116 ROSACES. (ROSE FAMILY.) 



8. DRY AS, L. DRYAS. 



Calyx flattish, 8 - 9-partcd. Petals 8-9, large. Otherwise like Geum Sio- 

 versia. Dwarf and matted slightly shrubby plants, with simple toothed leaves, 

 and solitary large flowers. (Name from Dryades, the nymphs of the Oaks, the 

 foliage of some species resembling oak-leaves in miniature.) 



1. I>. integfl'ifolia, Vahl. Leaves oblong-ovate, slightly heart-shaped, 

 with revolute margins, nearly entire, white-downy beneath, flowers white. 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire, Prof. Peck, according to Pursh ; but not 

 since met with : therefore very doubtful. (Eu.) 



9. GEUUI, L. AVENS. 



Calyx bell-shaped or flattish, deeply 5-cleft, usually with 5 small bractlets at 

 the sinuses. Petals 5. Stamens many. Achenia numerous, heaped on a coni- 

 cal or cylindrical dry receptacle, the long persistent styles forming hairy or 

 naked and straight or jointed tails. Seed erect. Perennial herbs, with pin- 

 nate or lyrate leaves. (Name from yvo>, to give an agreeable flavor, the roots 

 being rather aromatic.) See addend. 



$ 1. GEUM PROPER. Styles jointed and bent near the middle, the lower portion 

 smooth and persistent, naked, hooked at the end after the deflexed and mostly hairy 

 upper joint jails away : head of fruit sessile: calyx-lobes reflexed. (Flowers some- 

 what panicled at the summit of the leafy stem.) 



1. G iillHiBiB, Gmelin. Smoothish or softly pubescent ; stem slender 

 (2 high) ; root-leaves of 3 - 5 leaflets, or simple and rounded, with a few minute 

 leaflets on the petiole below ; those of the stem 3-dividcd, lobed, or only toothed ; 

 stipules small ; petals white (3" long), obovate or oblong, fully as long as the 

 calyx; receptacle and ovaries bristly-hairy ; upper joint of the style a little hairy. 

 Borders of woods, common. May - Aug. Near the European G. urbanum. 



2. G. Virginianum, L. Bristly-hairy, especially the stout stem; 

 lower and root-leaves pinnate, very various, the upper mostly 3-parted or 

 divided, ineiscd ; stipules small ; petals greenish-white, shorter than the calyx ; re- 

 ceptacle and ovaries glabrous. Woods and low grounds ; common northward. 

 Clearly different from the last. 



3. G. iBiacropliylliim, Willd. Bristly-hairy, stout (l-3 high); 

 root-leaves lyrately and interruptedly pinnate, with the terminal leaflet very large 

 and ronnd-hcart-shapfd ; lateral leaflets of the stem-leaves 2-4, minute, the ter- 

 minal roundish, 3-c.left, the lobes wedge-form and rounded ; petals yellow, u' 

 longer titan (he calyx ; receptacle of fruit nearly naked; achenia bristly :tbove. 

 Around the base of the White Mountains, New Hampshire : also North Illinois 

 and northward. June. (Eu.) 



4. G. StrictUllt, Ait. Somewhat hairy (3 -5 high) ; root-leaves inter 

 ruptedly pinnate, the leaflets wedge-obovate ; leaflets of the si an -/((ices 3-5, 

 rhombic-ovate or oblong, acute; petals yellow, roundish, longer than the calyx ; recep- 

 tacle domiy ; ada-nia bristly above. Moist meadows; common, especially 

 northward. July. (Eu.) 



