106 26. ROSACES. 
12. Dryas Linn. 
1. D. octopetala (L.); 1. crenate-serrate obtuse, sep. 3 or 4 
times as long as broad more or less pointed, base of the cal. 
hemispherical.— E. B. 451. St. 20. 3.—Fl. large, white. Pet. 8. 
L. simple, white with fine dense woolly pubescence beneath. St. 
prostrate, woody. Seeds obovate-oblong apiculate—a. Sep. 
acute, covered with red hairs. lL. ovate-oblong, deeply cut into 
large rounded lobes; under side of the petiole and midrib green, 
bearing minute linear pellucid fringed scales mixed with long 
hairs, midrib and lateral ribs sparingly hairy and conspicuous.— 
8. pilosa (Bab.). Sep. slightly pointed, covered with nearly 
black hairs. L. oblong or ovate-oblong, deeply cut into large 
slightly acute lobes; under side of the petioles and midrib dark 
red, hairy but without scales, midrib and lateral ribs covered 
with long white hairs and inconspicuous. Awn longer and more 
feathery.—Alpme situations, particularly on limestone. 8. County 
of Clare, Ireland. P. VI. VII. 
2. D. depressa (Bab.); 1. crenate-serrate obtuse, sep. twice as 
long as broad blunt and rounded at the end, base of the calyx 
truncate nearly flat.—A. N. H. x. 183. t. 7 (calyx and leaf)— 
Fl. large (white or yellowish?). Pet.8. L. ovate, deeply cut 
into large rounded lobes, white with fine dense woolly pubescence 
beneath ; under side of the petiole and midrib green, bearmg 
minute pellucid fringed scales mixed with long hairs. Stems 
prostrate, woody. I have not seen recent petals——Ben Bulben, 
Sligo. P. VI. VII. 
13. Geum Linn. 
1. G. urbanum (L.); fl. erect, pet. obovate, eal. of the fruit re- 
flexed, carpophore 0, lower joint of the awn much longer than the 
glabrous upper joint, radical |. interruptedly pmnate and lyrate, 
stem-l. ternate, stip. large rounded jlobed and cut.—E. B. 1400. 
St.5.7.—St. 2 feet high. Fl. small, bright yellow, calyx green. 
Upper joint of the awn with a few minute hairs at its base.— 
Hedges and thickets. P. VI.—VIII. Wood Avens. 
2. G. intermedium (Ehrh.); fl. erect or nodding, pet. roundish 
with a wedgeshaped claw, cal. of the fruit patent, carpophore 0, 
lower joint of the awn longer than the hairy upper joint, radical 1. 
interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, stemel. 3-lobed, stipules round 
toothed.—St. 1—2 feet high. FI. larger than those of G. urba- 
num less than in G. rivale, yellow, calyx purplish. Upper joint 
of the awn covered with long hairs but with a rather long gla- 
brous point.—Damp woods. P. VI. VII. 
3. G. riwale (L.); fl. nodding, pet. broadly obovate emarginate 
or obcordate with a long wedgeshaped claw, cal. of the fruit 
erect, carpophore elongated, lower joint of the awn equalling the 
