ROSE FAMILY. Rosacex. 



A bristly hairy-stemmed plant common 

 Rough Avens . f 



Q eum m low grounds and on the borders of low 



V.irginianum damp woods, with flowers and leaves simi- 

 Cream white lar to those of the preceding species. The 

 May-July stem very stout. The flower has incon- 

 spicuous cream white petals which roll backward. 

 Common over the same territory. 



A slightly hairy species with compound 

 Geumstrictum lower leaves the leaflets wedge-shaped 



Golden yellow .,, , ' 



July-August W1 th round tips, the upper leaves with 



3-5 leaflets irregular, oblong, and acute. 

 Flowers golden yellow. Fruit-receptacle downy. Moist 

 meadows Me., south to N. J., west to Kan., Neb., and 

 S. Dak. 



An aquatic or marsh species, with lyre- 

 Purple Avens ,*. . 

 Geumrivale shaped root-leaves, and irregular corn- 

 Brownish pound upper leaves ; the stem-leaves few, 

 purple and three-lobed. The nodding flowers 

 July-August brownish or rusty purple, with obovate 

 petals terminating with a claw. 2 feet high. Bogs and 

 wet meadows, Me., south to N. J., west to Minn, 

 and Mo. 



An exceedingly pretty and graceful but 

 Long-plumed 



Avens rare avens > wl *h a decorative, deeply cut 



Geum triflorum leaf, and a ruddy flower-stalk generally 



Dull crimson- bearing three ruddy flowers with scarcely 



opened acute, erect calyx-lobes. The 



fruit is daintily plumed with gray feathery 



hairs, about an inch long. 6-12 inches high. Dry or 



rocky soil. Me., west to Minn., south to Mo. 



This is a dwarf species with smooth 

 Geum Peckii stem and showy pure yellow flowers quite 

 Yellow an i ncn broad, which is found on Mt. 



So' tern her Washington, and other high peaks in the 

 north. The ornamental roundish leaves 

 are nearly smooth except the veins. Also on the high 

 mountains of N. Car. 



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