ORDER 47. ROSACES. 325 



A (Jeadly poison, residing chiefly in the kernels. Of the Eosacejc, as ornamental flowering shrubs, 

 it is scarcely necessary to speak, neither of its many delicious fruits, as the Apple, Pear, Quince, 

 Apricot, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Strawberry, Blackberry and Raspberry. 



SUBORDERS, TRIBES AND GENERA. 

 SUBORDER I. SANGUISOEBE^E. Carpels 1 (rarely 24). Petals 0. Herbs, (a) 



a Stamens 1 to 4, style lateral. Flowers scattered ALOHEMILLA 1 



a Stamens 4, stylo terminal. Flowers in dense spikes SAXGUISOKBA 2 



a Stamens oo, style terminal, stigma fringed. Fls. spicate POTEUIUM 9 



SUBORDER II. CIIKYSOBALANE-iE. Carpel 1, style lateral. Petals 5. 



Shrubs CIIRYSOB ALANUM. 4 



SUBORDEB III. AMYGDALEjE. Carpel 1, stylo terminal. Pet. 5. Trees, &c. (b) 



b Stone smooth, globular. Fruit smooth but not glaucous CBUASUS. 5 



b Stone smooth, flattened. Fruit glaucous with bloom, or downy PKUNCS 6 



b Stone roughened with pits and furrows. Fruit pulpy PERSICA 7 



Fruit dry AM YGDALUS . 8 



( S0BORDKK IV. POMEjE. Carpels 2 to 5, consolidated with the calyx. Fr. a pome, (c) 



O Ovary half-superior, 2-carpeled. Leaves very thick, lucid PHOTI.VIA. 9 



C Ovary inferior, Petals bearded. Kadicle retracted EI-.YOBOTRXA 10 



Petals smooth, oblong-spatulate AMELANCHIEB 11 



roundish. Carpels 1 -seeded CUAT/EGUS 12 



Carpels 2-seedcd P YRUS 13 



Carpels 00 -seeded CYDONIA 11 



StrnoRDEB V. ROSE^E. Carpels 2 to 50, free, in an open or closed calyx. (*) 



* Tribe 1. llosiDi'.yE. Carp. 1-seeded achenia inclosed in the calyx tube. (<I) 



* Tribe 2. FRAGAKIDE.S. Carp. 1-seeded. Achenia dry or pulpy in an open calyx, (e) 



* Tribe 3. SIMRIDE^E. Carpels several-seeded follicles in an open calyx, (f) 



d Carpels many, in the fleshy calyx. Fls. often double KOSA. 15 



d Carpels 2 only, in the dry, fluted, cchinato calyx AGKIMONIA. 16 



6 Styles persistent on the dry achenia. Petals 8 or 9 DRYAS* IT 



6 Styles persistent on the dry achenia. Petals 5 GEITM. 13 



6 Styles deciduous, Calyx bractlcss. Fr. a her.p of pulpy achenia Runus. 19 



Calyx brnctless. Ach. dryish. Sepals unequal DAMBARDA. 20 



Calyx brnctless or minutely bracteoled. Sep. equal . . W ALDSTEINIA. 21 



Calyx bracteolate, lieceptacle pulpy, globular, red. F HAG A P.I A. 22 



Eecept. spongy.glob.Fls. purple.CoMutu.M. 23 



Eeceptacle dry. Stamens CD ..POTKXTILLA. , 24 



Stamens 5... SIBHALDIA. 25 



f Follicles 2 to 10-secded, Petals obovato, cyanic SIMULA. 25 



f Follicles 2 to 4-secile<l. Petals lance-linear, cyanic GILLKNIA. 27 



f Follicles 1-seeded. Petals multiplied, orange-yellow KEUUIA. 2S 



1. ALCHEMIL'LA, L. LADIES' MANTLE. (The plant is called in 

 Arabic dlkemdi/th.} Calyx 4-toothcd, with 4 external bractcoles; pe- 

 tals ; stamens 1 to 4, carpels (1 to 4) mostly solitary, with the style 

 lateral, stigma capitate ; seed suspended. Herbs with palmatc-lobed or 

 incised Ivs. and small green ils. 



1 A. arvensis Pcop. PARSLEY PIERT. Lvs. incisely 3-lobcd or parted, the seg- 

 ments 2 or :-de;'t, pubescent, cuneate at base; fls. axillary, clustered. (J) Waste 

 grounds, K. Vu. A worthless weed, so small as to be easily overlooked. 



2 A. alpltius L. Lvs. radical, silky beneath, digitately 5 to 7-foliate, segm. ob- 

 lanceolat^, cuneifbnn at base, incisely serrate at apex; fls. corymbous. "On the 

 peaks of high :nts., Vt. and N. H." (Pursh). But the plant has never been re- 

 discovered there. It is an elegant plant, sometimes cultivated. Common in Eur. 



2. SANjUISOR'BA, L. BX-RKET. SAXIFRAGE. (Lat. sanguis, sor- 

 here, to absorl blood ; the plant is esteemed a vulnerary.) Calyx tube 

 4-sided, 2 or 3 bracted at base ; limb 4-parted ; petals ; stamens 4, 

 opposite the calyx segments; filaments dilated upward ; style 1, filiform; 

 acheninm drv, included in the calyx. Herbs with unequally pinnate 

 vs. Fls. in dense spikes. 



