66 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



7. «EIIM, L. AVENS. 



1. G. album, Gmelin. (White Avens.) Stem 2 feet high, 

 slender, branching, smoothish or downy. Eoot-leaves pin- 

 nate, the cauline ones 3-divided, lobed, or only toothed. 

 Petals white, as long as the calyx. Aohenes briatly, tipped 

 with the hooked lower joint of the style, the upper joint 

 falling away. Receptacle of the fruit bristly. — Low rich 

 woods and thickets. 



2. G. Virginia' num, L. Stem stout, bristly - hairy. 

 Leaves nearly as in No. 1. Petals white, shatter than the 

 calyx. Receptacle of the fruit nearly smooth. — Meadows and 

 thickets ; not common. 



3. G. maerophyl'lum.'Willd. Bristly-hairy, stout. Eoot- 

 leaves interruptedly pinnate, with a very large round-hiart- 

 shaped terminalleaflet. Stem-leaves with 2-4 minute lateral 

 leaflets, the terminal 3-cleft, with wedr/eform rounded lobes. 

 Petals yellow, longer than the calyx. Receptacle nearly 

 naked. — Atl. Prov. chiefly. 



4. G. strietum, Ait. (Yellow A.) Stem 2-3 feet high, 

 rather hairy. Eoot-leaves interruptedly pinnate ; stem- 

 leaves 3-o-foliolate, leaflets obovate or ovate. Petals yellow, 

 longer than the calyx. Eeceptacle of the fruit downy. 

 Achenes tipped with the hooked style. — Dry thickets. 



5. G. riva'le, L. (Water or Purple Avbns.) Petals pur- 

 plish-yellow ; calyx brown-purple. Flowers nodding, but the 

 fruiting heads upright. The upper Joint of the style feathery, 

 persistent. Stem simple, 2 feet high. Eoot-leaves lyrate ; 

 stem-leaves few, 3-foliolate, lobed. — Bogs and wet places. 



6. G. triflo'rum, Pursh. stem about a foot high, soft- 

 hairy. Flowers 3 or more, on long peduncles, purple. 

 Styles not jointed, feathery, at least 2 inches long in the fruit. 

 — Dry hills and thickets. Not common. 



8. WAIDSTEI'NIA, Willd. Barren Strawberry. 

 W. fragarioi'des, Tratt. A low plant, 4-6 inches high. 

 Leaflets 3, broadly wedge-form , crenately toothed. Scapes 

 several-flowered. Petals yellow, longer than the calyx. — 

 Dry woods and hill-sides. 



