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ROSACES. 



URBANUM (Common Avens, Herb Bennet). 



4. 



(Avens). 



1. G. urbdnum (Common Avens, Herb Bennet). 

 Flowers erect ; awns rigid ; root-leaves pinnate, with 

 smaller leaflets at the base ; stem-leaves ternate. Hedges 

 and thickets ; common. A somewhat slender, little- 

 branched plant, 1 2 feet high, . with yellow flowers, 

 which are less conspicuous than the round heads of 

 awned seeds which succeed them ; the stipules are large, 

 rounded, and cut. Fl. June August. Perennial. 



2. G. rivdle (Water Avens). Flowers drooping ; 



