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1263, Sang. media L. Allegh. Mta. JVew 

 Jersey, hardlydifferent from last, folioles very 

 obliqual subcord. serrate,spikes stamens shorter. 



1264, Sang» afficinalis O. Europe, leaves 

 oblong obliqual, heads short elliptic red. A 

 «singular var. deserves to be a sp. <S. nudicaulis 

 Raf. caule angul. nudo simplex, petiolis sulca- 

 tis, foliolis ovatis cord. obt. capitulis globosis — 

 Carpathian Mts. leaves all radical, folioles 9-15 

 small not obliqual, 2 or 3 rudiments of leaves 

 on 8tem, fl. red. t 



1265, Geum L. O. Caryophilata Tourn. Ad. 

 this G. must be divided in 4 including Bernul- 

 Uaof Necker and Sieversia vi^ith ray Stylipus 

 with calix camp. 5fid (see 30): Geum is rather 

 too short a name, would not Geuncus be better? 

 expressing the uncinate character of the seeds 

 in the real G. neither twisted nor plumose. 



Geum pecki Pursh, rare sp. of the Wapani 

 Mts of Nevv England, fruit undescribed, my spe- 

 cimen not in fruit : is it a BernuIIia ? very near 

 B. acaulisl274.t 



1266, Geum. renifolium Raf. fol. radic. lon- 

 gissime petiol. reniformis lobatis ineq. serratis, 

 subtus villosis, fol. caulinis sepe 2 breviss. petiol. 

 trifidis incisis, stipulis lanceol. integris, cyma* 

 bifida paucifl. petalis obov. cal. subeq. — Origon 

 or Sibiria, stem. semipedal nearly naked, lower 

 petiols as long, leaves nearly as in AlchemUa^ 

 flowers 8 to 6 white on short peduncles, calix 

 lanceolate. 



1267, Geum latifolium Raf. fol. brevipetiol. 

 dilatatis trifidis incisis, adpresso hirsutis, stipu- 

 lis ovatis laciniatis, florib. congestis, petalis 

 obov, emarg. calix acum. subeq,--Sibiria, sent 

 me as Gr. macrophylum name not in my books 

 and not aplying, leaves and flowers close, petaU 

 ochroleucous. t 



