ROSACEA. II. Geum. III. SiEVERsiA. 



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Pyrenean Avens. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. \^ foot, 

 19 G. brachype'talum (Ser. in metn, soc. phys. gen, 2. 

 p. 139.) plant rather pilose ; stems erect, simple, 1-3-flowered ; 



Japan Avens. PI. 1 foot. 



f A species not well known. 



lower leaves interruptedly pinnate, ultimate ones approximate, 28 G. oblTquum (Steud. nom. phan. 366.) stem oblique, sIm- 



1-lobed, lanceolate, all biserrated ; lower stipulas large, and 

 nearly orbicular, coarsely serrated ; flowers axillary, drooping ; 

 petals obovate, loose, much shorter than the calyx ; heads of 

 carpels roundish. If,. H. Native country unknown, but cul- 

 tivated in the garden at Geneva. Flowers pale yellow, marked chii, Tratt. ros. 3. p 

 with rose-coloured lines. 



pie, hairy ; radical leaves pinnate ; outer leaflet very large, ovate, 

 5-parted, crenated ; cauline leaves 3-lobed ; stipulas oblong, 

 toothed; carpels awnless. 1/. H. Native country unknown. 



Waldsteinia Moe'n- 



Caryophyllata obliqua, Moench, suppl. 280 

 ~ " ~~ 106. Perhaps a true species of Wald^ 



Short'petalled Avens. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL l|ft. 



20 G. Thomasia^ntjm (Ser. in mem. soc. phys. gen. 2. p. 

 140.) plant pilose; stems erect, 1-3-flowered; radical leaves 

 somewhat interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets nearly equal, obovate, 

 somewhat doubly serrated ; cauline leaves ternate ; the terminal 



steinia on account of the want of awns to the carpels. 



Oblique Avens. PI. |^ to 1 foot. 



Cult. The plants will grow in any common soil, and are easily 

 increased by dividing the plants at the root or by seeds. 



III. SIEVE'RSIA (in honour of M. Sievers, a Russian bo- 



leaflets 3-lobed or lanceolate; stipulas ovate, doubly serrated ; tanist and traveller). Willd. berl. mag. 1811. p. 397. R.Brown, 

 flowers ascending ; calycine lobes ovate, short; petals obovate, in Parry, voy. append, p. 276. Adamia, Fisch. in litt. Geum 



hardly longer than the calyx ; heads of carpels nearly spherical ; 

 styles appendiculate. 



1/ . H. Native of the eastern Pyrenees, 

 Flowers small, yellow. 

 Thomas's Avens. Fl. May, Aug. PI. 1 foot. 



about Mount Louis. 



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sect. 3. Ore6geum, Ser. in mem. soc. phys. gen. p. 139. 



Lin. SYST. Icosdndria, Polygynia. Calyx 10-cleft (f. 70. 6.), 



the outer alternate segments accessory. Petals 5 (f. 70. c). 



Stamens numerous. Ovaries indefinite ; ovula ascending. 



G, parvifl6rum (Commers, ex Smith in Rees's cycl. vol. Styles terminal, [continuous. Carpels or akenia awned by the 



16. no. 12.) stem few-flowered, tomentose ; radical leaves pin- whole style (f. 70. rf.). Awns feathery (f. 70. (i.), articulated. 



Embryo erect. Habit nearly of Gewm, but differs in the styles 

 being jointed, the superior joint dissimilar to the lower joint, and 

 usually deciduous. Flowers and calyxes erect, never reflexed. 

 1 S. Atla'^ntica ; plant pilose ; stems erect, simple ; leaves 



^ foot. 



nate, crenated, longer than the stem ; stipulas dissected; flowers 

 almost sessile, nodding; calycine segments longer than the 

 corolla ; carpels villous. 1^. H. Nativeof the Straits of Magel- 

 lan. Flowers small, white. Allied to G. rivale, according to Smith. 



SmalUflowered Avens. PI. 



22 G. calthifolium (Menzies, ex Smith, in Rees's cycl. vol. 



16.) stem erect, few-flowered ; radical leaves pinnate ; leaflets 



acutely-toothed, pilose, terminal one large, roundish-reniform ; 



cauline leaves round, profoundly-toothed; calyx erect; petals 



ovate-roundish, about equal in length to the calyx ; carpels 



gose; styles straight? i;. H. Native of north-west America, 

 t'lowers yellow. 



interruptedly pinnate ; lower leaflets ovate, toothed, terminal one 

 large, somewhat cordate, biserrated, cauline leaves simple, deeply 

 toothed ; stipulas lanceolate, a little toothed ; flowers ascending; 

 petals obcordate, longer than the calyx ; heads of carpels sphe- 

 rical, depressed ; styles deflexed, stiff, length of ovaries, which 



tails villous. It. H. Native of the south of 



, Perhaps the same as Sieversia radiata. 



