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the stomacke, paine of the collicke, and the biting of venomous beasts.” From the 
aromatic nature of the roots, resembling in some measure cloves, the plant is called by 
some writers Caryophyllata. 
SPECIES () IL—GEUM INTERMEDIUM. Zw, 
Puate CCCCLVIII. 
G. urbano-rivale, “G. Meyer.” Garcke, Fl. v. N. & M. Deutschl. ed. vi. p. 117. 
- Radical leaves stalked, irregularly lyrate-pinnate, with 2 to 4 
pairs of leaflets, and a terminal one, which, as well as those of 
uppermost pair, is much larger than the others; stem-leaves ternate 
or 3-lobed, with large foliaceous stipules which scarcely exceed the 
breadth of the lateral leaflets. Flowers drooping. Calyx-segments 
adpressed to the receptacle after flowering. Petals sub-erect, 
roundish-obovate, retuse at the apex, narrowed into a wedge- 
shaped claw. FF ruit-receptacle sessile or sub-sessile. Achenes 
with the basal part of tail ascending-spreading, glabrous; the 
part above the articulation about one-third the length of the 
lower, plumose from the base to the middle, glabrous at the apex, 
deciduous. 
In moist woods. Not uncommon in the North of England and 
Scotland; more rare in the South, where, however, it has occurred 
in the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Hants, and South Wales. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer. 
This plant is readily distinguished from G. urbanum by the 
drooping flowers, and the calyx-segments not reflexed after flower- 
ing, generally tinged with red; the petals deeper yellow, broader 
at the apex, and more suddenly contracted into the claw. The tails 
of the achenes are more slender, more erect, with the apical joint 
distinctly plumose at the base, and longer in proportion. The 
pedicels are also longer, less rigid and more erect, except at the 
apex. The rootstock islonger. ‘The stipules of the stem-leaves are 
considerably smaller in proportion, but deeply toothed as in G. 
urbanum. It is indeed quite intermediate in appearance between 
that and the following species, between which it may be a hybrid. 
The late Dr. Bell Salter obtained a hybrid Geum by fertilizing 
the stigmas of G. rivale by the pollen of G. urbanum, and obtained 
an intermediate form, which he states as quite identical with the 
wild G. intermedium. The seeds of this hybrid he found to be 
fertile. — (Phyt. Ser. 1, Vol. IV. p. 737.) I have often found G. 
_ intermedium growing with G. rivale, but seldom with G. urbanum. 
Intermediate Avens. 
French, Benoite Intermédiaire. German, Miitleres Nelkenwurz. 
