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ROSACEAE, 



242. Petals absent ; stamens few ... ... ... ... 243 



Petals present; stamens many ... ... ... 244 



243. Fruit-calyx armed with hooked pricklets. 



Herbaceous plants ; leaves pinnate ; flowers minute ; fruitlet 



small, solitary. Acaeiia. 1070 



Fruit-calyx unarmed. 



Herbaceous plants ; leaves lobed ; flowers minute ; fruitlets 



small, four or less. Alchemilla. 1071 



244. Herbaceous ... ... ... ... ... ... 245 



Shrubby ... ... ... ... ... ... 246 



245. Styles persistent. 



Herbaceous plants ; leaves pinnate with a large terminal 

 leaflet ; flowers conspicuous ; calyx usually supported by 

 five bracts, its lobes overlapping before expansion ; styles 

 rigid, elongated ; fruitlets small, many. Geum. 1072 



Styles deciduous. 



Herbs or half-shrubs ; leaflets pinnately or radiatingly 

 arranged ; flowers conspicuous ; calyx supported by 

 usually five bracts, its lobes contiguous before expan- 

 sion ; fruitlets small, many. Potentilla. 1073 



246. Fruitlets many, succulent, connate into a berry-like 



fruit. 



Generally shrubby and climbing plants ; flowers con- 

 spicuous ; calyx unsupported by bracts ; fruitlets small, 

 crowded. Figure 52. Bubus. 1074 



Fruitlets few, hard, dry, coherent into a finally 

 dehiscent fruit. 



Shrubby or arborescent ; flowers conspicuous at the upper 

 end ; calyx unsupported by near bracts ; sepals four, 

 coherent, dropping somewhat connectedly; petals four; 

 fruitlets rather large,in a single whorl. Eucryphia. 1076 



SAXIFRAGSAE. 

 (Including 1 Crassulaoeae.) 



247. Herbaceous plants, small or minute. 



Often annual and succulent ; leaves opposite, frequently 

 crowded ; flowers minute ; stamens as many as petals, three 

 to five ; fruitlets disconnected. Figure 54. Tillaea. 1077 



Shrubby plants, erect or climbing ... ... ... 248 



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