. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 5. Geum strictum Ait. Yellow Avens. Fig. 2279. Geum strictum Ait. Hort, Kew. 2 : 217. 1789. Geum canadense Murr. Comm. Goett. 5: 34. pi. 4. f, B. 1783. Not Jacq. 1772. Erect or ascending, pubescent, branched above, 2°-^° high. Stipules broad, foliaceous; basal leaves lyrate- pinnate ; leaflets 5-7, obovate, cuneate, dentate or lobed, with a few smaller ones int
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 5. Geum strictum Ait. Yellow Avens. Fig. 2279. Geum strictum Ait. Hort, Kew. 2 : 217. 1789. Geum canadense Murr. Comm. Goett. 5: 34. pi. 4. f, B. 1783. Not Jacq. 1772. Erect or ascending, pubescent, branched above, 2°-^° high. Stipules broad, foliaceous; basal leaves lyrate- pinnate ; leaflets 5-7, obovate, cuneate, dentate or lobed, with a few smaller ones interspersed, the terminal one largest, broadly ovate or cuneate; stem-leaves sessile or short-petioled, with 3-5 ovate or oblong acute seg- ments; flowers yellow, similar to those of the preceding species; receptacle downy-pubescent; style slender, 3"- 4" long, jointed, pubescent below. In swamps or low grounds, Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Missouri and New Mexico. Also in northern Asia. June-Aug. A hybrid with G. canadense has been found in eastern Penn- sylvania. Herb-bennet. Black-bur. Camp-root. 6. Geum vemum (Raf.) T. &G. Spring Avens. Early Water Avens. Fig. 2280. Stylipus vernus Raf. Neog. 3. 1825. Geum vernum T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 422. 1840. Erect or ascending, slender, pubescent with spread- ing hairs, or glabrate, simple or nearly so, 6'-2° high. Basal leaves tufted, petioled, with a single orbicular- reniform dentate 3-S-lobed leaflet, or pinnate with 3-7 obovate or oval more or less dentate and lobed ones; stem-leaves few, sessile or short-petioled, pinnate or pinnatifid; flowers few, terminal, corymbose or race- mose, erect, about 2" broad; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, reflexed; bractlets none; petals yellow, spreading; head of fruit stalked; style glabrous, jointed, about 2" long; receptacle glabrous. Shaded places, Ontario to West Virginia and Tennessee, west to Illinois, Kansas and Texas. Naturaliz
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