ROSACEA. 



deciduous ; stigmas simple. Achenia ovate, compressed, hairy, 

 each with a long lateral tail, formed of the enlarged, hardened, 

 lower part of the style, terminating in a hook. Receptacle cy- 

 lindrical, dry, hairy, seated on the permanent reflexed calyx. 

 Smith. 



457. G. rivale Linn. sp. pi. 717. Eng. JBot. t. 106. Smith 

 Eng. jl. ii. 430. DC. prodr. ii. 551 . — Meadows and woods 

 throughout Europe. 



Root somewhat woody, blackish, creeping, and running deep into 

 the ground ; astringent, with the flavour of cloves. Herbage hairy, 

 deep green. Stem 8 to 12 inches high, slightly panicled, otherwise 

 simple. Radical leaves stalked ; their terminal lobe very large, rounded, 

 lobed, and sharply crenate ; stem-leaves few, stalked, ternate or 3- 

 lobed ; stipules of the latter ovate, acute, cut, purplish. Flowers 

 almost pendulous, singularly elegant, growing upright as the fruit ripens. 

 Calyx of a rich purplish brown, erect ; subsequently reflexed. Petiole 

 erect, cloven, of a tawny brown. Smith. — This and the next are 

 stomachic, and said to be useful medicines in diarrhoea. 



4-58. G. urban um Linn. sp. pi. 716. Eng. Bot. t. 1400. 

 Woodv. t. 259. Smith Eng. fl. ii. 429. DC. prodr. ii. 551. 

 S. and C. i. t. 36. — Common in hedgerows and woods through- 

 out Europe. (Avens. Herb Bennet.) 



Root of many stout brown fibres, astringent, and in some degree 

 aromatic, said to give an agreeable clove-like flavour to beer, and even 

 to wine. Stem 2 feet high, erect, round, rough and finely hairy; 

 branched at the upper part, bearing several flowers. Radical leaves on 

 long stalks, interruptedly pinnate, somewhat lyrate, the odd leaflet 

 rounded, often deeply 3-lobed; stem-leaves ternate, stalked; upper 

 simple, 3-lobed, wedge-shaped ; all variously notched and serrated, 

 grass-green, veiny, hairy. Stipules of the stem-leaves very large, 

 rounded, lobed, serrated, leafy. Flowers terminal, solitary, stalked ; 

 commonly small, bright yellow, erect. Calyx spreading, reflexed as the 

 fruit advances. Achenia in an ovate head, numerous, ovate, downy, 

 besides a few long coarse hairs about the summit, each tipped with a 

 rigid, purplish, deflexed awn or tail, which is quite smooth, ending in a 

 small sharp hook. Smith. 



459. Geum canadense Jacq. Jwrt. ii. 1. 175? (Chocolate Root, 

 Blood Root.) 



Root principally, but leaves also, employed in Prince Edward's 

 Island as a mild tonic. It is agreeably bitter and is found particularly 

 useful in the diarrhoea of children. Med. bot. trans. 1829. p. 8. 



AGRIMONIA. 



Calyx inferior, tubular, permanent, with 5 small, acute, per- 

 manent marginal segments ; the tube subsequently hardened, 

 closed over the seeds and burred with hooks. Petals 5, flat, 

 spreading, notched, each with a small narrow claw attached to 

 the rim of the calyx. Filaments capillary, from the rim of 

 the calyx, shorter than the corolla, indeterminate in number, 



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