196 THE HOSE FAMILY. 



Section 1. 

 Stems and petioles destitute ofpricklea. 

 A. — Flowers red or purple. 

 Lower leaves lyrate ; petals tawny-red ; achenia with 

 hairy tails, bent in the middle, and hooked at 



the tip 12. Ked Avens. 



Lower leaves pinnate, with five or seven oblong deeply- 

 serrated leaflets ; petals deep reddish-purple ; 

 achenia without tails 14. Water Sept-foil. 



B. — Flowers of a decided yellow. 

 Stems decidedly erect. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary; achenia with hairy tails, 

 bent in the middle, and hooked at the tip. 

 Lower leaves lyrate ; upper ones temate .... 13. Yellow Aven8. 

 Flowers in slender spikes, six to twelve inches long; 

 calyx covered with hooked bristles ; leaves 



irregularly pinnate 21 . Agrimoky. 



Stems wire-like, more or less prostrate and trailing. 

 Leaves interruptedly pinnate, white and silky, the 

 leaflets deeply serrate. Flowers axillary and 



solitary 17. Silverweed. 



Stems rooting at the joints; leaflets five, obovate; 



flowers usually pentamerous 18. Commoj Cinquefoil- 



Stems not rooting at the joints ; flowers usually 

 tetramerous. 



Stems sparingly branched 19. Large Tormentil. 



Stems repeatedly forked, and bushy, somewhat 



erect at the upper part 20. Common Tormentil. 



C. — Flowers white, greenish-white, or cream-coloured. 

 Flowers in large loose panicles, very fragrant. 



Stem two to four feet high, branched above. Leaves 

 lyrate, and interruptedly pinnate, white under- 

 neath 11. Meadow-sweet. 



Flowers solitary, or not more than five or six together, 

 and then corymbose. 

 Leaves temate or trifoliolate. 



Calyx ten-cleft, the outer lobes smaller; achenia dry and bony. 

 Flowering stems erect, two to six inches high. 



Plant with long runners. Fruit juicy .... 15. Wild Strawberry. 

 Flowers nestling among the leaves. Plantl 16. Little Mock Straw- 



without runners. Fruit juiceless J berry. 



Calyx five-cleft ; petals greenish-white ; achenia \ 9. Little Kock 



few, red, and juicy ) Bramble. 



Leaves simple, round, or kidney-shaped, often five, 

 seven, or nine-lobed : calyx five-cleft ; flowers 

 solitary, terminal, and unisexual ; achenia few, 

 juicy, and orange-red 10. Cloudberry. 



