go AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS: 
has Geum urbanum, the Wood Avens, a plant 
from one to two feet high, with yellow flowers, 
and many stamens attached to the calyx, Linn. 
Cl. XII., Zcosandria. G. rivale, Water Avens, 
is a curious plant, with purplish calyx and pale 
reddish corolla, exhibiting its nodding flowers 
in damp woods. A peculiar feature of the 
genus Geum is the sickle-like form of the 
mature fruit, the ovary being the handle of 
the sickle. In G. vevale, the part of the style 
above the joint becomes a tail of fine hairs, 
The Marsh Cinquefoil, Comarum palustre, 
differs from Potentilla by its enlarged spongy 
receptacle like a juiceless strawberry. The 
flowers, of which the petals are very small, and 
the inside of the sepals, are purplish-red. 
It will be observed that the plants above- 
named are of four different Linnzan classes, 
though all of the same Nat. Ord. Rosacea. 
The Order includes many edible fruits ; among 
them, Raspberries, Strawberries, Plums, Apples, 
Pears, Cherries, Peaches, and Apricots.) ike 
petals of Rosa centifolia, and its varieties R. 
damascena, and R. moschata, yield Rose-water, 
and the oil called “attar of Roses.” 
The pretty creeping plant with yellow Pen- 
