210 BRITISH BOTANY. 



above and downy beneath. Stipules broad^ concave, somewhat 

 fringed ; petioles slender, unarmed. Flowers 1-3 ; bracts large, 

 reddish at the edges, concave; peduncles and calyx-tube quite 

 unarmed. Divisions of the calyx entire, narrow, ciliated, spread- 

 ing. Styles hairy, distinct. Fruit ovate or globular, crimson, 

 crowned by the converging sepals. 



R. Dicksoni, Lind. Dickson's Rose. — b.b.s. 3707. l.c. 

 Excluded Species. 



Stems slender, with scattered, subulate, slender prickles. 

 Leaflets large, with large, uneqiial teeth, slightly glandular. 

 Divisions of the calyx entire, elongate, ciliated with setae. Fruit 

 ovate-urceolate, with a long tapering neck, and a few glandular 

 hairs. 



Ireland, Mr. Drummond. '' Scarcely a native : it may prove 

 to be a mere garden variety of R. cinnamomea. Hooker and 

 Arnott." Hibernian. 



Tribe IV. AGRIMONIES. — Herbaceous plants or under-shrubs, 

 with alternate, stipulate, compound, or simple leaves. Calyx with 

 a thickened disc-lined tube and a three- to five-lobed limb. Sta- 

 mens definite (in Agrimonia 8-20), inserted in the orifice of the 

 calyx. Ovary solitary, with solitary or twin ovules. Fruit a nut 

 (in Agrimonia 1-2), enclosed in the tube of the indurated calyx. 

 Genera. — Agrimonia, SANGtrisoEBA, Poteeium, Alchemiila. 



syNOPSis of the geneea. 

 Ageimonia. — Leaves interruptedly pinnate ; stamens 8-20. 

 Sattguisoeba. — Leaves pinnate ; flowers perfect, capitate ; stamens few. 

 Poteeium. — Leaves pinnate ; flowers dioecious, small ; stamens 30-40. 

 AiCHEMiLLA. — Leaves lobed, digitate or palmate ; stamens few. 



Agrimonia, Linn. Agrimony. — Hairy, herbaceous plants. 

 Leaves interruptedly pinnate, rarely ternate; leaflets incised. 

 Flowers spicate, yellow. Calyx five-cleft, with hooked bristles, 

 constricted with a glandular ring. Petals five, notched, spreading. 

 Stamens 7-20, inserted with the petals into the constricted part 

 of the calyx. Ovaries 2, sometimes 3, with styles as long as the 

 stamens ; stigmas obtuse. Fruit usually 2 indehiscent carpels, 

 one- seeded, enclosed in the indurated, turbinate calyx. Seed 

 inverted. 



A. Eupatoria, Linn. Common Agrimony. — e.b, 1335. l.c 

 323. A. 16. C. 75. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 

 52-47°. 



