WHITE GROUP 



made of leaves and filled with New Jersey hulled wild straw- 

 berries are offered for sale, and find eager buyers at large 

 prices. In fields, delighting to hide in tall grass. 



White Avens 



Geum canadense. — Family, Rose. Calyx, 5 -divided, with bract- 

 lets between the divisions. Petals, 5. Stamens, many. Achenes, 

 numerous. The styles of the pistils jointed, the upper part 

 hairy. The receptacle upon which the achenes are clustered is 

 densely hairy. Leaves on the stem, toothed or 3 -divided or lobed. 

 Root-leaves variously divided into 3 to 5 leaflets, sometimes with 

 one large, round leaflet and several smaller ones below. May to 

 August. 



In open woods. 



G. virginianum is a stouter and very hairy species. It has 

 small petals, shorter than the calyx. Flowers, on stout peduncles 

 on which the conspicuous hairs turn backward. Leaves, variously 

 divided, the lower parted to the midrib, pinnate, the upper lobed. 

 Summer. 



In moist woods and low grounds, common. 



Creeping Dalibarda 



Dalibarda repens. — Family, Rose. The flowers of Dalibarda 

 are of 2 sorts. The more evident have white petals, and are gen- 

 erally sterile, on long peduncles. Of these the calyx is deeply 5 

 to 6-parted, 3 of the divisions large, toothed. Petals, 5, open, 

 spreading. Below, numerous cleistogamous, apetalous flowers on 

 short, curving peduncles may be found, fertile, with sepals closing 

 over the fruit. Leaves, in tufts, from the creeping stem or root- 

 stock, on long petioles, broadly toothed, rounded or heart-shaped. 

 2 to 5 inches high. June to August. 



This pretty little flower is not obtrusive, and when found 

 might be mistaken for a stemless violet, except for the numer- 

 ous stamens which are a feature of the Rose Family. On 

 hills and in rocky woods, New Jersey northward. 



Canadian Burnet 



Sanguisorba canadensis. — Family, Rose. Petals, none. Sepals, 

 4, whitish. Leaves, pinnate, of several oblong, deeply serrate leaf- 

 lets, notched at base, rounded at apex. August and September. 



The color and beauty of the flower lies in the numerous 

 feathery stamens which hang their anthers upon long, weak, 

 white filaments. 



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