218 ROSACEAE. [Vou. II. 
12. WALDSTEINIA Willd, Neue Schr. Gesell. Nat. Fr. 2: 105. pl. 4. 1799. 
Perennial herbs with the aspect of Strawberries, with alternate mainly basal long-petioled 
3-5-foliolate or lobed leaves, membranous stipules, and yellow corymbose flowers on bracted 
scapes. Calyx persistent, the tube top-shaped, minutely 5-bracteolate or bractless at the 
summit, 5-lobed. Petals 5, obovate, longer than the calyx-lobes. Stamens ~ , inserted on the 
throat of the calyx; filaments rigid, persistent. Carpels 2-6, inserted on a short villous recep- 
tacle; style nearly terminal, deciduous, filiform. Achenes 2-6, obliquely obovoid, pubescent. 
Seed erect. [Named in honor of Franz Adam von Waldstein—Wartenburg, 1759-1823, a Ger- 
man botanist. ] 
_ Four known species, natives of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, another occurs 
in the southern Alleghanies. 
. 
1. Waldsteinia fragarioides (Michx.) Tratt. Barren or Dry Strawberry. 
(Fig. 1939.) 
Dalibarda fragarioides Michx. F1. 
Bor. Am. I: 300. f/. 28. 1803. 
Comaropsis fragarioides Nestl. Mon. 
Pot.8. pl. z. 1816. 
Waldsteinia fragariotdes Tratt. Ros. 
Mon. 3:107. 1823. 
Pubescent, or nearly glabrous, 
rootstock creeping, rather stout. 
Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acutish; 
leaves tufted, long-petioled, 3-foli- 
olate (rarely 5-foliolate); leaflets ob- 
ovate, obtuse at the apex, broadly 
cuneate at the base, dentate or cre- 
nate and sometimes incised, 1/-2/ 
long; scapes slender, erect, bracted, 
corymbosely 3-8-flowered; pedicels 
slender, often drooping; flowers 
yellow, 3/’-5’’ broad; achenes 
4-6, finely pubescent; calyx-lobes 
ovate-lanceolate, acute. 
Woods and shaded hillsides, north- 
ern New England and Ontario to 
Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and 
along the Alleghanies to Georgia. 
May-June. 
13. GEUM L,. Sp. Pl. 500. 1753. 
Perennial herbs, with odd-pinnate or deeply pinnatifid, stipulate leaves, those of the 
base clustered, those of the stem commonly smaller. Flowers cymose-corymbose or solitary, 
yellow, white or purple. Calyx persistent, its tube obconic or hemispheric, usually 5-bracteo- 
late, 5-lobed. Petals 5, orbicular, oblong or obovate, obtuse or emarginate, exceeding the 
calyx. Stamens o, inserted on a disk at the base of the calyx; filaments filiform. 
Carpels ©, aggregated on a short receptacle. Style filiform, straight or jointed, persistent, 
sometimes plumose in fruit. Seed erect, its testa membranous. [The ancient Latin name. } 
_ About 4ospecies, most abundant in the north temperate zone, a few in southern South America, 
1 in South Africa. Besides the following, about 5 others occur in western North America. 
Calyx-lobes erect or spreading. 
Leaflets 1-9, dentate or lobed, unequal in size; style plumose below, short. 
Flowers purple, nodding. 1. G. rtvale. 
Flowers yellow, erect. 2. G. radiainm, 
Leaflets very numerous, incised; flowers light purple; style plumose throughout, elongated. 
3. G. ctiliatum. 
Calyx-lobes strongly reflexed. 
Flowers yellow, 2'’ broad; héad of fruit stalked; calyx bractless. 4. G. vernum, 
Flowers white, or yellow, 4''-10'' broad; head of fruit sessile; calyx bracteolate. 
Flowers white, or very nearly so, 4''-8'' broad; stipules small. 
Plant softly-pubescent or glabrate; receptacle bristly. 5. G. Canadense. 
Plant rough-pubescent; receptacle nearly glabrous. 6. G. Virginianum. 
Flowers cream-yellow, 3'’ broad, stipules large. 7. G. flavum, 
Flowers yellow, 5''-10'' broad; stipules large, dentate. 
Plant bristly; terminal leaflet very large, cordate. 8. G. macrophyllum. 
Plant pubescent; terminal leaflet ovate or cuneate. 9. G. strictum. 
