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of the leafstalk ; leaflets 5-7, oblong, toothed, often hoary be- 

 neath ; flowers few, in a loose, irregular corymb, dingy purple; 

 inner segments of the calyx broad ; petals shorter than the 

 calyx; carpels numerous, small, on a somewhat enlarged, 

 rather spongy receptacle. Marsh Cinquefoil. Marshes, and 

 peat-bogs. Fl. June, July. 

 [See also p. 53.] 



(83) Sibbaldia. 



S. procumbens : stem short, dense, spreading, tufted ; leaves 

 ternate, the leaflets obovate or wedge-shaped, three-toothed at 

 the end; flower-stems short, almost leafless, bearing a cyme 

 of small flowers, of which the green calyx is the most conspi- 

 cuous part, the petals being very small and pale yellow. 

 Scotch Highlands. Fl. July. 



(84) Geum. AVENS. 



G. urbanum : stem erect, slightly branched, 1-2 feet high ; 

 stipules large and leaflike, coarsely toothed; leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, with several large segments intermixed with 

 small ones, the upper ones ternate, all coarsely- toothed ; flow- 

 ers erect, small, yellow ; carpels in a close, sessile head, covered 

 with silky hairs, the awn curved downwards, with a minute 

 hook at the tip. Herb Bennet. Roadsides, banks, and mar- 

 gins of woods. Fl. June to August. 



G. rivale : stems erect or ascending, usually simple ; leaves 

 mostly radical, with one large, orbicular, terminal segment, 

 coarsely toothed or lobed, and a few very small segments be- 

 low ; flowers few, drooping, dull purple ; carpels very hairy, in 

 a shortly-stalked globular head. Marshes and wet ditches. 

 Fl. June, July. 



