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The smallest and earliest flowering of the fruticose hraniblL-.>. 

 Very variable. I am, however, unable to distribute the specimens 

 I have seen into the varieties given by Professor BabLuytou, so I 

 have been obliged to copy his descriptions of them. 



Deicberrn. 



French, Ronce Bleudlre. German, Kratzheere. 



The fruit of the Dewberry is very superior to that of any other species. It is 

 larger and finer, and of a bluish colour ; and we mny believe that in Shakespeare's time 

 it was esteemed as a rural delicacy fit for the favourite of the queen ot faiiies to feed 

 u})ou. Titauia, in her tit of infatuation for Bottom, says : — 



" Be kind and courteoiis to this gentleman ; 

 Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; 

 Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, 

 With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries." 



Sub-Tribe III.— EU-DRYADE.E. 



Calyx flattish, campanulate, or turbinate. Segments valvate 

 in aestivation. Ovules attached by the point which is furthest 

 from the base of the style. Styles terminal, elongated, generally 

 persistent and plumose after flowering. Acheues dry, numerous, 

 inserted on a dry receptacle. Seed solitary. 



GENUS X.—Qr'ElVM. Linn. 



Calyx flattish, or slightly concave at the base, with 10, rarely 5 

 segments; segments in 2 rows, the 5 outer ones smaller than the 

 5 inner. Petals 5, obovate, emarginate or obtuse. Stamens 

 numerous. Eeceptacle conical or cylindrical, dry. Achenes dry, 

 terminated by the elongated, more or less hairy styles, which arc 

 frequently jointed and bent above the middle, with the terminal 

 portion deciduous. 



Perennial herbs, with pinnate leaves, the terminal segment 

 usually the largest. Flowers in Irregular terminal cymes, yellow- 

 brownish, white, or red. 



The origin of the name of this genus of plants appears to be in the word yti/K) {geiw), 

 I give a relish, in allusion to the roots of G. urbanum. 



SPECIES I— GEUM URBANUM. Linn. 

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Badical leaves stalked, irregularly lyrate-pinnate, with 2 to 4 pairs 

 of leaflets, and a large terminal one, which, as well as those of the 



