PI. ex. cal. 
60. DRYADEiE. 354. Geum. 
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shorter than the calyx. — Roots flavour ale, and prevent it 
from turning sour; are stomachic, and a good substitute Jjpr 
the Peruvian bark, in agues. 
j3. majus. Petals longer than the calyx. 
Caryophyllata vulgaris majore flore, Raii Syn. 253, 2. 
Caryophyllata vulgaris major, Park. 135. 
Great-Jlowered avens. 
2. Geum intermedium . Intermediate herh-bennet . 
Leaves interrupted, pinnate ; flowers mostly drooping ; 
calyx spreading; petals longer than the calyx; awn fea- 
thered, twisted. 
Geum rivale /3, Smith FI. Brit. 555. 
Geum intermedium, Ehraht Beytr. 6, 143. 
Woods and hedges ; perennial ; September. 
Flowers large, yellowish. 
3. Geum rivale. Bankside herl-hennet. 
Root-leaves lyrate, interruptedly pinnate ; stipules ovate, 
acute, cut ; flowers drooping ; petals as long as the calyx ; 
awii feathered, twisted. 
Caryophyllata montana purpurea, Raii Syn. 253,3; Ger. em. 994,2. 
Caryophyllata montana, seu palustris purpurea, Park. 136. 
Geum rivale, Lin. S. P. 717. 
Water avens. 
Fields and damp woods ; perennial ; June and July. 
Root horizontal ; stem branched at top, drooping ; leaves 
deeply serrated; stem-leaves simple or ternate; calyx pur- 
plish ; petals upright, reverse-heartshape, yellowish purple. 
— Root febrifuge, in common use in agues, instead of the 
Peruvian bark ; also to cure ropy ale. 
grandiflorum . Flowers double, or proliferous. 
Childing avens, Petiver Herb. Brit. 40, 4. 
III. 355. S1BRALDIA. Linnaeus. Sillald. 
Calyx-tube concave ; limb 5-lobed ; lobes bracteated ; 
petals 5, very small ; stamens 5 ; ovaries 5, forming a head 
on a prominent receptacle; style lateral; akenia kidney- 
shape, hardened ; seed inverse. 
Sibbaldia procumbens. Procumbent sibbald. 
Leaves ternate ; leaflets bald above, hairy beneath ; flowers 
corymbose ; petals lanceolate, acute, as long as the calyx. 
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