SANGL'ISORBEiE. VI. Ac/ena. VII. Sakguisorba. 



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2 A. AGRiMoxioiDES (H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



11 A, ovALiFOLiA (Ruiz ct Pav. fl, per. 1. jp, G7. t. 103. f. c.) 



231.) flowers alternate, spicate, lower ones remote ; stem erect ; spikes globose ; stems creeping ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of oblong 



leaflets oblong, coarsely serrated, glabrous, when young pubes- 

 cent beneath. T? . F. Native of Mexico, in cold places near 



and somewhat cuneated leaflets, which are villous beneath, Tj . 

 H. Native of Peru, in humid shady places. Ancistrum repens, 

 Vent. hort. eels. t. 5. 



Oval-leaved Acaena. Fl. May, June, Clt. 1 802. PL cr. 



12 A. sARMENTosA (Carm. in Lin. trans. 11. p. 20.) spikes 

 globose ; stems creeping ; leaves of 4-5 pairs of sharply ser- 

 rated leaflets, which are glabrous and veiny above, hut silky 

 beneath; stipulas undivided. !{.. H. Native of the Island of 

 Tristan d'Acugna. Ancistrum sarmentosum, Pet. Th. fl, p. 44. 

 Calyx 4-awned. Stamens 2. 



Sarmentose Acaena. PL creeping. 



13 A. arge'ntea (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 67, t. 103. f. b.) 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Agrimonia decumbens, Lin. fil. suppL spikes globose ; stems creeping ; leaves of 3-4 pair^i of ovate- 



Tianguillo. Allied to A. Lajypacea. 



Agrimony-like Acaena. PL -J foot. 



3 A. elonga'ta (Lin.mant. 200.) flowers disposed in elon- 

 gated spicate racemes ; stems ascending ; leaflets oblong, ser- 

 rated, pubescent beneath. Ti • F* Native of Mexico. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 252. 



Elongated Acaena. 



Shrub 1 foot ? 



1 

 I" 



4 A. latebrosa (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 16.) flowers disposed 

 in elongated spikes ; peduncles scape-formed ; stems procum- 

 bent; leaflets oblong, cut, hoary beneath, i;. H. Native of 



251. Ancistrum decumbens, Thunb. fl. cap. 1. p. 142. Ancis- 

 trum latebr6sum, Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 32. 



DarJc Acaena. FL April, June. Clt. 1774. PL ;i to | feet. 



5 A. pinnati'fida (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 68. t. 104. f. 

 L b.) plant silky; flow^ers crowded into cylindrical spikes, 

 lower ones rather remote ; stem erect ; leaves of 3-5 pairs of 

 deeply 3-5-parted leaflets, with the segments linear ; flowers 

 pentandrous or decandrous. 1^ . F. Native of the hills of Chili 



and the Straits of Magellan. Lindl.'bot. reg. t, 1271. Fruit laevigatum, Lag. nov. spec. p. 7. 

 covered with glochidate bristles. 



AW//i/?(Z-leaved Acaena. FL May, June. Clt. 1822. PL 

 I foot. 



oblong serrated leaflets, which are silkv beneath. 1^. H. Na- 

 tive of Chili, in bogs and fields. Ancistrum arg^iteum, IL B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 230. Calyx villous outside. 



Silvery Acaena. FL May, June. Clt. 1822. PL creeping. 



14 A. adsce'ndens (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 297.) spikes globose ; 

 stems decumbent ; leaves with 5-7 pairs of oblong nnd obovate 

 serrated smoothisli leaflets. l/.H. Native of the Straits of 



Magellan. Ancistrum hiimile, Pers. ench. 1. p. 30. Ancistrum 

 vigatum, Lag. nov. spec. p. 7. 



Ascending Acaena. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. PL -J foot. 

 15 A. L^viGA^TA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p 68.) terminal spikes 



6 A, iNci'sA (Lindl. bot. reg. no. 1271.) plant erect and silky; 

 leaves of 6-7 pairs of oblong, cuneated, deeply serrated leaflets ; 

 "^^^s of flowers spicate, lower flowers remote. 1/ . H. Native 

 ofC^ili, at the baths of Collina near the limits of the snow. 



Ct/Meaved Acaena. PL ^ foot. 



cylindrical, lower ones globose ; stems decumbent ; leaflets oval, 

 deeply crenated, glabrous above, and canescent bencatli. 1^. H. 

 Native of the Straits of Magellan- 



Smooth Acaena. FL June, Aug. Clt. 1790. PL dec. 



16 A. Magella'nica (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 297.) spikes of 

 flowers globose; stems erect, glabrous ; leaves with 6 pairs of 

 obovate, deeply serrated trifid leaflets, which are canescent be- 

 neath. 7/. H. Native of the Straits of Magellan. Ancistrum 



' A, myriophy'lla (Lindl, bot. reg. no. 1271.) erect, pubes- 



*^ent; leaves of 7-9 pairs of linear deeply pinnatifid leaflets ; the 



^gments very narrow and silky beneath ; spikes cylindrical, in- Magellanicum, Lam. ill. t. 22^ f. 2. 



