428 ' XLi. rvOSACEi3i:. [Geum, 



external accessary lobes alteriiat-ing with them. Petals 5, broncl, spreading. 

 "Stamens indefinite. Carpels indefinite, with 1 erect ovule in each; stjle 

 terminal, filiform, with a hook or twist at or below the end. Fruit a head of 

 small dry achenes, surrounded by the persistent calyx, each one terminating 

 in a long filiform straight hooked or geniculate awn, formed by the persistent 

 style, and either naked hairy or plumose. — Herbs with a perennial rootstock. 

 , Leaves chiefly radical, pinnate or pinnatisect, the leaflets or segments toothed, 

 the terminal one much larger than the others ; stem-leaves usually small and 

 bract-like. Flowers yellow white or red, solitary and terminal, or few in a 

 loose corymbose terminal panicle. 



The genus is dispersed over the temperate regions of the glohe. Of the two Australian 

 species, one is commou in the northern hemisphere of the Old "World, the other is endemic. 



riowers yellow, several ou the stem. Radical leaves with 3 or more 

 large ovate or lanceolate segments. Styles (in the flower) twisted 

 below the end * 1. G. nrhanum, 



Plowers large, white, solitary. Radical leaves with one large rcniform 



crenate segment. Styles, even in the flower, twisted at the end only. 2. G. remfolium. 



1. G. urbaiium, Limt. ; DC, Prod. ii. '551. ^Sterns ereet, shghtly 

 branched, 1 to 2 ft. high, glabrous or softly pubescent. Lower leaves on 

 long petioles, with 3, 5 or more large sefijments intermixed with small ones, 

 the upper leaves usually witti only 3 large segments or a single one divided 

 into 3, and sometimes 2 or 3 small ones along the stalk, all as weU as the 

 leafy stipules coarsely toothed or lobed. Flow^ers yellow, terminating the 

 branches of a very loose panicle. Calyx-lobes entire, "^acute. Petals often riot 

 exceeding the calyx in the noi ' ' .. .^ i <« 



Tasmaniaa ones. Fruit-carpels 



•thern specimens, considerably larger m the 

 covered with silky hairs. Style pluiaose- 



i. Hi, with the synonyms adduced. 



Wale 



null V 1115 iUKiuceci. 



Nepcan river, R, Byonii ; "Slachay river, BecHer, all with the srnaU 

 petals of the European form. . , 



Victoria, Moist hanks of the Mitta-Mitta, Delatite river, etc., F. Mueller, with rathe 



arious 



large petals. 



Tasmania. Port Dalrymple, R. Brown ; not uneommon in shady places in v 

 parts of the colony, 7. D. llouker, with rather large petals. i • = and 



The species is common in Europe, temperate Asia and the E. Indian mottutaiMS, 

 naturalized in several other parts of the world. 



2. G. renifolium, F. Muell. in Trans, PML List. FicL ii. 66. Boot- 

 stock thick and hard. L;:aves radical, with a sin*^le terminal renilorm se^ 



Jnent, often 2 to 3 



rd. L;:aves radical, with a single terminal renitorm ^^j 

 muuu, uiLcii .5 Lo o in. broad, coarsely crenate, usually broadly and ^^^^" j; 

 lobed, very much wrinkled, the veins very prominent underneath, ''^r^^^Ljp 

 times a few very small segments scattered'along the petiole, ^^^^^^^^^^^n^^^ 

 i to 1 ft. high, with a single brge terminal white flower, and usua ly ^ 

 tant small sessile bract-like deeply toothed leaves, the lowest above ^J^^^ .^^jg 

 of the stems. Calyx-lobes enlarged after flowering and often toothed, i ' 



Styles pinmose-villous, not produced beyond Uic J 

 Ting, elongated and hooked at the end when m 



longer than the calyx, 

 even at the timeof flowei 

 Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 36L 



