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Tribe 5. Shrubs or herbs. Fls. ij ; infl. various. Petals 5 or 0. 

 Sta. 00. Carpels usually 5, whorled, usually free ; ov. 2-12 ; sds. of 

 1 and 2, with perisperm (connecting the Order with Saxifragacese). 

 1, Nevitisia alabamensis ; monotypic. Fls. apetalous, but showy; 

 calyx-lobes large, leaf-like. Lvs. simple. Handsome shrub, 3°-5° 

 high. Olitt's near Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2. Neillia, 2 spec. ; handsome 

 shrubs, with simple lvs. and white (petalous) fls., racemed. Himalayas. 

 3. Gillenia, Indian Physic; perenn. herb, 2° high, lvs. trifoliate, fls. 

 white or rosy, panicled. G. trifolidta, N. Y., S. and W. G. stipu- 

 Idcea, stipules leaf-like, W., U. S. 4. Spiraea. Shrubs or perenn. 

 herbs. Extensive and beautiful genus, both worlds. S. lobdta, herb, 

 •2°-S° high, lvs. pinnate, fls. pink, in a cymose panicle. Prairies, W., 

 U. S. S. Uhndria, Meadowsweet; herb; l°-3° high; lvs. pinnate, 

 fls. yellowish, fragrant, cymose. Bur. S. Filipendula, Dropwort; 

 herb, l°-2° high ; lvs. pinnate, fls. white or rosy-tipped, cymose. 

 Eur. S. Aruncus, Goatsbeakd ; herb, 3°-5° high ; lvs. 3-pinnate, 

 fls. yellowish, small, in spicate panicles. N. Y., S. and W. Shrubs 

 with simple lvs. S. Dougldssii, 2°-Z'' high, fls. deep pink, panicled. 

 Pacific States. S. tomentesa, Habdhack, similar, fls. white or pink. 

 E., U. S. S. kyperieifblia, Italian May, 3°-6° high, branches long, 

 fls. white, in sessile umbels. Many fine foreign spec. S. K^rria ja^ 

 pdniea (miscalled Gdrchorus). Evergreen shrub, with many stems 

 5°-8° high ; fls. yellow, double. Japan. 



Tribe 6, Shrubs, herbs. Lvs. usually compound. Petals 5-4-8-9. 

 Calyx usually oalyculate ; sta. oo ; ova. 2-5-10- oo, 1-ovuled. 1. Wald- 

 steinia, low herbs, fls. yellow. W. geoldes, Hungary. 'W.fragari- 

 oides, N., XJ. S. ; S. along AUeghenies. 2. Potentilla, Cinquefoil ; 

 2|. herbs or low shrubs ; about 100 spec, both .worlds ; lvs. often 6- 

 foliolate ; fls. white, yellow, red, crimson, showy, P. anserina, Sil- 

 ver Weed, Goosb-Gbass; Q|. herb; sts. creeping; fls. yellow, sol. 

 N. Eng. to Can. P. nepaUnsis, fls. large, red. Himalayas. 3. Dryas. 

 Elegant little evergreens (lvs simple), fls. 8-9.-merous, large, white or 

 yellow; akaines with feathered tails. D. integrifblia, White Mts., 

 N. H. D. octopeiala, mts., Gt. Brit. 4. Dryaddnthe Bungedma, only 

 spec, sillcy dwarf 2'-i' high, in dense tufts ; fls. 4-merons. Altai 

 Mts. 6. Geum, herbs ; many spec, both worlds ; fls. yellow, purple, 

 crimson, showy. 6. Fragaria, Strawberry : herbs ; several spec. ; 

 fls. white (yellow in last), fr. red, consisting of the fle.shy torus with 

 akaines embedded. See Lesson XXVIII. F. vesca, Alpine S., 

 Wood S., Eur. PI., Pig. 175,. A. F. eldtioi-, Hactbois S., Eur. F. 

 virginidna, XJ. S. , original of Virginia Scarlet S. F. chilensia, 

 Chili to Oregon, original of Pine S. F. indica, Indian S. ; like the 

 others, but fls. yellow, fr. insipid. E. India ; wild in S. States. 



Tribe 7. Shrubs, rarely perenn. Herbs. Lvs. usually compound. 

 Petals 5. Calyx ebracteate. Ova. oo, 2-ovuled, 1 ovule abortive ; fr. 

 consisting of fleshy drupelets on a conical dry or fleshy torus. See 

 Lesson XXVIII. Only gen., Riibus. 5 spec (Bentham) ; or 45, 

 according as varieties are considered species. 2 Sections : 



See. 1, Raspberries. Drupelets cohering in a mass and separable 

 from the dry torus. R. Idahis, Ked E. Et. perenn., stems (called 

 canes) biennial. Pis. white, fr. red, luscious. Eur., W. Asiaf 

 abounding on Mt. Ida, whence the specific name. R. strigbsus, 

 Wild Red E. Similar, perhaps a var. Can., N., U. S. R. occi- 



