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3. S. tomento'sa, L., (DoWNY M.) with deep rose-coloured 

 flowers, and the stems aud under surface of the leaves densely 

 woolly, occurs eastward towards the sea- coast, and in the northern 

 counties of Ontario. 



3. GILLE'NIA, Moench. INDIAN-PHYSIC. " 



G. trifolia'ta, Moench. (BOWMAN'S ROOT.) Herb with 3- 

 foliolate leaves ; the leaflets ovate-oblong, pointed, rather coarsely 

 serrate ; stipules small, awl-shaped, entire. Flowers white or 

 rose-coloured, in loose few-flowered corymbs. Rich woods, chiefly 

 south-westward. 



4:. AGRIMO'NIA, Tourn. AGRIMONY. 



A. Eupato'ria, L. (COMMON AGRIMONY.) Stem herbaceous, 

 hairy, 2-3 feet high. Leaves interruptedly pinnate, larger leaf- 

 lets 5-7, oblong-obovate, coarsely serrate. Petals yellow, twice 

 as long as the calyx. Borders of woods. 



5. GEUM, L. AVENS. 



1. G. album, Gmelin. (WHITE AVENS.) Stem 2 feet high, 

 slender, branching, smoothish or downy. Root-leaves pinnate, 

 the cauline ones 3-divided, lobed, or only toothed. Petals white, 

 as long as the calyx. Achenes bristly, tipped with the hooked 

 lower joint of the style, the upper joint falling away. Receptacle 

 of the fruit bristly. Low rich woods and thickets. 



2. G. Virginla'num, L. Stem stout, bristly-hairy. Leaves 

 nearly as in No. 1. Petals ivhite, shorter than the calyx. Recep- 

 kicle of the fruit nearly smooth. Meadows and thickets ; not 

 common. 



3. G. Strictum, Ait. (YELLOW A.) Stem 2-3 feet high, rather 

 hairy. Root-leaves interruptedly pinnate ; stem-leaves 3-5 folio- 

 late, leaflets obovate or ovate. Petals yellow, longer than the 

 calyx. Receptacle of the fruit downy. Achenes tipped with the 

 hooked style. Dry thickets. 



4. G. riva'le, L. (WATER or PURPLE AVENS. ) Petals purplish- 

 yellow; calyx brown-purple. Flowers nodding, but the fruiting 

 heads upright. The upper joint of the style feathery, persistent. 

 Stem simple, 2 feet high. Root-leaves lyrate ; stem-leaves few, 

 3-foliolate, lobed. Bogs and "wet places, 



