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that the fruit does not become fleshy, which is the only dis 

 tinction between them ; but by this alone the Strawberries are 

 always known from the Cinque-foils or Potentils. It is found 

 in woods, and blossoms in June and July. 



O. S. Shrubby Cinque-foil, Rock Cinque-foil, Vernal Cinque-foil, Al- 

 pine Cinque-foil, Saw-leaved Cinque-foil, White Cinque-foil, and Three- 

 toothed Cinque- foil all rare mountain plants. 



TORMENTIL. TORMENTILLA. 



COMMON TORMENTIL. Tormentilla officinalis. 

 Plate 7, fig. 8. 



On every bank in flower from early Spring till late in 

 Autumn. The stems trail upon the ground, and are set with 

 joints, where leaves, roots, and flowers, are produced. The 

 leaves are of three divisions and sessile, and by these the plant 

 is known from the other species, (Trailing Tormentil.) The 

 petals are generally four in number, but sometimes five are found. 

 Flowers yellow. Root thick, woody, and black. It is used in 

 medicine, and by the Laplanders as a red dye for leather. 



AVENS. GEUM. 



COMMON AVENS. HERB BENNET. Geum urbanum. 

 Plate 7, fig. 9. 



In woods and hedges flowering in June and July, one or 

 two feet high, rather straggling in habit, with small, yellow, 

 five-petaled flowers. Leaves pinnate, with about two pair of 

 small leaflets, and a terminal one, which is very large and 

 roundish, often somewhat lobed, and toothed or jagged on the 

 edges ; those from the root are on long foot-stalks. The seeds 

 are covered with hairs, armed with a long jointed awn or bristle, 

 and collected into a round head, which is dark colored. 



O. S. -Water Avens, not very uncommon in marshes and watery places. 



