HOSE FAMILY. 



121 



lobe large ; calyx segments erect ; petals purplish-orange, erect ; style 

 jointed and bent in the middle, upper joint plumose. 

 EIVER GEUM. "Water Avens. Purple Avens. 



Stem about 2 feet high, nearly simple, rather retrorsely pilose. Principal leaflets3-5 

 lateral ones obovate ; terminal one 2-3 inches long and wider than long ; common petioles 

 6-9 inches in length. Flowers nodding. Calyx brown-purple. Petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, contracted into a claw, longer than the calyx. Carpels in a stalked head, very 

 hairy. Styles slender, dark purple. 



Bogs anil wet meadows : New England to Pennsylvania. May -June. 



FIG. 82. The Water Aveiis (Geum rivale), reduced. 



