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tlio stomacko, paiiie of the collicke, and the biting of venomous beastii." From tlio 

 aniiiiatic nature of the roots, resembling in some measure cloves, the plant is called by- 

 some writers (.'aryophyllata. 



SPI'X'IES (?) II.— G EUM INTERMEDIUM. Ehrk. 

 Plate CCCCLVIII. 

 G. uiliano-rivale, "6. Meyer." Garche, Fl. v. N. <fc M. Deutschl. ed. vi. p. 117. 



Radical leaves stalked, irregularly ly rate-pinnate, with 2 to 4 

 pairs of leaflets, and a terminal one, which, as well as those of 

 uppermost pair, is much larger than the others; stem-leaves ternatc 

 or ;M()hed, with large foliaceous stipules which scarcely exceed the 

 breadth of the lateral leaflets. Flowers drooping. Calyx-segments 

 ad pressed to the receptacle after flowering. Petals sub-erect, 

 roundish-obovate, retuse at the apex, narrowed into a wedge- 

 sl)aped claw. Fruit-receptacle sessile or sub-sessile. Achenes 

 with the basal part of tail ascending-spreading, glabrous; the 

 part above the articulation about one-third the length of the 

 lower, plumose from the base to the middle, glabrous at the apex, 

 deciduous. 



In moist woods. Not uncommon in the North of England and 

 Scotland ; more rare in the South, where, however, it has occurred 

 in the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Hants, and South Wales. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer. 



This plant is readily distinguished from G. urbanum by the 

 drooping flowers, and the calyx-segments not reflexed after flower- 

 ing, generally tinged with red ; the petals deeper yellow, broader 

 at the apex, and more suddenly contracted into the claw. The tails 

 of the achenes are more slender, more erect, with the apical joint 

 distinctly plumose at the base, and longer in proportion. The 

 })edicels are also longer, less I'igid and more erect, except at tlie 

 apex. The rootstock is longer. Tlie stipules of the stem-leaves are 

 considerably smaller in proportion, but deeply toothed as in G. 

 uibanum. It is indeed quite intermediate in appearance between 

 that and the following species, between which it may he a hyl)i'id. 

 The late Dr. Bell Salter obtained a hybrid Geuui by fertilizing 

 the stigmas of G. rivale by the pollen of G. urbanum, and obtained 

 an intermediate form, which he states as quite identical with the 

 wild G. intermedium. The seeds of this hybrid he found to be 

 fertile. — (Phyt. Ser. 1, Vol. IV. p. 737.) I have often found G. 

 intermedium growing with G. rivale, but seldom with G. urbanum. 



Intermediate Avens. 



French, Benoile Intcrmediaire. German, Jfilt!ere« Xelkevumrz. 



