Oedbb 47.— rosacea 326 



adeftdlx poison, residing chiefly In the kenwle. — Of the Rosaceie, as omamental flovering shruba, 

 it is ficnrcely necessary to epeok, neither of its many deliclouB fruits, as the AppI^ Pear, QiilDoe, 

 Aprlcotf Peacli, Plum, Cherry, Strawberry, Blackberry and Raspberry. 



SUBOBDERS, TRIBES AND GENERA. 

 S SuBOEDEE I. SANGUIBORBE^. Carpels 1 (rarely 2— i). Petals 0. Herbs, (a) 



a Stamens 1 to 4, stylo lateral. Flowers scattered Auhiemilla. 1 



u, Stamens 4, style terminal. Flowers in dense spikes Sanodisorba ft 



tt Stftmons 00, stylo termiDiU, stigma fringed. Fls. spicato I*0TEiunM $ 



$ SuBOUDEU II. CHRYSOBALANEjE. Carpel 1, style lateral. Petals 5. 



Shrubs ClIRTeOBALANUH. 4 



$ SuBOEDEK III. AMTGDALE.fi. Carpel 1, style tcrmlnaL Pet. 5. Trets, Ac. (b) 



b Stone smooth, globular. Frnit smooth but not glaucous Cbkasits. 5 



b Stone smooth, flattened. Fruit glaucous with bloom, or downy. Prunus 6 



b Stone roughened with pits and furrows.— Fruit pulpy ....Peksica 7 



— Fruit dry Amtodalvs 8 



% SuBOBDRB lY. FOM£.£. Carpels 2 to 6, consolidated with the calyx. Fr. a pome, (c) 



Ovary half-superior, 2-carpeled. Leaves very thick, lucid Piiotina 9 



C Ovary inferior, — Petals bearded. Radicle retracted Ertobotrta 10 



—Petals smooth, — oblong-spatulate Aurlanchier 11 



— roundish. — Carpels 1-seedod Crat.bg us IS 



— Carpels 2-seedod Pyeus IS 



—Carpels oo -seeded CTDCfi a 14 



% Suborder V, ROS£.<E. Carpels 3 to 50, free, in an open or closed calyx. (*) 



* Tribe 1. Rosinn.*!. Carp, l-seeded achenia Inclosed in the calyx tube, (d) 



* Tribe 3, Fragakidea. Carp. l-e«eded. ' Achenia dry or pulpy in an open calyx, (e) 



* Tribe 8, SpiridejB. Carpels several-seeded follicles in an open calyx, (f ) 



d Carpels many, in the fleshy calyx. Fls. often double Rosa. U 



' d Carpels 2 only, in the dry, fluted, echinate calyx Agrimoitia. It 



e Styles persistent on the dry achenia. Petals 8 or 9 Dryas. IT 



e Styles persistent on the dry achenia. Petals 6 Qeum. IS 



e Styles daciduous,— Calyx bractless. Fr. aheap of pulpy achenia Rubus, 19 



— Calyx bractless. Ach. dryish. Sepals unequal Daub arda. 20 



— Calyx braotleSB-or minutely bracteoled. Sep. equal . . "Wal^steinia. 21 



— Calyx bracteolate,— Receptacle pulpy, globular, red.FRAGARiA. W 



— Recept spongy,glob.Fi3. purple. Com abum. 28 



— Receptacle dry. — Stamens 00 , , Potentilla. 24 



— Stamens 6. . .Sidbaldia. 26 



f FoUielcs 3 to lO-seeded, Petils obovate, cyanic SpiRiEA. 2ft 



f Follicles 2 to 4-seeded. Petals lance-linear, cyanic Oillehia. 27 



f Follicles l-seeded. Petals multiplied, orange^yellow Kebria. 28 



1. ALCHEMIL'LA, L. Ladies' Mantle. (The plant is called in 

 Arabic dlMmelyeh,) Calyx 4-toothed, with 4 external bracteoles ; pe- 

 tals ; stamens 1 to 4, carpels (1 to 4) mostly solitary, with the style 

 lateral, stigma capitate ; seed Buspended. — Herbs with palmate-lobed m 

 incised Ivs. and small green fis. 



X A. arv^nais Scop. Parsley Piert. Lvs. incisely 3-Iobed or parted, the seg- 

 ments 2 or 3-cleft, pubeacent, cuneate at base; fls. axillary, claatered. — J) Waste 

 groands, E. Va. A worthless weed, bo smaJl as to be easily overlooked. 

 2 A. alpinua L. Lvs. radical, silky beneath, digitately 5 to 7-foliate, segm. ob- 

 lanceolate, cuneiform at base, incisely serrate at apex; fls. corymbous. — "On the 

 peaks of high mts., Yt. and N. H." (Pursh). But the plant has never been re- 

 discovered there. It is an elegant plant, sometimes cultivated. Common in Eur. 



2- SANGUISOR'BA, L. Buenet. Saxifrage. (Lat. sanguis, sor- 

 here, to absorb blood ; the plant is esteemed a vulnerary.) Calyx tube 

 4-sided, 2 or 3-bracted at base ; limb 4-parted ; petals ; stamens 4, 

 opposite the calyx segments; filaments dilated upward ; style 1, filiform; 

 acheninm dry, included in the calyx. — Herbs with unequally pinnate 

 lvs. Fls. in dense spikes. 



