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are pink or 

 white, with a 

 calyx consisting 

 of a globular tube, 

 contracted at the 

 top, and five 

 spreading seg- 

 ments ; a corolla 

 of five petals ; 

 numerous sta- 

 mens ; and an 

 ovary of several 

 one-seeded car- 

 pels with free 

 styles. The 

 carpels are very 

 hairy, and are en- 

 closed within the 

 tube of the calyx, 

 which becomes 

 red and succulent 

 as the fruit ripens ; 

 but the calyx seg- 

 ments usually fall 

 before the ripen- 

 ing is complete. 



The Silver 

 Weed (Potentilla 

 anserina), of the 

 same order, is one 

 of the commonest 

 of our roadside 

 flowers, rendered 

 more conspicuous 

 by its pretty, sil- 

 very leaves than 

 by its solitary, 

 yellow flowers. 

 It has a creeping 

 stem, from six to 

 twelve inches long, which bears pinnate leaves. The leaflets are 



THE AGRIMONY. 



