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

 minute annual species, A. ARVE'NSIS, called PARSLEY 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. 11 



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

 Weedy herbs, in 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. ^ 



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. parviflora, 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.) 1}. 



P. Sanguisdrba, 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&ise, Benth. & Hook., or SANGUISORBA CANADENSIS, CANA- 

 DIAN or WILD B. Wet grounds N. ; 3-6 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, 

 Pig. 218.) 



1. WILD ROSES of the country ; only the first species much cultivated. 



* Styles lightly cohering in a column and projecting out of the calyx-cup. 



R. setigera, Michx. PRAIRIE or CLIMBING WILD ROSE. Rich ground, 

 W. and S. ; also planted ; represented by the original of QUEEN OP 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-tube, 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. 



