EOSE FAXTLY. 



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

 jointed and bent in the middle, upper joint plumose. 

 River Geoi. Water Avens. Purple Avens. 



stem, about 2 feet high, nearly simple, rather retrorselv pilose. Principal leaflets 3 -5 ; 

 lateral ones obovate : terminal one 2-3 inches long and wider than long ; cmnnion petioles 

 6-9 inches in length. J'Zoit'ers nodding. CaZi/x brown-purple. PetoZs inverselj^ 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 : New England to Pennsylvania. May - June. 



Fig. 82. The "Water Aveus (Gcuni rivale), reduced. 



