300 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



SPECIES III— GEUM RIVALE. Linn. 

 Plate CCCCLIX. 



Radical leaves stalked, irregularly lyrate-pinnate, with 2 to 4 

 pairs of leaflets, and a terminal one which is often 3-lobed, and 

 which, as well as those of the uppermost pair or two pairs, is much 

 larger than the others ; stem-leaves ternate or 3-lobed, more rarely 

 with a small pair of pinnae besides, with small foliaceous stipules, 

 which are generally much less than the lateral leaflets. Flowers 

 drooping. Calyx-segments adpressed to the receptacle after flower- 

 ing. Petals sub-erect, obovate, with a transverse retuse limb, 

 abruptly contracted into a long narrowly wedge-shaped claw. 

 Fruit-receptacle on a stalk about as long as the calyx-segments. 

 Achenes with the basal part of the tail spreading, glabrous, the 

 part above the articulation nearly half the length of the lower, 

 plumose from the base to within one quarter of the distance to the 

 apex, deciduous. 



In moist woods, and by the sides of streams and ditches. 

 Common, and generally distributed in the North, but more sparingly 

 so in the South of England, where it appears to be absent from 

 Cornwall, Kent, Surrey, and a few other counties. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer. 



This plant resembles the two last, but is generally stouter, with 

 thicker leaves, and with the pinnae less unequal in size. The 

 flowers larger, dull brownish-orange, streaked and tinged with pale 

 lurid-purple, with the lamina much broader than in either, the 

 calyx-segments more erect, dull-purple, the stipules much smaller ; 

 but the most remarkable difference results from the presence of a 

 stalk which raises the receptacle until, by the time the fruit is ripe, 

 it is completely clear of the calyx ; this stalk, as well as the carpels 

 and receptacle, is hispid. Leaves deep-green. Plant sparingly 

 hairy, densely so on the pedicels and calyx-segments. 



TFater Acens. 



French, Bcnoite iks Buisseattx. German, Bach Kelkenwurz. 



This is an elegant and beautiful plant, and possesses the same propprties as the 

 Herb Bennett. In North America it is esteemed as a febrifuge and tonic It was 

 often used in olden times to flavour ale and other liquors. The root is the most 

 active j)art of the plant 



