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Gomarum, &c.), or terminated by a feathery style [Dryas, Oercocwrpus) , or drupeoles on 

 a usually dry receptacle {Bubus), sometimes fleshy (Strawberry). Seed pendulous, 

 rarely ascending {Geum, Dryas) ; radicle superior, or rarely inferior. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 



*Rubus. 'Fragaria. Comarum. 



Sibbaldia. *Greum. Dryas. 



'Potentilla. 

 Waldsteinia. 



[Divided by Bentham and Hooker fil. into two tribes ; of which one, Eube^, 

 with an ebracteolate calyx and 2 pendulous ovules, contains but one genus, 

 Buhus ; the other, Potentille^, has usually a bracteolate calyx and always one 

 ovule. — Ed.J 



Teibb-V. 8PIBMAGEJE, D.G. 



Stem woody or herbaceous. 

 Leaves often exstipulate. 

 Mowers 5, axillary or ter- 

 minal, in a raceme, corymb, 



cyme or panicle. Calyx 5- "^^spirma. Diagram. SP*™"- ristil (mag.). 



partite, persistent. Petals 6. •„„^,-„„ 



Stamens numerous. Carpels usually 5, whorled, free, rarely connate, ripening 



