116 ROSACES. (ROSE FAMILY.) 



8. DRYAS, L. DRTAS. 



Calyx flattnh, 8-9-parted. Petals 8-9, large. Otherwise like Geum $ Sie- 

 rersia. Dwarf and matted slightly shrubby plants, with simple toothed leaves, 

 and solitary large flowers. (Name from Dryades, the nymphs of the Oaks, tho 

 foliage of some species resembling oak-leaves in miniature.) 



1. I>. integrifolia, Vahl. Leaves oblong-ovate, slightly heart-shaped, 

 with revolute margins, nearly entire, white-downy beneath, flowers white. 

 White Mountains, New Hampshire, Prof. Peck, according to Pursh ; but not 

 since met with : therefore very doubtful. (Eu.) 



9. Gl^UM, L. AVENS. 



Calyx bell-shaped or flattish, deeply 5-cleft, usually with 5 small bractlets at 

 the sinuses. Petals 5. Stamens many. Achenia numerous, heaped on a coni- 

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

 naked and straight or jointed tails. Seed erect. Perennial herbs, with pin- 

 nate or lyrate leaves. (Name from -yevo), to give an agreeable flavor, the roots 

 being rather aromatic.) 



$ 1. GEUM PROPER. Styles jointed and bent near the middle, the lower portion 

 smooth and persistent, naked, hooked at the end after the deftexed and mostly hairy 

 upper joint fatts away : head of fruit sessile : calyx-lobes reflexed. (Flowers some- 

 what panicled at the summit of the leafy stem.) 



1. O. all) 11 ill, Gmelin. Smoothish or softly pubescent ; stem slender 

 (2 high) ; root-leaves of 3 - 5 leaflets, or simple and rounded, with a few minute 

 leaflets on the petiole below ; those of the stem 3-divided, lobed, or only toothed ; 

 stipules small ; petals white (3" long), obovate or oblong, futty as long as the 

 calyx ; receptacle and ovaries bristly-hairy ; upper joint of the style a little hairy. 

 Borders of woods, common. May -Aug. Near the European G. urbanum. 



2. O. Yiriniiiaimiii, L. Bristly-hairy, especially the stout stem; 

 lower and root-leaves pinnate, very various, the upper mostly 3-parted or 

 divided, incised ; stipules small ; petals greenish-white, shorter than the calyx ; re- 

 ceptacle and ovaries glabrous. "Woods and low grounds ; common northward. 

 Clearly different from the last. 



3. O. iiiacro]liylliim, Willd. Bristly-hairy, stout (l-3 high); 

 root-leaves lyrately and interruptedly pinnate, with the terminal leaflet very large 

 and round-heart-shaped ; lateral leaflets of the stem-leaves 2-4, minute, the ter- 

 minal roundish, 3-cleft, the lobes wedge-form and rounded; petals yellow, obovate, 

 longer than the calyx ; receptacle of fruit nearly naked; achenia bristly above. 

 Around the base of the White Mountains, New Hampshire : also Lake Superior 

 and northward. June. (Eu.) 



4. O strict ii ill, Ait. Somewhat hairy (3 -5 high) ; root-leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, the leaflets wedge-obovate ; leaflets of the stem-leaves 3-5, 

 rhorrbic-ovate or oblong, acute ; petals yellow, roundish, longer than the calyx ; recep- 

 tacle downy; achenia bristly above. Moist meadows; common, especially 

 northward. July. (Eu.) 



