Rosaceae 163 



Ih swamps or low grounds throughout the 

 region; flowering in June. 



Soft-hairy, scapose; scape 4-18 

 Sieversia inches high, simple, 3-8-flowered . 



ciliata a t the summit. Basal leaves 



(Pursh) petioled, interruptedly pinnate 



Don. Long 



Plumed with many small leaflets, among 



Purple the numerous obovate, deeply 



Avens. cu } ar g er O nes. Flowers \ an 



. 

 inch broad of 5 pale purplish-pink petals 



hardly exceeding the calyx and spreading 

 linear red bractlets; styles plumose in 

 fruit, 1-2 inches long. 



In dry open grounds extending into the 

 Rockies from the plains, where it is especially 

 abundant, to the lower slopes and valleys 

 throughout the region; flowering in June. 



Stems prostrate, branched, 3-6 

 Dryas octo- 

 etala L inches long. Leaves oblong or 



White ovate, J-i inch long, obtuse at 



Mountain- each end, closely crenate, dark 



green and shining above, densely 



white- woolly beneath. Flowers solitary on 



