122 _ ROSACEA. (ROSE FAMILY.) 
white. — Rich woods in the northern parts of Alabama, and northward. June. 
— Stem 2°-3° high. 
2. G. stipulacea, Nutt. Stipules leafy, ovate, serrate; leaflets lanceo- 
late, coarsely serrate, or the lowest incisely lobed ; flowers rose-color. — Moun- 
tains of Alabama, and northward. June. — Stem 2°-3° high. 
6..AGRIMONIA, Tonm, AghrxoW. 
Calyx 5-cleft, the tube top-shaped, contracted at the throat, and armed with 
hooked bristles. Petals 5. Stamens 5-15, inserted on the throat cf the calyx. 
Achenia 2, included in the grooved and indurated calyx-tube. — Perennial herbs, 
with unequally pinnate leaves, leafy toothed stipules, and small ea flowers 
in long spiked racemes. Fruit nodding. 
1. A. Eupatoria, L. Stem hairy; leaflets 3-7, with smaller ones below 
or intermixed, oblong-obovate, hairy, sometimes white-downy beneath, coarsely 
serrate; petals twice the length of the calyx. — Dry open woods, Florida to Mis- 
sissippi, and northward. August. — Stem 2°-3° high. 
2. A. parviflora, Ait. Stem and petioles hirsute; leaflets 9-15, with 
smaller ones between, lanceolate, coarsely serrate, roughish above, pubescent 
beneath. — Low ground, chiefly in the upper districts, Mississippi to North Car- 
olina, and northward. August. — Flowers and fruit smaller than in No. 1. 
3. A. incisa, Torr & Gray. Stem, petioles, and lower surface of the 
leayes clothed with soft down and long hairs intermixed; leaflets 7 -9, small — 
(1! long), oblong or obovate, coarsely serrate, with smaller ones between; sta- 
mens 5. — Dry open woods, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. August. — Stem 
2° high. Flowers small. ` 
7. SANGUISORBA, L. 
Calyx 4-parted, the tube 4-angled. Petals none. Stamens 4, the filaments 
usually thickened upward. Style terminal, slender. Stigma pencil-form. 
Achenia 1~2, included in the 4-winged indurated calyx-tube. — Herbs, with 
unequally pinnate leaves. Flowers in close heads or spikes. 
1. S. Canadensis, L. Smooth; leaflets numerous, stalked, cordate- - 
ovate or oblong, serrate; spikes long-peduncled, cylindrical, elongated in fruit; 
stamens flattened. — Wet meadows, along the Alleghany Mountains, Georgia, 
. and northward. September. ee Stem 2°-4° high. Lowest leaves on long 
=. Flowers white. al 
8 . ALCHEMILLA, Toum. | 
e ot acne al 
, contracted at the throat. Petals none. Stamens 1-4. Style lateral. Stigm® 
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