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the lateral ones. Leaves attended by stipules. Stamens many. Petals 
5, rounded, exceeding the divisions of the calyx. 
Flowers white. 
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Flowers yellow. 
Leaflets rarely more than 3, basal often of an individual leaf . G-: vernum 
eaflets 3 to 7. Terminal one orbicular or kidney-formed . . G. Peckii 
Terminal one generally elongated, flowers creamy-yellow . G. flavum 
Leaflets numerous, the terminal large, rounded and deeply lobed 
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Leaflets 5 to 7, terminal one egg-shaped, about 3 lobed . . . G. strictum 
Flowers purple. 
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Ik. G. rivale, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 68.) PurpLe AveNs. WATER AVENS. 
Plant erect, 1 to 3 ft. high, hairy. Basal leaves compound, feather- 
formed with the terminal leaflets much larger than the others. Flowers 
few, nodding, petals and sepals purple. Seed caskets with plumed tails. 
Moist grounds, Maine to Pennsylvania. May-July. 
2. G, triflorum, Pursh. (Fig. 2, pl. 67.) LoNa-PLUMED PuRPLE 
AvENS. (G. ciliatum, Pursh.). Plant erect, 4 to 14 ft. high; basal 
leaves in tufts much divided, the terminal ones not large. Flowers erect, 
light purple, plumes of the seed caskets 1 to 2 in. long. Dry soil. 
Northern New York and New England. May-June. 
3. G. Peckii, Pursh. (Fig. 5, pl. 67.) Yrrtow Mountain AVENS. 
(G. radiatum, Michx.). Erect, 4 to 2 ft. high, branching at top, simple 
below. Basal leaves of several leaflets, the terminal one very large (3 to 
6 in. broad), nearly round, or kidney-shaped. Flowers yellow. White 
Mountains and in Maine. July-Aug. 
4. G. vernum, (Raf.) T. and G. (Fig. 4, pl. 67.) Sprine AveEns. 
Erect, or ascending, 4 to 2 ft. high, slender, few leaved. Leaflets 3 to 5, 
sometimes the leaf is simple. Leaflets all egg-shaped. Flowers yellow, 
few. Calyx reflexed, bracts at base of calyx absent. Fruit head stalked 
but not plumed. Shady places. New Jersey and southern New York. 
April-June. 
5. G. canadense, Jacq. (Fig. 1, pl. 67.) Wuite Avens. (G. al- 
bum, Gmelin.) Erect, slender, 14 to 24 ft. high, sparingly covered with 
soft hairs. Basal leaves of 3 to 5 leaflets or of a simple leaf. Of the 
compound leaves the terminal leaflet is broadly egg-shaped or pear- 
shaped. Flowers white, 2 in. broad; calyx lobes reflexed; receptacle 
bristly. Shaded places. Generally distributed. June-Aug. 
6. G. virginianum, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 68.) RougnH AvEeNns. Much 
stouter than preceding species. Covered with stiff hairs. The reflexed 
sepals exceed in length the white petals, Moist grounds, throughout 
our area. May-July. 
7. G. flavum, (Porter.) Bicknell. (Fig. 6, pl. 67.) CREAM CoLoRED 
Avens. Erect, 1 to 3 ft. tall. Stem bristly below. Basal leaves some- 
times of 3 leaflets, in other cases more. Stem leaves, lower ones often 
5-parted, the terminal leaflet often elongated, upper leaflets egg- or 
lance-shaped. Flowers cream-yellow, petals shorter than the reflexed 
segments of the calyx. Woods. New York, southward. June-August. 
8. G. macrophyllum, Willd. (Fig. 3, pl. 67.) Larar-Leavep 
