manner: those of the stem are gradually smaller upwards, — 
on shorter stalks, three-partite, more acuminated and in- 
cised. Peduncles elongated, downy, and glandular, two- 
flowered, and, as well as the pedicels, bracteated at the — 
base. Calyx of five oblong, glandular leaves, tipped with 
a long, soft mucro. Petals obovate, longer than the calyx, 
tapering into a short unguis, milk-white, veined, hairy and 
ciliated below. Stamens with hairy glands on the lower 
parts of their filaments, which are reddish-purple. Anthers 
bluish-purple. Stigmas yellow-green. 
The gardens, both of Edinburgh and Glasgow, are in- 
debted for the possession of this plant to the exertions of — 
Mr. Drummonp, who brought home seeds of it from the 
ose Ze the Rocky Mountains of North America, in lat. 
In habit and general appearance it approaches, on the 
one hand, the European G. pratense, and on the other, the — 
N. American G. maculatum, differmg in the characters 
above given, and in the colour of the flowers, which are 
constantly white. 
_ It blossoms copiously during the summer months, and 
increases readily by its roots. 
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Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamen and Gland :—magnified. 
