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Ber large ; calyx ; petals purplish-orange, erect ; = 
inted and bent in the idle, a mies joint eee 
Eee Geum. Water Avens. Purple Avens. 
Stem about 2 feet high, nearly simple, rather mein pilose. Principal c——. ‘ 
lateral ones paper oxmeet one 2~3 inches long onthaseac than long ; commun ; 
6-9 inches Flowers nodding. Calyx lies rown-purple. rome inversely heart- 
abaaeds contracted into a claw, longer than the calyx. Carpels in a stalked head, very 
hairy. are gerne’ » dark purple. 
Bogs and et meadows : New England to Pennsylvania. — ~ June, 
Fic. 82 The Water Avens (Geum rivale), coe 
