Rail Syn. Gen. 15. Herby semine nudo polyspermy. 
GEUM urbanum floribus ere&is, frudibus globofis villofis: ariflis uncinatis nudis, foliis lyratis. 
LinnteiSyJl. Vegetab. p. 399. Sp. Pl.p. 716. FI. Sueclc. p. 179. 
GEUM foliis pinnatis, pinna ultima trilobata ; floribus patulis, tubis aduncis. Haller hifi. n. 1130. 
CARYOPHYLLATA urbana. Scopoll FI. Carniol. p. 364. 
CARYOPHYLLATA vulgaris. Bauhin pin. 321. 
CARYOPHYLLATA Gerard emac. 995. Parkinfon 1 36. 
Rail Syn. Avens, Herb Bennet. 
Hudfon. FI. -Angi p. 198. 
Lighlfoot FI. Scot. p. 273. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fufca, fapore et odore aro- 
matico Caryophyllorum. 
CAULES plures, pedales aut bipedales, fubere&i, pa- 
rum flexuoli, fubangulofi, hirfutuli, ramofi. 
FOLIA radicalia admodum variantia, plerumque vero 
pinnata, petiolata, vagina petiolorum ciliata, 
» pinna extima magna, trilobata aut tripartita 
pinnis lateralibus paucis, parvis, inaequalibus, 
omnibus incifo-ferratis, venofis, hirfutulis, 
caulina tripartita aut terna. 
STIPULiE duae, magnae, fubrotundae, foliis fimiles. 
PEDUNCULI folitarii, fuberedi, teretes, hirfutuli. 
CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, decemfidum, 
patens, laciniis alternis minimis, acutis, hir- 
futis, demum reflexis ; laciniis majoribus in- 
terne villofis, margine craffis, fig. 1. 
COROLLA: Petala quinque rotunda, flava, longi- 
tudine calycis, remota, unguibus breviffimis, 
fig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta plurima, flavefcentia, fubu- 
lata, calyci affixa, primum inflexa, demum 
ereda: Anthery fubrotundaj, flavae, de- 
mum fufcae, Jig. 3, 4. 
PISTILLUM : Germina numerofa, in capitulum col- 
leda, pilofa : Stylus medio geniculatus, a~ 
pice paululum incraffato : Stigma fimplex, 
fiS- 5- 
SEMINA numerofa, comp refla, hifpida, Stylo longo ge- 
niculato ariftata, fig. 6, receptaculo paleaceo 
infidentia, fig. 7. 
ROOT perennial, fibrous, of a brown colour, with 
the aromatic tafte and fmell of Cloves. 
STALKS feveral, from one to two feet high, nearly 
upright, a little crooked, flightly angular, 
hairy, and branched. 
LEAVES : radical leaves varying very much, mofl: 
commonly pinnated, and Handing on a foot- 
ffalk, the {heath of which is edged with hairs, 
the outermoft leaf or pinna large, divided a 
little way down the leaf, or nearly to the bafe ; 
the lateral leaves few, fmall and unequal, all 
of them deeply ferrated, veined, and hairy ; 
the leaves of the {talk deeply divided into three 
fegments, or entire leaves. 
STIPULriE two, large, of a roundilh figure like the 
leaves. 
FLOWER-STAKS Angle, nearly upright, round and 
hairy. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, divided into 
ten fegments, and fpreading ; the alternate 
fegments very minute, pointed, hirfute, fi- 
nally turning back ; the larger fegments vil- 
lous on the infide, and thick at the edge, 
fig • i- 
COROLLA: five roundiffi yellow Petals, the length 
of the Calyx, at a little diftance from each o- 
ther, having very fhort claws, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filaments numerous, of a yellowiffi 
colour, tapering, affixed to the Calyx, atfirft 
bending inward, laftly becoming upright : 
Anthery roundiffi, of a yellow colour, fi- 
nally brown, fig. 3, 4. 
PISTILLUM : Germina numerous, colledted into a 
head, hairy : Style jointed in the middle, a 
little thickened at top : Stigma fimple,^. 5. 
SEEDS numerous, flattened, hifpid, terminated by a 
long Arifta, crooked near the extremity, 
fig. 6, feated on a hairy receptacle, fig. 7. 
THE Geum urbanum is a very common plant with us, in woods and hedges, flowering from May to September. 
The root poffefles 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 FI. Suede. 
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 effe&s, producing deli- 
rium: but an infufion of the root in wine, ftrengthens the ftomach and bowels, and is lerviceable in the diarrhoea 
and dyfentery, wounds, chronic difeafes arifing from a laxity of fibre, and intermitting fevers ; Haller hifi.p. 53. x. 2. 
The root is faid to poflefs the moft virtue when it grows in a dry fituation. 
It is eaten by Kine, Goats, Sheep, and Swine ; but not readily by Horfes. 
It is diftinguiffied from our other Geum by its yellow flowers. 
