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ROSACEA. III. SlEVERSIA. IV. CoLURIA. V. COWANIA. 



pinnatifid, uppermost ones trifid. %. H. Native of Gosaings- lateral ones small; cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrated, 

 than. Geum adnatum^Wall. cat. no. 712. Like S. reptans. hairy, on short petioles; flowers erect; petals ovate. l/.H. 



Native of Carolina. Geum Carolini^num, Walt. fl. carl, 150. 



Adnate Sieversia. 



5 S. Rossii (R. Br. in chl. melv. p. 18. t. C.) radical leaves Flowers white. 



PI. \ foot. 



Carolina Sieversia. 



PL I foot. 



13 S. PAFvADOxA (D. Don, in 



interruptedly pinnate, glabrous ; leaflets 3-lobed, but the acces- 

 sory and lower ones are small and undivided ; stem 1 -flowered, 



usually 2-leaved ; awns of carpels naked. %. H. Native of Lin. trans, 14. p. 576. t. 22. f. 2.) 

 Melville Island. Geum Rossii, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 553. leaves in fascicles, linear, obtuse, 



sessile, entire or 3 or 5-cleft ; 



FIG. 70. 



Flowers large, yellow, distinctly veined. 



PL \ foot. 



Rosses Sieversia. 

 6 S. GLAciA^Lis (Spreng. syst. 2, p, 543.) whole plant densely 

 clothed with yellowish villi ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaf- 



flowers sub -corymbose ; styles 

 plumose ; stem shrubby. \ . G. 

 Native of Mexico. Geum cerco- 



lets ovate-oblong, upper and lower ones small, middle ones carpoides, D. C. prod. 2. p. 554. 

 large and usually unidentate ; flowers large, terminal, solitary. A branched stiff shrub, with large 



11 . H. Native of Siberia, on the Alps at the mouth of the river 

 Lena. Adamia glacialis, Fisch, ex Steud. nom. Geum glaciale. 



yellow flowers, (f. 70.) 

 Paradoxical Sieversia. 



Shrub 



Adams, act, mosk. 5. p. 96. Flowers large, yellow. Allied to 1 to 3 feet. 



PL I foot. 



Cult. For culture and propa- 

 gation see Geum. S. paradoxa 

 should be treated in the way re- 

 commended for CoTvania, 



S. reptans according to Adam, 



Icy Sieversia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt, 1819. 



7 S. monta'na (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 543.) stem erect, 1-flow- 

 ered ; stolons none ; radical leaves interruptedly pinnatifid, ter- 

 minal leaflet ovate, large, oblong, obtuse, and bluntly biserrate, 

 lateral leaflets smaller and toothed; cauline leaves 1-lobed, and 

 are as well as the stipulas deeply toothed ; calycine segments un- 

 divided ; petals obcordate, longer than the calyx ; styles spread- 

 ing, very pilose. H . H. Native of the Alps of Europe, Swit- 

 zerland, Austria, Silesia, Dauphiny, &c. Geum montanum, Lin. 

 spec. 717. The leaflets becoming gradually smaller from the 

 apex. Flowers large, yellow. Jacq. austr. 4. t. 373. Sturm, 

 deutsch. fl. fasc. 14. with a figure. 



Var. fi, minus (Pers. ench. 2. p. 57.) stems and leaves smaller ^ticukted^'^w/th^^ 



than those of the species. 1/. H. 



Native on the higher Alps 



Barr, icon. t. 399. 



of Europe. G. alpinum, MilL diet, no. 5, 



Mountain Sieversia. FL May, Sept. Clt. 1597. 



PL I foot. 



6 S.TRiFLouA (R. Br, in chl. melv. p. 18.) plant pilose ; stems 



simple, usually 3-flowered ; radical leaves interruptedly pinnate, Flowers veil 



IV. COLU'RIA (from tcoXovpog^ JcoloiiroSy deprived of a tail; 

 the seed is without the tail so conspicuous in the three preceding 

 genera). R. Brown, chl. melv. 1, p. 392. Led. fl. alt. 2. 

 p. 262. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Polygynia. Calyx campanulate, 10- 

 cleft, the 5 outer segments accessory. Petals 5, cordate, orbi- 

 cular. Filaments inserted in the throat of the calyx, permanent. 

