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365 



Gewu,' (Eng., Avms ; Fr., Benoife—^g^. 432-434) has alto- 

 gether the flower of Potentilla, the same receptacle, the same 

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

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



Geum vrbanum (^Herb Bennet). 



Fia. 432, 

 Branch. 



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 Geum 

 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 



1 Geum L., Gen., n. 636. — J., Gen., 838. — 151. — Adans., Fam. des PL, ii. 295. — Mcench, 



Gj:rtn., Fruct., i. 351, t. 74. — Lame., Bict., 

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

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

 479.— En])l., Gen., n. 6386. — Payee, Or- 

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

 619, 11. 'lA. — Caryophyllala T., Inst., 294, t. 



Meth., 661. 



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

 while it still consists of only a naked luu-'eus. 

 Pretty frequently it so luipiiens that we find two 

 ovules in the ovary, of which one alone is fertile 

 and well develojjed. 



