ROSE FAMILY 



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hairy plant, i — :: feet high : yadical leaves pinjiate ; cauline leaves 

 ternate ; stipules leafy, rounded and cut ; Jlowcrs erect, i — | in. 

 across, yellow ; upper joint of the stiif persistent style shorter, 

 smooth. — Hedges and thickets ; common. — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



2. G. rivdle (Water Avens). — A handsome plant, stouter and 

 more hain,' than the preceding, differing in having smaller .f^'z/zi'/fj-, • 

 drooping _//t'Zi.-cv.f, I — I ^- in. across : reddish-brown 5t"/iaA; obcord- 



GfeUM L'RB.^NU.M iC 



•1 A-'ei:s, //=■>-.'• B,'n,-:\ 



ate, yellow, pink-tinged, veined petals ; a stalk or carpophore 

 below the fruit ; and the two joints of the persistent style equal 

 and hairy. — Damp places : not uncommon. — Fl. May — July. 

 Perennial. 



G. intermidhtm. partaking of the characters of both the above 

 species, is probably a hybrid between them. 



6. Fr.\g.\ria (Strawberry). — Herbs with_ runners; leaves 

 generally ternate ; stipules adnate to the petiole ; sepals 5, 

 persistent, with an epicalyx of 5 bracteoles, ^■alvate ; petals 5 ; 

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