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white ; frm'f of i — 4 distinct scarlet persistent drupels on a flat 

 receptacle. — Stony places, chiefly in the north. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



4. i?. Chanmnibrus (Cloudberry). — A very distinct species, with 

 a long subterranean rhizo77ie ; floivering-branch erect, 4 — 8 in. 

 high, without prickles ; leaves obtusely 5 — 7-lobed ; floivers large, 

 terminal, solitary, white, dioecious ; f7'uit of a few large drupelets, 

 first red, then orange, with the colour, fragrance and taste of 



apricots. — Alpine peat-bogs in the 

 north. This fruit, the avrons of 

 Scotland, moltebeere of Norway, or 

 maroshka of northern Russia, 

 makes a delicious preserve. — Fl. 

 June, July. Perennial. 



4. Dryas (Mountain Avens). — 

 Prostrate tufted herbs ; leaves simple, 

 white beneath ; stipules adnate to 

 the petiole ; flowers large, solitary ; 

 sepals 8 or 9 in one whorl, valvate, 

 persistent ; petals 8 or 9 ; carpels 

 many, sunk in the calyx-tube, one- 

 ovuled ; styles persistent, feathery ; 

 fruit an etaerio of achenes. (Name 

 from the Greek dnias, from the re- 

 semblance of the leaves to those of 

 the oak.) 



I. D. octopetala (Mountain 

 Avens). — The only British species ; 

 leaves oblong, coarsely crenate- 

 serrate, hoary beneath ; flowers an 

 inch or more across, white ; petals 

 8. — In mountainous, chiefly lime- 

 stone, districts in the north ; rare. 

 An easily recognised and handsome 

 Perennial. 



DRYAS OCTOPETALA {Mountain Avens). 



flower 



-Fl. June, July. 



5. Geum (Avens). — Erect herbs ; leaves lyrately-pinnate ; stipules 

 adnate to the petiole ; scape usually several-flowered ; sepals 5, 

 persistent, with an epicalyx of 5 bracteoles ; petals 5 ; carpels 

 many, i-ovuled ; styles persistent, jointed, hooked ; fruit an etaerio 

 of achenes. (Name from the Greek geuo, I taste, the roots being 

 aromatic.) 



I. G. urbdfiwn (Common Avens, Herb Benet). — An erect, 



