ROSAGE/E. 



365 



Gnum,^ (lEng., Avcns ; Fr., Bemtte—hgs. 4:32-434) has alto- 

 gether the flower of Pofenfilla, the same receptacle, the same 

 calycle, the same valvate calyx, and the same organization of 

 the corolla, the androceum, tlie disk, and the outer parts ; but tlie 



Geum in-banum {Herb Bennet). 



ovary of each carpel contains one erect basilar ovule, while that of the 

 Potentils is descending ; yet strange to say, the micropyle of this 

 ovule, though inferior, still looks outwards" (fig. 435). In Gcum 

 proper the style is inserted at or very near the apex of the ovary, and 

 is once or twice bent on itself before terminating in a stigmatiferous 



' Geum L., Oen., n. 636. — J., Gen., 338. — 

 G^KTN., Fruct., i. 351, t. 74. — Lamk., Diet., 

 i. 398; Suppl., i. 615; III, t. 443.— DC, 

 Prodr., ii. 550. — SPAcn, Suit, a Buffon, i. 

 479.— Endl., Gen., n. 6386. — Payer, Or- 

 ganog., 501, t. c. figs. 1-22.— B. H., Gen., 

 619, 11. \\: — Caryophyllata T., Inst., 294, t. 



151.— AD.iNS., Fam. des PL, ii. 295. — M(ENCH, 

 Meth., 661. 



■ It has only one coat, and is at first descending 

 while it still consists of only a naked nucleus. 

 Pretty frequently it so happens that we lind two 

 ovules in the ovary, of which one alone is fertile 

 and well developed. 



