492 ICOSANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. dryas, 



D, integrifolia Vahl.: leaves elliptical-ovate, entire, 

 P ers. Syn. li. p. 57. D. tendla P u r s h FL l, p. 350, 

 Egede Descript, of Greenland, ed. 1, p, 42. t. 13, f, 3. 

 (teste Pursh.J 



Stems short, cespitose, suffruticose, clothed at the base with the 

 Withered remains uf preceding years. Leaves seropervirentv 

 alternate, petiolatf, smooth, wrinkled above, white and pubes- 

 cent beneath; mariiln revolute, sometimes with one or two 

 small teeth towards ts.e ha'ic, Peduncles elongated, solitary! 

 bearing one large fli-wer, Calyx downy; segments, linear- 

 lanceolate, <jbtube, Petals wliite. Seeds with very long silky, 

 awns, as in s.ine species of Anemone. 



Hab. On the White Hills of New-Hampshire. Peck. 



This species is also a native of Greenland. It scarcely dif- 

 fers from D. octofietala. The above description was taken, 

 from a Greenland specimen, sent to me by Prof. Ho o k er. 



329. GEUM. L, 



Calyx 10-clfcft, inferior; the alternate segments; 

 small' r. Petals 5. Seeds awned, with the nw7i naked 

 or bearded, mostly geniculate. Gen. pi. 867. JViitL 

 Gen. L p. 309. Ju s s. p. 330. L a 771. Ill, t. 443. 

 Nat. Ord. Rosa cEiE Jiiss, Avens. — Herb Bennett 



1. G, strichim Ait.: hairy; leaves all interruptedly 

 pinnate; the terminalieaflet larger; leaflets ovate, dentate; 

 stipules incised; calyx with 5 alternate segments, linear and 

 short; flowers erect; petals roundish, a little longer than ihe 

 calyx; awns naked, uncinate. Wrlld. Spec. II. p. llI3o 

 jiit. Ktw. II. p. 217. P ur s h FL I, p. 351. G,cmiadensc 

 Murr. in Comm. God. V. p. 33. t. 4. /3. (iide Willd.) 

 Mich, Fh \. p- 300. G. akppictim J a c q. icon, rar. 1. 

 t. 93. 



Boot perennial. Siem abotjt 2 feet high, simple. Leaves alter- 

 nate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, incised, acute. Sci/iules large, 

 foliaceous, tleeply incised. Flowers large, in a loose terminal 

 cluster. Calyx unequally cleft ; 5 of the segments ovate, acu- 

 mit^ate, alternating with 5 linear much shorter ones. Petals 

 yellow, spreading. * 



Hab. In swamps in the northern parts of the State of New- 

 York ; particularly abundant around Lake George. August. 



2. G. agrimonoides Ph.: very hairy ; leaves all pinnate j 

 leaflet> nearly equal, unequally and incisely dentate ; stipules 

 ©vate, nearly entire j flowers erect ; segments of the calyx 



