114 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



*** Petals spreading, with claws. Styles 25. Leaves simple, glandu- 

 lar above near the rachis. ADENORACHUJ. 



5. P. arbutifolia Linn. : leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, crenately 

 errulate, tomentose beneath (especially the younger ones ;) midrib 

 glandular above ; flowers in corymbs ; calyx tomentoae. Aroniapyri- 

 foUa Pers. A. arbutifolia Ell. Nutt. Torr. 



HAB. Low woods. Can. to Car. May, June. ^. Shrub 2 5 

 feet high. Flowers reddish. Fruit about the size of a large wor- 

 Ue-berry, scarlet. 



6. P. melanocarpa Wittd. : leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, 

 mooth beneath, midrib glandular j flowers in terminal corymbs ; ca- 

 Ijx smooth. Aronia arbutifolia Pars. A. arbutifolia var. melanocarpa 

 Torr. 



HAB.. Bogs. Can. to Car. May, June. ^. A shrub about the 

 JHZC of the preceding and perhaps not distinct. 



ORDER XXXIX. SANGUISORBEjE. LimL 

 Flowers often dcclinous. Calyx 3 4 5-lobed, with a 

 thickened, afterwards indurated tube ; aestivation valvate. 

 Petals none. Stamens definite, alternating with the lobes of 

 the calyx, (though sometimes fewer than them by abortion,) 

 rarely indefinite ; anthers erect, 2-celled and bursting longi- 

 tudinally, or 1-celled and bursting transversely. Ovary soli- 

 tary, simple, with a style proceeding from the apex or the 

 base ; ovule solitary, attached to the ovary close to tho base 

 of the style ; stigma simple or compound. Nut solitary. 

 Seed solitary, suspended or ascending ; embryo without albu- 

 men ; radicle superior ; cotyledons large, plano-convex. 



Herbs or wider shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, lobed or 

 compoupd, with stipules. Flowers small, often in heads. 



1. ALCHEMILLA. Linn. 



Calyx tubular ; tube somewhat contracted at the top ; limb 

 8-parted, the alternate lobes smaller. Petals none. Sta- 

 mens 1 4. Carpels \ 2, with a filiform capitate style on the 

 side, at length dry and 1-seeded. Tetrandria. Monogynia. 



A. aJpina Linn. : leaves digitate ; leafets 5 7, lanceolate-cuneate, 

 olituse, serrate at the apex, white and silky beneath. 



HAB. High mountains. N. H&rap. and Ver. June, July. 11. 

 flowers white. 



2. SANGUISORBA. Linn. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx 4-cleft, with two scales at base 

 externally. Petals none. Stamens 4. Carpels 2, included 



