EOSACEiC. 106 GEUM. 



D. REPENS. D. violajoides. M. 



Pubescent, bearing creeping shoots; lenves simple, roundish-cordate, cre- 

 nate; pcdtiiicles 1-flowered. A little, creeping, diffuse plant, found in woods 

 and mountains. Leaves obtuse, on fnig, slender petioles. Peduncles as 

 long, bearing a single white flower. Jn. False Violet. 



13. WALDSTEl'iNIA. 



Caljx o-cleft, widi 5 alternate bracteoles; petals 5, decid- 

 uous; stamens numerous, inserted into the caljx; stales 2-- 

 5; achenia (ew, dry, on a dry receptacle. 



Named by Wildenow, in honor of Franz de Waldstein, a distinguished Ger- 

 man botanist. Acaulescent perennial herbs, with radical, lobed or divided 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 



W. fragarioi'des. 



Leaves trifoliate, on long, radical petioles ; leaflets cuneate, incisely crenate- 

 dentate, ciliate; scapes bracted, many-flowered; tube of caly.x obconic. A 

 liandsome plant, found in hilly woods, N. H., bearing some resemblance to 

 tiie strawberry', a few inclies to half a foot high. Leaflets roundish, cut into 

 lobes and teeth, sessile, in 3s, of a dark, shining green. Scape divided at lop in- 

 to a panicle of yellow flowers, on pedicels bracted at base. Jn. Dry Straicbary. 



14. GEUM. 



Calyx inferior, 5-cleft, with 5 alternate segments or brac- 

 teoles smaller and exterior; petals 5 ; achenia tipped with 

 the permanent style, which is mostly jointed, bearded and 

 geniculate. 



Gr. yivcij^ to taste well ; in allusion to the quality of the root. Cal. segments 

 deep, acute, the 5 alternate ones smaller. Pet. rounded, cleft or entire, as 

 long as the cal. and longer than the fil. Ova. numerous as the styles, fiat, 

 ovate, in a roundish head. Recep. columnar. — Perennial herbs. 



1. G. stric'tum. 



Hairy, radical ; leaves interruptedly^ pinnate, cauline ones 3 — .5-foliatc ; leaf- 

 lets ovute, dentate, the terminal one larger; stipules erect; cahjx with the o 

 alternate bracteoles short, linear; -petals roundisli, a little longer than the ca- 

 lyx; aions naked, hooked. Habit various. Stem about 2 feet high, with a 

 cluster of large, jellow flowers at top, on short pedicels. Petals about the 

 length of the long calyx segments. 31. Aug. Ydloic .'ivcns. 



2. G. riva'le. 



Pubescent; stem simple; radical leaves l3'-rate; stiptdcs ovate, acute, cut; 

 flowers nodding; petals as long as the calyx; awns plumose, nearly naked at 

 top, hooked. A fine plant, conspicuous above ijie grass in wet meadows, 

 for its dttrk colored, nodding flowers. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, from a creeping, 

 woody rhiy.oma. Root leaves interruptedly pinnate, inclining to lyrate, tiie 

 terminal leaflets large, roundish, lobate and crenate ; stem leaves ternate or tri- 

 lobate, sessile. The stem divides at top into several drooping flower-stalks, 

 forming a sort of panicle. Calyx ])urplish brown, closed. Petals cbcordate, 

 erect, yellowish brown, veined. The root is aromatic and astringent. June. 

 Per. iVuter Acens. 



