484 ICOSANDRIA. DI-PENTAGYNIA. gillenia. 



pitate. Cafisules 5, somewhat united at the base, each with 2 

 obiong brown seeds. 

 Hab. in shady woods and on rocky hills ; rare. June. 



Indian- fihy sic.' — Boivmans-rooL 

 I have not found this plant north of the Hudson. It is occa- 

 sionally met with in the mountainous pans of New-Jersey; 

 farther south it is more common. 



2. G. stipulacea J^ utt. : radical leaves pinnatifid ; stem 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets incisely serrate ; stipules foliaceous, 

 ovate, incisely dentate; flowers in terminal loose panicles. 

 JsTutt. Ge?i.\. p. 307. E I Ho t i Sk. ]. 5:2. Bart.Veg, 

 Mat' Med, i. t. 6. Spiraea stipulata M uhU Cat. p. 51. 



Boot perennial. Stem 2—3 feet high, branched, reddish, smooth. 

 Leaves slightly pubescent; radical ones deeply pinnatifid;, 



' those of the stem all ternate, subsessile ; leaflets oblong-lanceo- 

 late ; incisely serrate, (sometimes subpinnatifid,) acuminate. 

 Stifiules opposite, nearly an inch long, amplexicaul. Flowers 

 few, large. Calyx tubular campanulate, smooth ; segments 

 acute, erect. Petals linear-lanceolate, three-fourths of an inch 

 long. Stamens about 15, scarcely longer than the petalso 

 Ca/i>'ules 5, slightly united at the base, with 2 oblong brown 

 corrui^ated seeds in each. 



Hab. On the west side of the Alleghany Mountains, extending; 

 as far north as New-York. Cleaver. 



This species possesses similar medicinal properties to t'ao 

 preceding. 



ORDER HI. 

 P L Y G Y N I A„ 



325. Rosa. 329. Geum. 



326, RuBus. 330. Potentilla» 



327. Dalibarda. 331. Fragarja. 



328, Dryas. 332. Calycanthus. 



325. ROSA. L. 



Calyx urceolate, fleshy, contracted at the orifice; 

 border 5-cleft. Petals 5. Seeds numerous, hispid, 

 attached to the interior side of the calyx. Gen. pi. 

 863. JVu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 308. Ju s s. p. 335. L a m. 

 III. t. 440. Nat. Ord. Rosace^e Juss. Rose. 



