ROSACEA. 101 



1. G. trifoliata, Moench. Indian Physic. 



Leaves ternate: leaflets lanceolate or ovate-oblong,, pointed irregularly cutrterrate ; 

 stipules small, awl-shapeil, entire. 



Rich shady woods; common. June. A handsome plant 2 to 3 feet high, slender 

 and nearly smooth. Lower leaves petiolate; leaflets 2 to 4 inches long, x /^ as wide, 



Subescent beneath, sub-sessile. FUrwers axillaiy and terminal, few. nearly whit*, 

 [edicinal. 



2. sttpulacea, Nutt. American Ipecac. 



Radical leaves pinnatifid; those of the stern alternate; Icajlts serrate, deeply 

 Incised ; stipules large and leaf-like, doubly incised and clasping. 



Western part of the State. June. Stem 2 to 3 feet hifih, branching. Readily 

 •distinguished from the former by the large clasping stipules, Floutrs few. rose- 

 colored. Medicinal. 



Tribe 2. DRYADE.E. The Bramble Tribe. 



Pittilt mostly numerous, farming seed W.e achenia or little drupes in fruit. 



7. AGRIMONIA. Toum. Agrimony. 



Calyx 5-cleft; tube top-shaped, contracted at the throar, 

 armed with hooked bristles above, indurated and enclosing 

 the fruit; limb 5-cleft, closed after flowering. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 12 to 15, inserted with the petals upon the calyx. 

 Achenia 2, invested by the hardened calyx. Styles ter- 

 minal. — Perennial herbs, with interruptedly pinnate leaves 

 and yellow flowers in slender-spiked racemes; bracts S-cb/t, 



1. A. Eutatoria, L. Common Acrimony. 



Stem and stalks hairy; leaflets oblong-ovate, crenate dentate, the terminal ona 

 petiolcd; spile long and slender, terminal, many-flowered; petals twice the length 

 of the calyx; fruit distant, top-shaped, hisped, smooth at br.se. 



Borders of woods and hedges; common. Jul}- — Sept. Stem 1 to 3 feet high, 

 branching, leafy. Leaflets 2—5 — 7, with small ones interposed, nearly smooth. 

 Racemes to 12 inches Ion?, spicate. Flowers yellow, about % inch in diameter 

 on very short pedicels. Oalyx tube fluted with 10 ribs, and surrounded with red- 

 dish hooked bristles. 



2. A. PARYIFLORA, Ait. SmaU-floicered Agrimony. 



Sttm and stalks bri>tly with brownish spreading hairs. Letfltts numerous, 

 lin ar-lanceolate. incisdy serrate, crowded, 11 to 19, with smaller ones intermixed; 

 jpi/.eslong and slender; petals small. 



Woods and dry meadows. July, Aug. Skm 3 to 4 feet high. Leaflets 2 to, 3 

 Inches by % to Y z . Flowers pale yellow, numerous, iu long slender racemes. 

 f. -uit r<. undish divi ricately hispid. 



8. SANGUISQRBA. Linr,. Great Burnet. 



Lai. sanguis, blood, sorbeo, to absorb, the plants having been esteemed as vulnerarkt. 



Flowers perfect or rarely polygamous. Calyx 4-eleft 

 with 2 to 3 scales or bracts at base externally. Petals 

 Hone. Stamens 4 ; the filaments usually enlarged upward* 



