156 ROSE FAMILY. 



14. ALCHEMILLA. (Name said to come from the Arabic.) A 

 minute annual species, A. arvensis, called rAnsi,EY Piert in England, 

 is introduced in Va. and N. C. 



A. vulgaris, Linn. Lady's Mantle, from Eu., is cult, in some gar- 

 dens ; it is a low herb, not showy, with somewhat downy, rounded, 

 slightly 7-9-lobed leaves, chiefly from the root, on long stalks, and loose 

 corymbs or panicles of small light green flowers through the summer. % 



15. AGRIMONIA, AGRIMONY. (Old name, of obscure meaning.) 

 Weedy herbs, iu fields and borders of woods, producing their small 

 yellow flowers through the summer ; the fruiting calyx, containing the 

 2 akenes, detached at maturity as a small bur, lightly adhering by the 

 hooked bristles to the coats of animals, "il 



A. Eupat6ria, Linn. Common A. Principal leaflets 5-7, oblong- 

 obovate and coarsely toothed, with many minute ones intermixed ; petals 

 twice the length of the calyx ; stamens 10-15. 



A. parvifldra. Ait. From N. Y., S.; has smaller flowers, 11-19 lance- 

 olate principal leaflets, and 10-15 stamens. 



A. inclsa, Torr. «& Gray. Only S.; has 7-9 oblong or obovate and 

 smaller principal leaflets, small flowers, and 5 stamens. 



16. POTERIUM, BURNET. (Old Greek name, of rather obscure 

 application.) % 



P. Sanguis6rba, Linn. Garden or Salad B. Common in old gardens 

 (used for salad), from Eu. ; nearly smooth, growing in tufts; leaves 

 of many small ovate and deeply toothed leaflets ; stems about 1° high, 

 bearing a few heads of light green or purplish monoecious flowers, in 

 summer, the lower flowers with numerous drooping stamens, several of 

 the uppermost with pistil, the style ending in a purple, tufted stigma. 



P. Canad^nse, Benth. & Hook., or Sanguisorba Canadensis, Cana- 

 dian or Wild B. Wet grounds N. ; 3°-G° high, nearly smooth, with 

 numerous lance-oblong, coarsely-toothed leaflets, often heart-shaped at 

 base, and cylindrical spikes of white, perfect flowers, in late summer and 

 autumn ; stamens only 4, their long, white filaments club-shaped. 



17. ROSA, ROSE. (The ancient Latin name of the Rose.) (Lessons, 



Fig. 218.) 

 § 1. W ihx> HosKfi of the country ; only the first species much cultivated. 



» Styles lightly cohering in a column and projecting out of the calyx-oip. 



R. setfgera, Michx. Prairie or Climbing Wild Rose. Rich ground, 

 W. and S. ; also planted ; represented by the original of Queen of the 

 Prairie, Baltimore Belle, etc. Tall-climbing, armed with stout, nearly 

 straight prickles, not bristly ; stems glaucous ; leaves with only 3-5 ovate 

 acute leaflets ; the corymbed flowers produced towards midsummer ; 

 stalks and calyx glandular ; petals deep rose, becoming nearly white. 



* * Styles separate, included in the calyx-tuhe, the stigmas closing its 

 orifice ; stems not disposed to climb. 



R. Carolina, Linn. Swamp Rose. Wet grounds ; stems 4°-8° high, 

 with hooked prickles and no bristles, glaucous ; leaflets 5-9, smooth, 

 dull above and pale beneath, finely serrate ; flowers numerous in the 

 corymb (in summer) ; the calyx and globular hip glandular-bristly. 

 Flowers bright rose-red. 



