AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
X. 
Wir the month of June, several more of the 
Rosace# attract attention. In damp meadows 
there is Sanguzsorba officinalis, the great 
Burnet, on stalks 18 inches high, no corolla, 
but a 4-cleft dark purple calyx, and pinnate 
leaves with leaflets coarsely toothed; Linn. 
Cl. IV., Zetvandria. The Lesser Burnet, 
Poterium, has monececious flowers, Linn. Cl, 
X XI. ; its numerous tassel-like stamens, from 
30 to 50, and its crimson-tufted pistils decorate 
the heads of its greenish flowers, of which, con- 
trary to the usual arrangement, the female 
flowers are in the upper part of the head, and 
the male below; the pinnate leaves are finely 
serrate. There are two species, P. sanguzsorba, 
and P. muricatum,; they grow in dry pastures. 
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