Caltha-leaved Avens. PI. 



23 G. Magella'nicum (Comm. ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 57.) Flowers large, yellow. 



^ foot. 



are pilose ; tails villous. % 



Europe and north of Africa, in woods. 



Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 401. G. sylvSticum, Pourr. act. toul. ex 



Geum Atlanticum, 



D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 544. G. biflorum, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 533. 



of Magellan. 



petals white, 

 Native of the Straits of Ma- 



scape elongated; leaves interruptedly pinnate; terminal leaflet 

 wge and lobed, lower ones small. %. H. Native of the Straits 



- - Probably a species of Sieversia. 



Magellan Avens. PL | foot. 



^4 G. INVOLUCRA^TUM (Juss. herb, ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 57.) 

 stem 5-flowered ; leaves pinnate ; terminal leaflet roundish and 

 crenated; flower involucrated by the leaves; 

 yer than the calyx. 1^. H. 

 ?^an. Perhaps the same as G. parvijldrum. 



/«ro/ucra^erf-flowered Avens. PL 1 foot. 

 140 ^ 1 "^'^^\^^^ (Fries, fl. hall. p. 90. ex Tratt. ros. 3. p. 

 awn ? ^^^ hairy ; flowers erect ; petals longer than the calyx ; 

 wns of carpels kneed above the middle, hispid, glabrous above; 



pna clavate; radical leaves almost equally pinnate ; cauline 

 '«aves pinnatifid. % 4 ^ F , 



• cent. 5. t. 3. ex Tratt. Flowers yellow, 2 terminal on 



^peduncles, ^ 



H^^pid Avens. 

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Atlantic Sieversia. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1810, PL 1 foot. 

 2 S. RE'rxANS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 553,) sterile stems creep- 

 but the floriferous ones are erect, and undivided ; radical 



27 G. J 



leaves interruptedly pinnatifid, larger lobes obovate, profoundly 

 toothed at the apex, smaller ones ovate, entire or tridentate at 

 the apex ; cauline leaves 3-lobed ; flower large, solitary on the 

 top of the stem ; calycine segments elongated, usually trifid at 

 the apex ; petals obcordate, longer than the calyx ; styles spread- 

 ing, very pilose. %. H. Native on the higher Alps of France, 

 Switzerland, and Germany, Geum reptans, Lin. spec. 717. 

 Jacq. austr. 5. append, t. 22. Adamia reptans, Fisch. Mor. hist. 

 2. p. 431. sect. 4. t. 26. f. 5. — Barrel, icon. t. 400. — Bocc. 

 mus. t. 128. Flowers large, yellow. 



Var. /3, macrophylla (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 553.) leaves 

 H. Native of Sweden. Reichb. icon, and stolons large ; leaflets coarsely and doubly serrated, i;. H. 



Native of Vallais, at Gallenstock. 



Creeping Sieversia. FL May, Sept. Clt. 1597. PL ^ foot. 



3 S. ANEMONOiDES (Willd. bcrl. mag. 5. p. 398.) stems 1- 

 flowered ; stolons creeping ; leaves pinnate, glabrous ; leaflets 

 cuneiform, toothed at the apex ; stipulas filiform ; petals longer 

 than the calyx ; styles bearded. 7/. H. Native of Siberia and 

 Kamtschatka. Dryas pentapetala, Lin. amoen. 2. p. 353. Caryo- 

 phyllata, Kamtscliatica, Lam. diet. 1. p. 400. Geum anemo- 

 noides, Willd. spec. 2. p. 11 17. — Pall, itin. 3. p. 733. t. E. c. f. 

 4. Flowers large, white. 



Anemone-like Sieversia. Fl. June, Aug. 



4 S. adna*ta; stem 1-flowered, downy; radicle leaves long, 



Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



^^.^ ^' Cape'nse (Thunb. prod. fl. cap. p. 91.) stem erect; 



. leaves pinnate ; terminal leaflet large ; cauline leaves 



Partite or pinnatifid ; petals roundish, obovate, longer than the 



V p' ^^^'^^ of carpels naked, twisted and kneed in the middle. 



?«/>£ Avens. PL 1 foot. 



fl. 



220.) stem flexuous, 



flowers 



W ."i •'ApoNicuM (Thunb. n. jap 



eref! ^^^^es 3-5-lobed, hairy; stipulas ovate, cut; 



curv *l P^^^'^ length of calyx ; fruit hairy, ending in naked re- 



CTt. 1775. Pl.^ft. 



%* H. Native of Japan. Flowers yellow. 



interruptedly pinnate; leaflets crenately lobed, villous above, and 

 glabrous beneath, ciliated ; cauline leaves small, lower ones rather 



