ROSALS. 1 8 8 SANGUISORBS. 
1. G. trifoliata Mench. 
Leaves 3-foliolate ; stipules linear, acuminate, entire. 
Habitat. United States. a 
Quality. Root emetic ; employed as Ipecacuanha, but said to be uncertain in its 
operation. 
Rosa. ~ Linneeus. 
Calya with a fleshy permanent tube, enclosing 00 bony carpels. 
1. R. gallica Linneus.—(Frencu Rose.) . 
Prickles and sete nearly equal, weak; leaflets stiff, elliptical; flowers erect ; 
sepals ovate ; fruit bracteate, nearly globose ; sepals compound. 
Habitat. Centre of Europe. 
Quality. Petals mild astringents and tonics ; also laxative. 
Uses. Chiefly used for colouring and flavouring other medicines. 
2. R. centifolia Linneus.—(Provins Rosz. CABBAGE Rose.) eee 
Prickles and setz unequal, the larger falcate ; leaflets oblong, wrinkled, 
fringed with glands ; flowers nodding ; calyxes 
viscid; fruit bracteate, oblong. : 
Habitat. The eastern slope of Caucasus. 
Quality. Petals laxative, deliciously fragrant ; the odour dan- 
gerous to some constitutions. : 
Uses. Petals form Syrup of Roses, and yield rosewater by 
distillation. 
3. BR. canina Linneus.—(Doe Rose.) ae 
No sete ; prickles equal, hooked ; leaflets ovate, with- 
out glands, with converging serratures, rigid 5 
sepals deciduous, compound ; root-shoots arch 
Habitat. Hedgerows, ‘ st and 
Quality. Pulp of fruit nutritive, slightly refrigerant : 
astringent. : 
Uses. Forms Conserve of Heps. 
Natural Order, Sanguisorbs; Sanguisorbacewe 
(V. K., p. 561.) 
Prevailing Quality. Astringency. 
Potertum. Linneeus. ae 
Flowers polygamous. Three scales at the base of the - 
calyx. Stamens 00. Stigma pencilled. 53 
1. P. Sanguisorba Linneus.—(Burvet.) Fig. 298. 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets roundish-ovate; heads 
Fig. 258.~Poterium Sanguisorba; a, perpendicular section of flower ; 0, fruit- 
