ORDER 47. ROSACES. 337; 



22 R. G-allica L. COMMON FRENCH EOSE. St. and petioles armed with 

 numerous, fine, scattered prickles ; Ifts. mostly 5, elliptical or oval, thick ; fli 

 erect ; petals, large, spreading ; sep. ovate ; fr. ovoid and with the peduncles 

 hispid. The common red rose of gardens, from which have originated not less 

 than 300 varieties, known in cultivation, and registered in catalogues, as the 

 Velvet. Carmine, Carnation, &c. Many of them are beautifully variegated, as the 

 Tricolor, York and Lancaster, Nosegay, ficotee, &c. The dried petals arc used iu 

 medicin3, and from them are extracted tinctures for cooking. Jn., Jl. 



23 R. pimpinellifolia Sen SCOTCH, or BURNET ROSE. St. densely armed 

 with straight, aoeroso prickles; ttts. 5 to 9, roundish-obtuse, smooth, simply 

 serrate ; fls. small, usually roseate, but changing in the numerous varieties to 

 white, red or yellow. Native of Scotland and other parts of Europe. Theso 

 shrubs are but 2 to 3f high, with small, delicate leaflets. Fls. numerous, 

 globular, very fine, of all colors, even yellow. May, Jn. (R. spinosissima L.) 



24 R. Banksia L. BANKS' ROSE. Smooth ; Ifts. lanceolate, crowded, 3 to 

 5, scarcely serrate ; stip. deciduous ; fls. umbellate ; fr. frlobular, nearly black. 

 From China. Thornless shrubs, with small, cup-shaped fls. Not hardy. 



16. AGRIMO'NIA, L. AGRIMONY-. (Gr. cy/wc, a field, /towo, alone, 

 a name of dignity for its medicinal qualities-) Calyx tubo turbinatc; 

 contracted at the throat, armed with hooked bristles above, limb o- 

 cleft, connivent in fruit; petals 5 ; stamens 12 to 15; ovaries 2; styles 

 terminal; achcnia included in the indurated tubo of the calyx. 1+ 

 Lvs. pinnately divided. Fls. yellow, iu long, slender racemes. 



1 A. Bupatoria L. Hirsute ; Ivs. interruptedly pinnate, upper ones 3-foliatc, 

 Ifts. 5 to 7, lance-oval or obovate, with small ones interposed, coarsely dentate ; stip. 

 large, dentate ; petals twice longer than the reflexed calyx. Roadsides, borders 

 of fields. Can. and U. S., common. St. 1 to 3f high, branching, leafy. Lfts. 

 nearly smooth beneath, 1 J- to 3' long, i as wide, sessile, terminal one with a 

 petiolule 1 to 3" long. llac. 6 to 12' long, spicate. Fls. yellow, about 4" diam. 

 on very short pedicels. Calyx tuba curiously fluted wit'.i 10 ribs, and sur- 

 mounted with reddish, hooked bristles. Jl. 



/3. IIIRSUTA Torr. Smaller and more hairy. 



y. PARVIFLOUA Hook. Less hairy ; fls. smaller, on longer pedicels. (A. par- 

 viflora DC ) 



2 A. parviflora Ait. St. and petioles hirsute; ITS. interruptedly pinnate; Ifts. 

 numerous (9 to 17), crowded, pubescent beneath, linear-lanceolate, equally and in- 

 cisely serrate, with small ones interposed: stip. acutely incised; rac. spicate- 

 virgate; fls. small; petals longer than the erect calyx; fr. hispid. Woods and 

 dry meadows, Penn. to 3. Car. \V. to Iowa and Tcnn. Sts. 3 to 4f high, the 

 hairs spreading, brownish and glandular. Lfts. 2 to 3' by J- to A', with smaller 

 ones intermixed. Petals yellow. The plant has an agreeable balsamic odor. 

 Aug. (A. suaveolens Ph.) 



3 A. incisa Torr. & Gr. Pubescent and hirsute; Ivs. interruptedly pinnate; ifts. 

 1 to 11. with smaller ones interposed, oblong, incisely pinnatifid, canescent 

 beneath; stip. deeply cleft; fls. small, remote, nearly sessile in the slender 

 racemes. N. Car. to Fla. (at Macon, Ga.) Fls. rather larger than in No. 2. Cal. 

 segm. very short. JL, Aug. 



17. DRY'AS, integrifolia Vahl. On ihc White Hills of K. II. 

 Prof. Peck (Pursh), but never since seen within our limits. 



18. GE'UM, L. AVEKS. (Gr. ye^w, to taste well; in allusion to the 

 taste of the roots.) Calyx 5 -cleft, with 5 alternate segments or bractlets 

 smaller and exterior ; petals 5 ; stamens co ; achenia oo, aggregated on 

 a dry receptacle, and caudate with the persistent, mostly jointed, geni- 

 culate and bearded style. l-l Lvs. pinnately divided. 



