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LXXVI. EOSAGEiE. 



AlchemiUa. 

 Flower (mag.). 



AlchemiUa. ■ 

 Vertical section of flower (mag.). 



Afchemilla vvlgar'ts. 



AlchemiUa. AlchemiUa. 



Stamen (mag.)- Pistil (mag.). 



A Ichemilla, 

 Fruit, entii'e and cut 

 vertically (mj^.). 



Stem herbaceous, rarely woody. Leaves generally compound ; stipules adnatu 

 to the petiole. Flowers terminal, small, g or diclinous ; receptacular cupule of the 

 5 and ? flowers nrceolate, contracted at the top, and bearing a 4-5-3-fid calycinal 

 limb ; calyx of the S flowers 4-phyllous {Poteriwm) or 3-phyllous [Cliffortia) ; petals 

 usually 0, rarely 4. Stamens equal in number to the calyx-lobes {Sanguisorha) , or 

 fewer {Margyricar^iis, Teiragloehin, &c.), or doubk, treble, or multiple {Agrimonia, 

 Aremonia, Cliffortia, Foterinm, &c.). Carpels 1-4, free, enclosed in the receptacular 

 cupnle, ripening into achenes ; styles sub-basilar, lateral or terminal ; stigmas capi- 

 tate c>r penicillate. Seed pendulous ; radicle superior. 



Tribe IV. DRYADEjE, Ventenat. 

 (Rttbe^ et PoTBNTiLLE.*, Beiith. et Hooh.fil.) 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves usually compound ; stipules adnate to the petiole. 

 Flowers g . Calyx S-4-partite, persistent, naked or calyculate, EBstivation Talvate. 

 Petals 5-4. Carpels free, usually numerous, sometimes 5-10, arranged in a head 

 on a convex receptacle ; style ascending from the ventral margin ; ovule solitary 

 [or 2], pendulous, rarely ascending [Geum, Dryas) ; achenes naked {Potentilla, 



