532 GERANIACEAE. (Geranium. 
Stems prostrate, slender, silky; leaves cut into 5-7 segments. 
Peduncles 1-flowered. as nk By _ - 
Small, stemless or nearly so. Rootstock short, stout. Peduncles 
l-flowered. Seeds smooth ; 
5. G. meroohyllum. 
6. G. sessiliflorum. 
1. G. molle Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753) 682.—A diffuse or procumbent 
much-branched annual or perennial, more or less softly pilose in all its 
parts; stems 6-12in. long. Radical leaves numerous, on long slender 
petioles; blade orbicular, 1-2 in. diam., 5-9-lobed to below the middle ; 
lobes obovate or cuneate, irregularly lobed or crenate. Cauline leaves 
smaller, on shorter petioles, with fewer but deeper divisions. Peduncles 
shorter than the leaves, 2-flowered. Flowers small, purplish. Sepals 
broadly ovate, mucronate. Petals deeply notched, barely exceeding the 
sepals. Carpels usually distinctly marked with transverse wrinkles. Seeds 
smooth, not reticulated.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 40; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 37; Z. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 81; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. #1. 
(1906) 90; K@nth in Pflanzenr. Heft: 53 (1912) 57. 
Kermapec Isnanps, Norra anp Souts IsLtanps, Stewart Is~tanp, CHATHAM 
IstANDS: Abundant throughout, ascending to over 2500 ft. in the South Island. 
Common in Europe, north Africa. and western Asia; and naturalized in other 
countries. 
There can be little doubt that this is introduced, but as it has had a place given 
to it in previous works on New Zealand plants, and as it is now found in all soils and 
situations, and would certainly be considered indigenous by a stranger unacquainted _ 
with its history, it appears best to retain it in the Flora. 
29. G. dissectum Linn. Cent. i (1755) 21, n. 62; var. glabratum 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 39.—Annual or perennial, rootstock usually 
slender. Stems much and widely branched, procumbent, ascending at 
the tips, 12-15in. long or more, sparingly clothed with spreading or 
retrose hairs; lamina orbicular or reniform in outline, 4-5-lobed to below 
the middle, the lobes broader than in typical G. dissectwm and sparingly 
pilose, sometimes subglabrous on the upper surface. Peduneles variable 
in length, longer or shorter than the petioles, 2-flowered. Sepals ovate, 
acuminate or awned. Petals broadly obcordate, entire or slightly emargi- 
nate, rather longer than the sepals. Seeds reticulate—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 36; ZT. Kirk Students’ #1. (1899) 80; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fil. 
(1906) 88; Kyinth in Pflanzenr. Heft 53 (1912) 52. 
Nort aNnp Sours Istanps: Probably not uncommon, but often confused with 
large states of G. pilosum, ftom which it is best separated by the larger size, leaves 
larger and not so deeply divided, with broader flatter lobes, which ere often sub- 
glabrate above. 
3. G. Traversii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1867) 726.— A perennial 
herb, more or less hoary in all its parts with short and dense silvery- 
white hairs; stems decumbent or prostrate, 1-2 ft. long. Radical leaves 
on long slender petioles 4-9in. long; blade 1-3 in. diam., orbicular m 
outline, 5-7-lobed to the middle; lodes cuneate, toothed or lobed at the 
tips, silky-hoary on both surfaces. Cauline leaves much smaller and on 
much shorter petioles. Stipules broadly ovate, cuspidate. Peduncles 
1-4in. long, 1-flowered, with 2 acuminate bracts about the middle. 
Flowers large, 3-lin. diam., white or pink. Sepals broadly ovate, 
euspidate. Petals broad-obovate, entire, much longer than the sepals. 
Carpels silky-pilose. Seeds very minutely reticulated.—Buch. in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. vii (1875) t. 13, f. 2; 2. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 80; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 89; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 25. 
