalis obovatis calyce sesquilongioribus. 
Geranium maculatum. Willden. sp.pl. 3. p. 70S. Pers. 
syn. 9.p. 9,35. Hort. Kew. ed.9. v. 4. p. 188. Pursh 
amer. sept. 9. p. 188. Cav. diss. 4. p. 913, t.36.f.9. 
Dill. elth. 158. t. 131./. 159. 
Root perennial. Stem forked, thickly clothed with 
short recurved hairs, as are the petioles and peduncles. 
Leaves at the root and on the lower part of the stem pe- 
tiolated, deeply 5-parted, obscurely spotted, and covered on 
both sides with short hairs, segments wedge-shaped, un¬ 
equally cut and toothed, reticulately veined underneath; 
upper leaves 3-parted, sessile, or with a very short foot¬ 
stalk. Petioles a little flattened on the upper side, and 
rounded on the lower, bent towards the leaf. Stipules 
lanceolate, membranaceous, acute. Peduncles cylindrical, 
two-flowered. Involucre of 4 or 5 unequal subulate bractes. 
Pedicles unequal in length, a little bent upwards. Se¬ 
pals 5, broadly lanceolate, 3-nerved, reflexed, and termi¬ 
nated with a sharp subulate mucro, margins membrana¬ 
ceous, fringed. Petals 5, widely obovate, 5-nerved, fringed 
at the base, about half as long again as the calyx, of a light 
lilac colour. Filaments 10, dilated at the base, and slightly 
joined, all bearing anthers. Style green, slightly pubescent. 
Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
A hardy perennial plant, and one of the few species of 
Geraniums that are natives of North America. It makes 
