Pl.ex.cal. 60. DRYADE^. 354. Geum. 579 



shorter than the calyx. — Roots^ flavour ale, and prevent it 

 from turning sour; are stomachic, and a good substitute for 

 the Peruvian bark, in agues. 



(3. majus. Petals longer than the calyx. 



Caryophyllata vulgaris majore flpre, Raii Syn. 253, 2. 

 Caryophyllata vulgaris major, Park. 135. 



Great-Jlowered aveiis. 



2. Geum intennedmrn. Inter jnediale herh-be/uief. 

 Leaves interrupted, pinnate ; flowers mostly drooping ; 



calyx spreading; petals longer than the calyx; aion fea- 

 thered, twisted. 



Geum rivale /?, Smith Fl. Brit. 555. 

 Geum intermedium, Ehraht Beytr. 6, 143. 



Woods and hedges ; perennial ; September. 

 Floivers large, yellowish. 



3. Geum rivale. Bankside herl-henncf. 

 Root-leaves lyrate, interruptedly pinnate ; stipules ovate, 



acute, cut; flowers drooping; petals as long as the calyx; 

 awn feathered, twisted. 



Caryophyllata montana purpurea, Raii Syn. 253, 3 ; Ger. em, 994, 2. 

 Caryophyllata montana, geu palustris purpurea, Park. 136. 

 Geum rivale, Lin. S. P. 717. 

 Water avens. 



Fields and damp woods; perennial; June and July. 



Root horizontal ; stem branched at top, drooping ; leaves 

 deeply serrated ; stem-leaves simple or ternate; ca/j/x pur- 

 plish ; petals upright, reverse-heartshape, yellowish purple. 

 — Root febrifuge, in common use in agues, instead of the 

 Peruvian bark ; also to cure ropy ale. 



B. grandiflorum. Floivers double, or proliferous. 



Childing avens, Petiver Herb. Brit. 40, 4. 



III. 355. SIBBALDIA. Linnseus. SMald. 



Cahjx-iube concave ; limb 5-lobed ; lobes bracteated ; 

 petals 5, very small ; stamens 5 ; ovaries 5, forming a head 

 on a prominent receptacle; style lateral; akenia kidney- 

 shape, hardened ; seed inverse. 



Sihhaldia procumlens. Procumbent sibbald. 



Leaves ternate ; leaflets bald above, hairy beneath; flowers 



corymbose; petals lanceolate, acute, as long as the calyx, . 



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