EOSE FAMILY. 



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lobe large ; calyx segments erect ; petals purplish-orange, fe/cct ; style 

 jointed and bent in the middle, upper joint plumose. 

 EiVER Geum. Water Avens. Purple Avens. 



stem about 2 feet high, nearly simple, rather retrorsely pilose. PrincipaJ. leaflets Z-b ; 

 lateral ones obovate : terminal one 2-3 inches long and wider than long : common petiola 

 6-9 inches in length. Flowers nodding. Calyx brcmi-purple. Petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, contracted- into a claw, longer than the calyx. Carpels in a stalked head, very 

 hairy. Styles slender, dark purple. 



Bogs and wet meadows : Xew England to Pennsylvania. May -June. 



Fig. 82. The Water Avens (Geum rivale), reduced 



