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7 ‘Generic Character. 
Cal. 10-fidus, laciniis alternis minoribus. Pet.5. Cary- 
opses stylis rectis coronate. Spr. 5a 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
SreverRsiA* ay ; foliis radicalibus interrupte pinnatis 
pilosis, foliolis cuneatis inciso-dentatis, caule simplici 
sub-3 floro, petalis calycem equantibus, aristis longis- 
simis villosis. Spr. die 
SreversiA triflora. Brown in Parry’s First Voy. App. p. 
cclxxvt. in adnot. Richardson in toga phd ed, 2. 
App. p. 21. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 543. : 
eave teikbrdin: Pursh i of N. Am. v. 2. p. 736. (in 
Suppl.) De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 553. Richardson 
tn Frankl. Journ. ed. 1. App. p. 740. sr teats. 
Descr: Root perennial, woody, subfusiform, throwing 
out from beneath many radicles. Leaves radical, from four 
to six inches or more in length, with an oblong or obovate 
outline; interruptedly pinnated ; the pinne placed close to 
each other, often imbricated ; the upper ones more or less 
united at their base ; all of them pubescenti-hirsute, sub- 
cuneate, nerved, with the margins deeply cut and serrated ; 
Pe 5 - gradually 
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* So named by Winupenow, probably after some Botanist of the name of 
Sievers, but of whose history I am ignorant. 
