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Canada, Michaiix ! — Stem liirsulc below with rcflexed hairs, pubesrpiif or 

 villous al)ove ; the lower ])ortiori ami iIk- radical leaves wantiiif; in the spe- 

 cimen of herb. Michx. Flowers smaller than in G. rivale : petals aiijiarcnt- 

 ly pale purple. 



§ 4. Floicers rather large, erect: segments of the calyx erect or spreading: 

 head of carpels sessile: style not articulated, wholly persistent. — Sikversia, 

 (WiUd.) R. Br. 



* Styles plumose and much exserted in fruit (leaves not lyratc). 



7. G. anemonoides (Willd.) : scape 1 -flowered, nearly nalted ; stolons 

 creeping; radical leaves pinnate, glabrous; leaflets about 7-9, narrowly 

 cuneiform, toothed at the apex ; stipules tiliform ; jjctals roundish, twice the 

 length of the calyx-segments ; styles elongated in fruit, plumose. — Willd.! 

 spec. 2. p. 1117 ,• Pursh ! I. c. ; DC. ! prodr. 2. p. 553. Sieversia anemon- 

 oides, Willd.! in Berl. mag. 3. p. 398; R. Br. ! I. c. Drj-as pentajietala, 

 Linn.! spec. 1. p. 501. Carjophyllata Kamstchatica, Lam. diet. 1. 

 p. 395. 



"Islands towards the coast of America," Pallas! in herb. Willd. 

 " Unalaschka," Pallas ! in herb. Lamb. — Petjxls white. — Pursh quotes 

 Egede, descr. of Greenland , t. 2, as a figure of this plant. Willdenow found- 

 ed the genus Sieversia on this species, but erroneously stated the styles to be 

 lateral, as Mr. Brown has remarked. 



~— 8. G. friflorum (Pursh) : villous-liirsute ; stem erect, nearly naked, about 

 3-flowered at the summit ; radical leaves interruj)tedly pinnate ; leaflets nu- 

 merous, crowded, cuneifonn-oblong, dee])ly incised and toothed ; pedicels 

 elongated ; bracteoles linear, longer thaii tlie proper calj-x-segments, as long 

 as the oblong petals ; styles very long and filiform in fruit, plumose. — Pursh ! 

 Jt. 2. J). 736 ,- Seringe, in DC. prodr. 2. p). 533. Sieversia triflora, R. Br. ! 

 in Parry's 1st voy. appx. p. 276; Richards. ! appx. Frank, journ. ed. 2. p. 

 21 ; Hook. ! hot. mag. t. 2858, S^fl. Bar.- Am. \. p. 176. S. rosea, Graham, 

 in Edinb. phil.jour. 1831. 



On rocks &;c. Labrador! Newfoundland! Saskatchawan ! dec. Canada, 

 Pursh ! AVhite Mountains of New Hampshire (ex Hook.) Watertown, New 

 York, Dr. Crawe! Banks of the Ohio, Mr. Goldie! Illinois! Missouri! and 

 in the vallies of the Rocky Mountains ! May-.Iune. — Scape 6-10 inches 

 high, the upper part clothed, like the pedicels and calyx, with a soft villous 

 pubescence, with 2 opposite im])erfect laciniate leaves near the middle, and a 

 similar involucral pair at the origin of the inflorescence and about the middle 

 of each elongated lateral peduncle. Outline of the radical leavesoblong; the 

 tenninal leaflet not larger than the others ; the lower ones gradually 

 decreasing in size, with minute interposed leaflets. Flowers large. 

 Calyx purplish. Petals white, tinged with jmrple. St>-les at length 2 

 inches long. 



fi G. glaciale (Adams) : clothed throughout with long silky fulvous hairs ; 

 scape 1-flowered ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, the upper and lower 

 ones very small, the others often 1-2-toothed ; persistent styles very villous. 

 — " Adams, act. Mosk. 5. p. 96" ; DC. ! I. c. Sieversia glacialis, R. Br. 

 I. c; Cham. ^- Schlecht.! in Linnrea, 2. p. 5; Hook! fl. Bor.-Am. 1. 

 p. 176, 



Shores of the Arctic Sea west of Mackenzie River {Sir J. Franklin !) 

 and Behring's Straits ! — Flowers very large, yellow. 



