Dry as. ] 



XXVII. ROSACEiE : ROSE^. 



119 



I 



\ 



> 



Follicles^ — 12, usually distinct, l-cellecl, 2-valved, with few 

 seeds.— ^iixaid: supposed to be the anEipua of Theophrastus. 



shrubby, leaves 



1. S. 



ifolia 



( Willow 



elliptic-lanceolate unequally serrate glabrous, racemes ter- 

 minal compound. E. B. t. 1468. 



Moist woods in several parts of the north of England and Scotland. 

 h • 7. — A small branching shrub. Flowers rose-coloured, in crowded 

 racemes. Stamens longer than the petals. 



2. S. Filipendula L. {common D,) ; herbaceous, leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, all the leaflets uniform deeply cut and 

 serrate, flowers paniculato-cyinose, follicles hairy. E. B. 

 t. 284. 



Dry pastures, especially in a chalky or gravelly soil ; rare in Scot- 

 land. Iri. 6, 7. — Root with rather long tubers. Stem a foot high, 

 panicled above. Leaflets small, oblong or lanceolate, alternate ones 

 not half their size. Stipules of the rad. leaves linear, entire, of the 

 stem rounded and cut or serrate, 

 with rose-colour. 



3. S. Ulmdria L. {Meadow-sweet) ; herbaceous, leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate serrate downy beneath, lateral leaflets un- 

 divided terminal one largest and lobed, flowers in compound 

 (and as it were proliferous) cymes, follicles dabrous. E. B. 

 t. 960. 



Meadows, and banks of ponds and ditches, frequent. ^. 6 8. — 



Stems 3—4 ft. high, branched upward. Leaflets ovate, acuminate, 

 very hirge, especially the terminal 3 — 5-lobed one; alternate ones 

 minute. Flowers yellowish-white, numerous, sweet-scented. Fruit 

 twisted. 



Flowers yellowish-white, tipped 



Tribe II. Potentillid.^. 



4 



cleft, /; 



flat 



^f 



Calyx 



nating with the segments {or 8 



left 



?/?/ smaller ) ; the tube short nearly flat 

 fruit. Petals usually 4—5. 



Petals usually 4 

 sometimes shrubs. 



Mostly 



* 



Leaves usually compound. (Gen. 3 



Ovule at a distance from the base of the style. Radicle inferior. 



) 



Cal. 8 



3. Dryas Linn. Dryas. 



— lO-cleft, its segments equal. 

 Ovules lateral. 



Pet. 5—8. Styles ter- 



minal. Ovules lateral. Aclienes with long feathery not jointed 

 awns. Receptacle flat.— Name: Spvc, the oa^, from a distant 

 similarity between their leaves. 



1. D. octopetala L. {white D., Mountain Avens) ; petals 8, 



