ROSE FAMILY. Rosace*. 



A bristly hairy-stemmed plant common 



Q eum in low grounds and on the borders of low 



Virginianum damp woods, with flowei'S and leaves simi- 



Cream white l a r to those of the preceding species. The 



May-July gtem very gtout rp he fl ower nas i ncon . 



spicuous cream white petals which roll backward. 

 Common over the same territory. 



A slightly hairy species with compound 

 Oeiim strictum lower i eaves the leaflets wedge-shaped 

 Golden yellow . . '. 



July-August W1 th round tips, the upper leaves with 

 3-5 leaflets irregular, oblong, and acute. 

 Flowers golden yellow. Fruit-receptacle downy. Moist 

 meadows Me., south to N. J., west to Kan., Neb., and 

 S. Dak. 



An aquatic or marsh species, with lyre- 

 Purple Avens ^ . 

 Geumrivale shaped root-leaves, and irregular corn- 

 Brownish pound upper leaves ; the stem-leaves few, 

 purple and three-lobed. The nodding flowers 

 July-August brownish or rusty purple, with obovate 

 petals terminating with a claw. 2 feet high. Bogs and 

 wet meadows, Me., south to N. J., west to Minn, 

 and Mo. 



An exceedingly pretty and graceful but 

 A < v"ns P " rare avens > with a decorative, deeply cut 



Qeum Mflorum leaf, and a ruddy flower-stalk generally 

 Dull crimson- bearing three ruddy flowers with scarcely 

 red opened acute, erect calyx-lobes. The 



fruit is daintily plumed with gray feathery 

 hairs, about an inch long. 6-12 inches high. Dry or 

 rocky soil. Me., west to Minn., south to Mo. 



This is a dwarf species with smooth 

 va^'pecfe/i" Um ' stem and showy pure yellow flowers quite 

 Yellow an inch broad, which is found on Mt. 



July-early Washington, and other high peaks in the 

 September north. The ornamental roundish leaves 

 are nearly smooth except the veins. Also on the high 

 mountains of N. Car. 



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