( 2972 ) 
Dryas DrumMmonpil. YELLOW-FLOWERED 
Mountain AVENS. 
SEIS SIS RE 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpRiA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Rosace. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 8—9 partitus. Pet. 8—9. Caryopsides plurime, 
stylis plumosis coronate. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Drras* Drummondii ; foliis ellipticis basi subattenuatis in- 
ciso-crenatis subtus scapoque niyveo-tomentosis, calycis 
segmentis ovatis (petalis luteis). | 
Dryas Drummondii. Richardson’s MSS. _- 
Drvas chamedrifolia. Richards. in Frankl. Journ. App. 
p. TAO. (nec aliorum). 
Descr. Stems short, woody, simple or divided, the lower 
part rough with the remains of the old leaf-stalks and 
Stipules, above principally leafy. Leaves petioled, cori- 
aceous, elliptical, more rarely obovate, inciso-crenate, the 
margin slightly revolute, the base acute or somewhat at- 
tenuated, and there often more deeply crenate, dark green 
above, with a distinct mid-rib, and deep lateral vems, which, 
if traced carefully, will be found each to be directed to 
the marginal teeth ; beneath, covered with a down of the 
most beautiful snowy whiteness, so as entirely to conceal 
the veins, and in a great measure the mid-rib. ee as 
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* From dyus, an oak, owing to a fancied similarity between the foliage of 
that tree, and of Dryas. ; ’ 
