-96 DEYADEJE. 



This specimen of the White Dryas (D. octopetala), the only 

 representative of the first family in the Strawberry group 

 (Dryadese), was sent to me from the Perthshire Highlands. 

 Its large blossom has eight petals of brilliant whiteness, and 

 its simple oak-shaped leaves are white and downy beneath. It 

 flowers in August. It is named from the Greek word for oak, 

 on account of the shape of its leaves. 



The two members of the Avens family are also in my 

 possession. 



The common Avens or Herb Bennet (Geum urbanum), opens 

 its yellow flowers, disclosing the cluster of crimson stamens 

 and stigmas. The petals fall off as soon as gathered, and the 

 only chance of pressing a piece satisfactorily is to make it 

 bloom in water, and transfer it at once to the paper. Tlie 

 leaves at the root are pinnate, those of the leaves ternate, 

 or in three leaflets. The seeds are fastened to the receptacle, 

 and each is endowed with a feathery plume. 



The Water Avens or Long-Bennet (G-. rivale, Plate VII. , 

 fig. 1), is a deep orange; the petals form a bell, and the full 

 flower always droops ; it grows by rivulets and in moist woods. 

 I remember seeing it for the first time in the Mackershaw woods, 

 near Hipon, a part of the estate of Studley a lovely situation, 

 such as might well suggest the aspiration of the poet Browne 



" Oh blessedness to lie 

 By the clear brook where the Long-Bennet dips." 



The distinguishing characteristic of the Cinquefoil family, 

 is, as the name indicates, the leaf of five leaflets. But to this 

 characteristic there are exceptions. 



The Silver Weed (Potentilla anserina), is our most familiar 

 Cinquefoil, yet the shining leaves which adorn our road- 

 sides are pinnate. It has large, light yellow flowers ; and its 

 creeping stems and shining white foliage make it a general 

 favourite. 



The Shrubby Cinquefoil (P. fruticosa), has a woody stem, 

 and grows to the height of three feet. Its leaves are smaller 



