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345. Purple Cinquefoil. Coinartim palustre. (Potentilla 

 palustris.) (Rosaceae.) A sprawling bog plant, somewhat 

 woody at the base and not over 1-2 ft. long. Leaves com- 

 pound, the 5-7 leaflets broadest towards the rounded tip, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, sharply toothed. Flowers reddish- 

 purple, showy, solitary, or in a few-flowered terminal cluster. 

 Fruit dry. July. Greenland and Labrador to the highland 

 parts of N. J., and westward. Fig. 345. See No. 359. 



346. Queen-of-the-Prairie. Filipendula rubra. (Rosaceae.) 

 An erect showy herb 2-8 ft. tall with a much branched 

 i^rooved stem, and compound leaves. Leaflets usually 3-7, but 

 sometimes with smaller ones interspersed, deeply cut and 

 sharply toothed. Flowers pink or purple, scarcely more than 

 '4 in. across, in a large open, much-branched cluster. Fruit 

 a collection of dry, pointed capsules. July. In moist places. 

 Western N. Y. to Georgia and Kentucky, thence westward to 

 Illinois, Michigan and Iowa. Often cultivated eastward, and 

 occurring as an escape. A white-flowered relative, F. Ulmaria, 

 introduced from Europe and Asia is also found as a garden 

 escape. It is about half the size and has leaflets that are white- 

 woolly on the under side. See No. 359. 



347. Purple Avens. Ceitm rivalc. (Rosaceae.) Similar in 

 ii:entTal aspect to No. 342 (see Fig. 342), but with showy 

 purple flowers. June. Moist places, Newfoundland to N. J., 

 and westward. 



