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SreversiA Pecxiur. Mr. Pecx’s Steversia. 
Class and Order. 
IcosANDRIA Potyeynia. 
( Nat..Ord. — Rosacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 10-fidus, laciniis alternis aiinonbis, Petala 5: 
Caryopses stylis rectis coronate. Spreng. 3 
, Specific Character and Synonyms. = ———— 
Sreversia Peckii; foliis radicalibus lyrato-pinnatis, pinnis 
lateralibus paucis minutissimis, terminali maxima 
- reniformi-cordata lobato-serrata, caule pauce folios 
apice paniculato. | | ‘ eS 4 
Sreversia Peckii*. Brown in Parry’s Second Voyage. 
‘App. p. celxxvt. (in adnot. ) ‘iid 
Geum Peckii. Pursh Fl. of N. Am. 0.1. p.352. Nutt. 
Gen. v. 1. p. 309. Torrey Fl. of Midl. St. v1. 
p. 494. Bigelow Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 208. De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 2. p. 554. Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 543. 
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Descr. Root perennial, woody. Stem a foot or more 
high, rounded, pilose, branched upwards, so as to be pani- 
culated. Leaves mostly radical, upon long, hairy petioles, 
and in reality, pinnated: but having the lateral pinne so 
few and so small that, in some specimens, they may be 
easily overlooked; these are oblong or cuneate, aa - 
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* Peckii: named in honour of Mr. Peck, Professor of Natural History, if 
I mistake not, in the University of New Cambridge, State of New England. 
He was a zealous Entomologist, and communicated many curious Insects to 
Mr. Kirpy. - 
