VASCULAR PLANTS. Ill 



2. Alchemilla, Toumef. 



Calyx-tube urceolate, peristent, limb 4-part- 

 ed, with as many minute deciduous bractlets. 

 Petals 0. Stamens reduced, 1 to 4. Ovaries 

 1 — 4; styles basilar Fruit 1 — 4 akenes. 21 . 



3. Acaena, Vahl. 



Calyx-tube contracted at tlie throat, oblong, 

 angular, the angles armed with glochidiate 

 prickles; limb persistent. Petals 0. Stamens 

 reduced, 1 — 5. Ovaries 1 — 2; styles terminal; 

 stigmas penicillate. Fruit an akene inclosed in 

 the persistent calyx. IX . 



4. Cercocarpus, hbk 



Calyx-tube cylindrical, persistent; limb tur- 

 binate, 5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 

 multiples of 5. Ovary 1; style terminal, long 

 exserted. Fruit an akene linear, terete, cau- 

 date by the elongated, plumose, twisted style. 



Family LXXVIII. Rosaceae. 



Carpidia oo , 1-ovulate, indehiscent, included 

 in the fleshy tube of the calyx. Stamens oo . 



1- Rosa, Touruef. 



Calyx-tube urceolate, constricted at the 

 throat; limb 5-parted. Petals 5. Styles lat- 

 eral, exserted. Fruit oo -akenes, included in 

 the fleshy calyx-tube. £ . * 



