96 XLIIT. ROSACEA. 
throat, bristly or smooth, compressed, 3-4—5-angled, the angles 
armed with hooked bristles; limb 4-, paneina 3—5-parted, per- 
sistent. Petals 0. Stamens 2-5. Carpels 1-2, enclosed in 
the calyx-tube, 1-ovulate ; styles terminal, short ; stigma pen- 
cilled. Achenes hidden in the hardened, hook-bristled calyx- 
tube.—F7. Cap. 11. p. 290. 
Herbs or undershrubs of temperate climates. Leaves pinnate-parted, the 
segments toothed or cut. Flowers small, green, in spikes or globose heads. 
—2 Cape species, both Western. 
8. ALCHEMILLA, Tournef. 
Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube urceolate, constricted in the 
throat, with an annular disk, unarmed; limb 8-parted, in 2 
rows, the outer lobes small, with imbricate estivation. Pe- 
tals 0. Stamens 1-4, exserted. Carpels 1-4, in the base of 
the calyx-tube, substipitate, l-ovuled; styles basal, filiform ; 
stigmas capitellate. Achenes 1-2, in the calyx-tube.— #7. 
Cap. u. p. 291. 
Small, hairy herbs of the temperate zones. Leaves alternate, fan-shaped 
or reniform, lobed or deeply parted or crenate. Flowers minute, green, in 
corymbs or tufts.—2 Cape species, dispersed. 
9. POTERIUM, Linn. 
Flowers spiked, polygamous or unisexual, the females in the 
upper part of the spike. Calyx-tube turbinate, unarmed, con- 
stricted in the throat with an annular disk; limb 4-parted, 
imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 20-30. Carpels 2-3, en- 
closed in the calyx-tube, 1-ovuled; styles terminal, exserted ; 
stigma pencilled. Achenes concealed in the hardened or fleshy, 
4-angled calyx-tube.—l. Cap. i. p. 292. 
P. Sanguisorba, Linn., introduced from Europe, grows near Simon’s 
Town. Leaves chiefly radical, of many cut leaflets. Stems branched, laxly 
leafy ; spikes globose, terminal, very dense. 
10. CLIFFORTIA, Linn. 
Flowers dicecious. Calyx-tube urceolate, unarmed; limb 
3-parted (rarely 4-parted). Petals 0.—Male: Stamens in- 
definite, $-20-80-40 ; filaments very slender, much exserted. 
=F emale : Carpels 2, enclosed in the calyx- tube, 1-ovuled ; 
- style lateral ; stiomas long, feathery. _Achenes ats 2, mem- 
brane- skinned, enclosed in the hardened and -variously- sculp- 
tured, rarely fleshy, calyx-tube.— #7. Cap. i. p. 292; Thes. 
Cap. t. 95. 
A South African genus, of about 40 small, leafy shrubs or undershrubs. 
Leaves properly digitately 3-foliolate, often seemingly simple or 1-foliolate, 
either from the confluence of the 3 leaflets into one, or from the lateral 
