Geum urbanum. Common Avens. 



GEUM Linnai Gen. PL Icosandria Polygynia. 



Cat. io-fidus. Petala 5. Sem. arifla geniculata. 



Rati Syn, Gen. 15. Herb^: semine nitdo polyspermy. 

 GEUM urbanum floribus ere&is, fru&ibus globofis villolis : ariftis uncinatis nudis, foliis lyratis. 



Vinncel Syjl. Vegetab. p. 399. Sp. PL p. 716. PL Suecic. p. iyg. 

 GEUM foliis pinnatis, pinna ultima trilobata ; floribus patulis, tubis aduncis. Haller hiji. n. 1130. 



CARYOPHYLLATA urbana. Scopoli PL Carniol. p. 364. 

 CARYOPHYLLATA vulgaris. Bauhin pin. 321. 

 CARYOPHYLLATA Gerard emac. 995. Parkin/on 136. 



Raii Syn. Avens, Herb Bennet. 



Hud/on. PL Angl. /.198. 



Lightfoot FL Scot. ^.273. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fufca, fapore et odore aro- % ROOT perennial, fibrous, of a brown colour, with 



matico Caryophyllorum. X the aromatic tafte and fmell of Cloves. 



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CAULES plures, pedales aut bipedales, fubere&i, pa- | STALKS feveral, from one to two feet high, nearly 



rum flexuofi, fubangulofi, hirfutuli, ramofi. % upright, a little crooked, flightly angular, 



% hairy, and branched. 



FOLIA radicalia admodum variantia, plerumque vero ? LEAVES : radical leaves varying very much, mofl 

 pinnata, petiolata, vagina petiolorum ciliata, | commonly pinnated, and ftanding on a foot- 

 pinna extima magna, trilobata aut tripartita f ftalk, the fheath of which is edged with hairs, 

 pinnis lateralibus paucis, parvis, inaequalibus, | the outermoft leaf or pinna large, divided a 

 omnibus incifo-ferratis, venofis, hirfutulis, | little way down the leaf, or nearly to the bafe ; 

 caulina tripartita aut tenia. ? the lateral leaves few, fmall and unequal^ all 



I of them deeply ferrated, veined, and hairy ; 



I the leaves of the ftalk deeply divided into three 



% fegments, or entire leaves. 



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STIPULE duse, magnas, fubrotundse, foliis fimiles. | STIPULE two, large, of a roundifh figure like the 



I leaves. 



PEDUNCULI folitarii, fubere&i, teretes, hirfutuli. f FLOWER-STAKS fingle, nearly upright, round and 



I hairy. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, decemfidum, | CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into 



patens, laciniis alternis minimis, acutis, hir- ^ ten fegments, and fpreading ; the alternate 



futis, demum reflexis ; laciniis majoribus in- % fegments very minute, pointed, hirfute, fi- 



terne villofis, margine craffis, Jig, 1. I nally turning back ; the larger fegments vil- 



¥ lous on the infide, and thick at the edge, 



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COROLLA: Petala quinque rotunda, flava, longi- % COROLLA: five roundifh yellow Petals, the length 



tudine calycis, remota, unguibus breviffimis, | of the Calyx, at a little diftance from each o- 



jig. 2. % ther, having very fhort claws, jig. 2. 



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STAMINA: Filamenta plurima, flavefcentia, fubu- | STAMINA: Filaments numerous, of a yellowifh 



lata, calyci affixa, primum inflexa, demum % colour, tapering, affixed to the Calyx, atfirfr, 



erecta : Antherje fubrotundae, flavae, de- | bending inward, laftly becoming upright : 



mum fufcas, jig. 3, 4. $ Anthers roundifh, of a yellow colour, fi- 



| nally brown, jig. 3, 4. 



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 PISTILLUM : Germina numerofa, in capitulum col- % PISTILLUM : Germina numerous, collected into a 



lecta, pilofa: Stylus medio geniculatus, a™ | head, hairy: Style jointed in the middle, a 



pice paululum incraflato : Stigma fimplex, ^ little thickened at top : Stigma fimple,^. 5. 



fig- 5- * 



SEMIN A numerofa, compreffa, hifpida, Stylo longo ge- t SEEDS numerous, flattened, hifpid, terminated by a 

 niculato ariftata, jig. 6, receptaculo paleaceo | long Arifta, crooked near the extremity, 



infidentia, jig. 7. | fig, 6, feated on a hairy receptacle, jig. 7. 



THE Geum urbanum is a very common plant with us, in woods and hedges, flowering from May to September. 



The root pofferTes a degree of aftringency, joined to an aromatic flavour like that of Cloves, whence its name of 

 Caryophyllata. 



Infufed in beer, it renders it more fragrant, and prevents it from foon turning four ; Linnai FL Suecic. 



Chewed in the mouth, it takes off from a difagreeable breath ; Rutty. Mat. Med. 



An infufion of the root in water, given in malignant fevers, has been attended with bad effects, producing deli- 

 rium: but an infufion of the root in wine, ftrengthens the ftomach and bowels, and is fervioeable in the diarrhaea 

 and dyfentery, wounds, chronic difeafes arifing from a laxity of fibre, and intermitting fevers ; Haller hijl.p. $$. x. 2. 



The root is faid to poflefs the mofl: virtue when it grows in a dry fituation. 



It is eaten by Kine, Goats, Sheep, and Swine ; but not readily by Horfes. 



It is diftinguifhed from our other Geum by its yellow flowers. 