^mipted at the base ; fruit ovate, tomentose, glochidate. If.F. "_ " ' --^ ^ - 



Native of Chili, about Mendoza. 17 A. trifida (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. G7. t. 104. f. c.) 



Myriad-leaved Acaena. PL ^ foot. spikes globose ; stems erect, and are, as well as the leaflets, 



S A. SERi'cEA (Jacq. fil. eclog. I. t. 55.) flowers collected into clothed with canescent tomentum ; leaflets 7-8 pairs, cuneiform, 



Magellan Acaena. PL \ foot.* 



globose heads ; stems decumbent ; leaflets 

 toothed, pubescent, silky on the back. 

 ^Pain, at Port Desire. 



l/.F. 



obovate, deeply 

 Native of New 



. - ^ - ^^oxiv,. Poterium australe, Sal. prod. 2. p. 360. 



^"<^istrum acorna, Lag. nov. spec. j). 7. no. 100. ex Rcem. et 



Schultes. 

 Silhj Acaena, 



PI. I foot. 



3-5 cleft. 1/. H, Native of Chili, in pastures, 



Trj^rf-leafletted Acaena. PL |^ to 1 foot. 



18 A. lu'cida (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 296.) spikes ovate-oblong;, 

 leaflets 8-9 pairs, 3-5-parted, villous beneath, with the segments 

 linear. If. H. Native of the Falkland Islands. Ancistrum 

 lucidum, Lam. ill. t. 22. f. 3. Calyx 4 awned, pilose outside. 



9 A. ovi\\A (Cunningh. in Fields' new south wales, p. 358.) . /S'Amm^-leaved Acaena. FL May, June. Clt. 1 777. PL \ ft. 



plant coverprl wi"fTi wViU.^ v,oiVo . i^o^^^c Aat^^^Ur n%^^ ninnatififl : 19 A. pii'ivfrrA /"Vahl. enum, 1. T). 298.) snikcs terete: nc- 



covered with white hairs ; leaflets deeply cut, pinnatifid 

 *^gnients oblong, obtuse ; spikes oblong ; lower flowers remote ; 

 u\ ^^clinate, somewhat demersed. %. H. Native of New 



olland, frequent on the moist lands of Bathurst. 



^^^ep-fodidi^r Accena. FL June, July. PL reclinate. 



. ECT, II. Anci'strum (from avK'Krrpof, anmfro^, a fish-hook ; 

 Reference to the bristles of the calyx, which terminate in hook- 

 yints). Forst. gen. t. 2. Lam. ill. p. 22. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 ar« 1 'y^ tubular, ending at the apex in 4-5 bristles, which 



jS^^chidateattheapex, 

 stem 1 ^ANGUisoRB.^ (Vahl. enum. 1. p. 294.) spikes globose ; 

 ^s decumbent ; leaves remote ; leaflets 7 pairs, cuneated, 

 T^a^ed, silky beneath. %.H.^ Native of New Zealand. An- 

 *,,J!"'^^nserinaefolium, Forst. 1. c. Ancistrum diandrum, Forst. 



19 A. pu'mila (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 298.) spikes terete; pe- 

 duncles scape-formed; stems demersed; leaflets 11-12 pairs, 

 oval; crenate-serrated, quite glabrous, shining above. 11 . H. 

 Native of the Straits of Magellan. The fruit is said to be 

 armed ; if such be the case this species belongs to the first sec- 

 tion, Eucce'na, 



Dwarf Acoena, PL ^ foot. 



20 A. CYLiNDRisTA*cHiA (Ruiz ct Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 68. t. 

 104. f. 2.) spikes cylindrical; peduncles scape-formed ; stems 

 demersed; leaflets 10-11 pairs, oblong, serrated, silky beneath. 

 %. H. Native of Peru, on the cold hills of Tarma. Calyx 4- 



awned. 



Cylindrical' spiked Acaena. PL ^ foot. 



Cult. The species are of easy culture, and are increased by 

 dividing or by seed, A dry situation and sandy soil suit them 

 best. 



!^0; 52. Ancistrum decumbens, Gaert. fr. t. 32. Ancistrum 



prod. 



San '•""' ^^' -ancistrum uecum DC 



"guisorbae, Lin. fil. suppL 189. Bristles of calyx 4. Stigma 

 ^-formed? 



^^rnet Acaena. Fl. June. Clt. 1796. PL decumbent. 

 VOL. n. 



VIL SANGUISO'RBA (from sanguis, blood, and sorhco, to 

 absorb ; the S. officinalis was formerly supposed to be a power- 

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