 Ovaries numerous. Styles straight, thickened at the base, and 



ovary. Carpels tailless, scrobiculately 

 wrinkled, inclosed in the calyx. — A small plant, with interrupt- 

 edly pinnate leaves, the terminal leaflets large, the lateral ones 

 unequal in size and shape, all canescent beneath, cauline leaves 

 trifid or entire. Stipulas connate, entire. Stem 1-3-flowered. 



leaflets cuneated, and deeply toothed ; petals oblong, length of 

 the calyx; awns of carpels long, and villous. %, H. Na- 

 tive of Upper Louisiana. Hook. hot. mag. t, 2858. Geum tri- 

 florum, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 736. Leaves connate at the 

 base. Stipulas divaricate, adnate to the petiole. Petals reddish? 



Three-flowered Sieversia. FL June. Clt. 1826. PL ^ foot. 



9 S, Pe'ckii (R. Br. in chL melv, p. 18.) plant smoothish ; 

 stem 1-5-flowered ; radical leaves pinnate ; lateral leaflets small, 

 ovate, and toothed, terminal one reniform-cordate, lobed, large, 



1 C. GEoiDEs (R. Br. 1. c.) %. H. Native of Siberia, on 

 rocks in the less elevated mountains. Dryas Geoides, Pall. itin. 

 3. append. 732. t. Y. f. 1. Geum Laxmanni, Gaertn. fruct. 1. 

 p. 352. t. 74. f. 1. Geum potentiUoides, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. 

 vol. 2. p. 219. Caryophyllata potentiUoides. Lam. ency. 1. P 



loldes, Fisch. ex Steud. nom. 



Z^5. Laxmannia geoides, Fisch. mss. Laxmannia potentil- 



Geum-lihe Coluria. FL May, Ju. Clt. 1780. PL \ to^ foot. 



,,,,,, ,. , , , . , ^- Cult. A light soil suits this plant best, and it is easily pro- 



doubly toothed: cauline leaves almost wantmff ; petals obo- ^^^o^^^.i i a- a- * i.T 4. i. «^^;i 



* 1 .\, .\. 1 -^1 TT XT .• r XT lu A • pagated by dividing at the root, or by seed. 



vate, longer than the calyx. 1/ . H. Native of North America, ^ o •' & ^ j 



on the white hills in New Hampshire. Hook. hot. mag. t. 2863. V. COWANIA (in honour of James Cowan, who, as a mer- 



Geum Peckii, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 5*54. chant, had several times visited Mexico and Peru, from whence 



he has introduced a great many plants, now common in our gar- 



Peck's Sieversia. FL June, Auor. Clt. 1826. 



10 S. ciLiA^TA ; plant pubescent ; stem simple ; leaves dens). 



PL I foot. 



smoothish, pinnate, with ciliated margins ; upper leaves palmate, 

 with linear-cut leaflets; flowers corymbose. %* H. Native 

 of North America, on the banks of the river Kooskoosky. 

 Geum ciliatum, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 352. Flowers yellow. 



Ci/ia/erf-leafletted Sieversia. Fl.Ju.July. Clt. 1818. PL 1ft. 



11 S. RADiA^TA ; plant very hairy; stem simple; radical 

 leaves pinnate ; the terminal leaflet very large, radiantly nerved; 

 cauline leaves stem-clasping, and deeply jagged ; petals obcor- 

 date, cuneated; awns of carpels glabrous. %. H. Native of 

 • the high mountains of Carolina, and on the west coast of Ame- 



Petals 5 



rica. G^um radi^tum, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 300. Flowers yellow, numerous, sessile, solitary on the tops of the 



D. Don, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 574. 

 Lin. syst. Icosdndria^ Polygynia. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Stamens indefinite. Ovaries 5-11, densely villous, adnate to Uie 

 bottom of the calyx. Ovula erect. Styles terminal, contmuous. 

 Carpels or akenia awned by the plumose permanent styles. 



Embryo erect A much branched shrub, with alternate small 



linear coriaceous leaves, with entire revolute edges, glandu a 

 above, and clothed with white wool beneath, dilated and tripartite 

 at the apex ; segments linear, blunt, with revolute edges. i" 

 pulas twin, membranous, dilated, entire, silky, adnate by 

 base to the petiole, but free and acuminated at the apex. Howers 

 ^r^Ur.™ «„»v,^..^.,„ .^„.:t^ .„t: ^„ »i,^ f^T^d ci£ the brancnes, 



yellow. 



/J«y-leaved Sieversia. 

 12 S. Carolinia'na 



Fl. June, Jnly. Clt. 1815. PL 1 ft. 

 stems decumbent, ft little branched; 



llafruticbsa 



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radical leaves obtu^e, serrated, sub-pinnate ; terminal lobe large, 



1 C. Mexica'ka (D.Don, 1. < 

 Mexico. Geum dryadoldes, D. C. prod. 2. p. 554. 

 Mexican Cowania. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



G. Native of 



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