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Leaf-blades 2 foliolate : style arising abruptly from the ovary. 
Pe i ls ice as long as the sepals or longer: sepals mostly ner than the hy- 
anthiu . W. fragarioides. 
Pe tals long as the ed or shorter: sepals mostly 
Hoster eed the hypanthi 2. W. Doniana. 
Leaf-blades 3-lobed: style arising "erndualiy from the ovary. 3. W.lobata. | 
1. W. fragarioides (Michx.)  Tratt. Plant 0.5-3 dm. tall: leaf-blades 3- 
foliolate; leaflets em. long, the blades ae to obovate, crenate-lobed 
or incised: petals 8-10 mm. long, ce a 
m. twi 
long as the sepals: style glabrous.—Dam 
woods and shaded banks, various pee 
N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to Ind., Minn., and 
N. B 
2. W. Doniana Tratt. Plant 1—3 dm. tall: 
leaflets irregularly crenate or 
: A 
Ga. to Tenn. 
3. x oe pom T. & G. Plant 1- 
dm leaf-lobes mucronulate- de 
i p onger than the hypanthium: petals á 
narrowly elliptic, as long as the Re ls or shorter: A. pubescent at the pase: 
—River banks, Coastal Plain dud Piedmont, Ga. to N. C. 
7. GEUM L. Herbs. Leaf-blades — 3-foliolate or nies di- 
vided. Flowers solitary or in open cymes. als rounded or retus Re- 
ceptacle sessile. Carpels numerous: style ane cae te. Head of pac 
or achenes, sessile.—A bout 40 species, most abundant in the north temperate | 
zone.—Spr.-sum.—AVENS. 
Style bent near the apex: petals m veiny, 2-4 mm. long: bractlets obtuse. 
Corolla SES d or cream-yellow 1. G. hirsutum. 
Corolla whi 
a bristly : stem glabrous or softly pilose. 2. G. canadense. 
Receptacle glabrous : stem hirsute. 3. G. virginianum. 
D D Dear the middle: petals veiny, 6-7 mm. long: bract- 
4. G. geniculatum. 
1. G. hirsutum Muhl. Stem 3-15 dm. tall, hirsute below: blades of the lower 
leaves a A d sepals about twice as long as the braetlets: 
achene-body abou [G. ft 
(Porter) Bicknell. J- Tickets and open 
woods, various provinces N of Coastal 
Plain, N. C. to Tenn. Y Ohio, and Conn. 
2. G. canadense Jacq. Stem 3-9 dm. tall: 
blades of the lower leaves 3- ns ided or pin- 
ic a 
] [G. 
Gmel.]—(REpEo OT. )—Thieke ets and La 
woods, various provinces, Ga. to Tex., S. 
nd N. S. ( 
3. G. virginianum L. Similar to G. 
dense in habit, ‘but stouter, and D cler Pm an e aco hirsute 
heads of achenes 12-16 mm. long: achene-body 2.5-3 mm. long.—Damp thi EE 
ets and low grounds, various provinees, N. C. to Mo., Minn., and N. B 
