ROSE FAMILY. Rosaceae. 



_ ^ ^ A bristly hairy-stemmed plant common 



Rough Avens -, ■, ^i T i 



Q(;^^rn ^^ ^^^"^^ grounds and on the borders of low 



Virginianum 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 wdiich roll backward. 

 Common over the same territoiy. 



A slightly hairy species with compound 

 Gexim strictum j^^^^^. leaves, the leaflets wedge-shaped 

 Golden yellow .,. , ,. ,, ° ... 



July-August ^^'ith 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 Ivre- 

 Purple Avens , ■, - i i • i 



Geum rirale 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 ■Z\ a ^- j -i ^ 



Avens ^^^® avens, with 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 



var Peckii stem and showy pure yellow flowers quite . 



Yellow an inch broad, which is found on Mt. 



July-early Washington, and other high peaks in the 



September north. The ornamental roundish leaves 



are nearly smooth — except the veins. Also on the high 



mountains of N. Car. 



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