ROSACE^.. (rOSK family.) , 151 



5. ALCHEMILLA, Tuum. Ladv's Maxti.e. 



Calyx-tube inversely coniciil, contracted at the throat ; linih 4-jiartcd with as 

 many alternate accessory lobes outside. Petals iion.-. Sianuns 1-4. I'istils 

 1-4; the slender style arising from near the base of tlic ovary ; the aclicnia in- 

 cluded in the tube of the persistent calyx. — Low herbs, witii palniatcly loi)ed 

 or conij)ound leaves, and small corymbed grcenisli Howers. (From AI/.-i nuli/ih, 

 tlic Arabic name.) 



1. A. AUVEXsis, L. (Parsley Piekt.) Small annual (.T-8' hi;;li), 

 leafy; leaves 3-parted, with the wedge-shaped lobes 2-3-cleft, pubescent; How- 

 ers sessile in the axils. — Eastern and Central Virginia. (Adv. from Eu.) 



A. ALPINA, L., is said by Pursh to grow on the Green and Wiiitc Moun- 

 tains, New England : but there is most probably some mistake about it. 



6. AGRIMONIA, Tuurn. Agiumony. 



Calyx-tube top-shaped, contracted at the throat, beset with liookcd bristles 

 above, induratea .n fruit and enclosing the 2 aehenia ; the limb 5-clcft, closed 

 after flowering. Petals 5. Stamens 12- 15. Styles terminal. Seed suspended. 

 — Perennial herbs, with interruptedly pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers in slen- 

 der spiked racemes: bracts 3-cleft. (^'ame a corruption oi' Anjonoiiia, oi the 

 same derivation as Argemone, p. 59.) 



1. A. Eupatbria, L. (Common Agrimony.) Lciflitx :>-! with minute 

 OIKS inUrmixed, olilomz-obovatr, (.•oiwsdy toothed; petals twice the length of the 

 calyx. — Borders of woods : common. July -Sept. (Eu.) 



2. A. pax'Vifldra, Ait. (Smai.l-Flowered A.) Lea fids crowded, W- 

 19, with smaller oius iiitcrmixal, hmrjolate, acute, deeply and regularly cut-serrate, 

 as well as the stipules ; petals small. — Woods and glades, S. New York (C. F. 

 Austin) to Virginia, Kentucky, and southward. July. 



7. DRY AS, L. Dryas. 



Calyx open, flatfish, 8 - 9-pnrtcd. Petals 8-9, large. Otherwise like Genm 

 § Sieversia. — Dwarf and matted slightly shrubby plants, with simjile toothed 

 leaves, and solitary large flowers. (Name from Dn/ndex, the nymphs of the 

 Oaks, the fulia-c of tlie original species resembling oak-leaves in miniature.) 



1. D. integrifblia, Vahl. Leaves oblong-ovatc, slightly heart-shaped, 

 with revolutc margins, nearly entire, white-downy beneath, flowers white. — 

 White IMountains, New IIam])shire, Prof. P/c/c, according to Purs/i; not since 

 met with : but it grows in Lower Catuida. (Eu.) 



8. GEUM, L. AvENs. 



Calyx bell-shaped or flatti>h, deeply 5-cleft, usually with 5 small braetlets at 

 the sinuses. Petals 5. Stamens many. Aehenia numerous, hea])cd on a coni- 

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

 iniked and straight or jointed tails. Seed erect. — Perennial herbs, with i)in- 

 nate or lyrate leaves. (Name from ytvu, to tjivc an at/reeuble jiuor, the rootA 

 being ratlier aromatic.) 



