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WALDSTEINIA GEOIDES. AVENS-LAKE ~ 
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WALDSTEINIA. 
Class and Order. 
2,(nune 4) obovata. 
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Watpsrema geoides. Willd. Nov. Act. Soc. Nat. Scrut._ 
_ Berol: 2. p. 106. t. 4. f. 1. Ejusdem Spec. PDE 
. 1007. Hort. Kew. edit. alt. 3. p. 204. Waldst. et. — 
prpedab. Pl raping. 1. pg. t.77. 
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Descr. Radical leaves petiolated, five-1 
egularly incised, serrate, rugose-veined and to 
he under surface, and slightly hairy on the upp 
eaves three-lobed, incised, serrate, subs 
‘endant, branched towards the top. Stipule: 
‘cute. Peduncles terminal, generally two tog 
n-cleft : alternate segments very small, and 
thers much larger, lanceolate. Petals 5, y 
wbicular. Stamens many, shorter = the petals. : 
“mens generally two, sometimes four. | Styles erect, some- 
i 
“hat curved outwards. Stigma simple: Seeds surrounded — 
by the persistent filaments, obovate, surmounted by the 
yles, longer than the seeds, which sometimes, but not al- 
Ways, fall off as soon as the seeds are ripe. 
| We received flowering specimens of this rare and hardy 
irennial from the Botanic Garden, at Bury St. Edmund’s, 
4Q May, 1823, from which our drawing was taken, and 
/Sain in seed last year. Pa S&S : 
