122 ROSACEA. (rosk family.) 



white. — Rich woods in the northern parts of Alabama, and northward. June. 

 — Stem 2° -3° high. 



2. G. Stipulacea, Nutt. Stipules leafy, ovate, serrate; leaflets lanceo- 

 late, coarsely senate, or the lowest incix-ly lobed j flowers rose-color. — Moun- 

 tains of Alabama, and northward. June. — Stem 2° -3° high. 



6. AGRIMONIA, Tourn. Agrimony. 



Calyx 5-cleft, the tube top-shaped, contracted at the throat, and armed with 

 hooked bristles. Petals 5. Stamens 5-15, inserted on the throat cf the calyx. 

 Achenia 2, included ill the grooved and indurated calyx-tube. — Perennial herbs, 

 with unequally pinnate leaves, leafy toothed stipules, and small yellow flowers 

 in long spiked racemes. Fruit nodding. 



1. A. Eupatoria, L. Stem hairy; leaflets 3-7, with smaller ones below 

 or intermixed, oblong-obovate, hairy, sometimes white-downy beneath, coarsely 

 serrate ; petals twice the length of the calyx. — Dry open woods, Florida to Mis- 

 sissippi, and northward. August. — Stem 2° -3° high. 



2. A. parviflora, Ait. Stem and petioles hirsute; leaflets 9-15, with 

 smaller ones between, lanceolate, coarsely serrate, roughish above, pubescent 

 beneath. — Low ground, chiefly in the upper districts, Mississippi to North Car- 

 olina, and northward. August. — Flowers and fruit smaller than in No. 1. 



3. A. ilicisa, Torr. & Gray. Stem, petioles, and lower surface of the 

 leaves clothed with soft down and long hairs intermixed; leaflets 7-9, small 

 (1' long), oblong or ohovate, coarsely serrate, with smaller ones between; sta- 

 mens 5. — Dry open woods, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. August. — Stem 

 2° high. Flowers small. 



7. SANGUISORBA, L. 



Calyx 4-parted, the tube 4-anglcd. Petals none. Stamens 4, the filaments 

 usually thickened upward. Style terminal, slender. Stigma pencil-form. 

 Achenia 1-2, included in the 4-winged indurated calyx-tube. — Herbs, with 



Unequally pinnate leaves. Flowers in dose beatU or spikes. 



1. S. Canadensis, L. Smooth; leaflets numerous, stalked, cordate- 

 ovate or oblong, serrate; spikes long-peduncled, cylindrical, elongated in fruit; 

 stamens flattened. — Wet meadows, along the Alleghany .Mountains, Georgia, 

 and northward. September. 1J, — Stein 2° -4° high. Lowest leaves on long 



petioles. Flowers white. 



8. ALCHEMILLA, Tourn. 

 Calyx 4-5-parted, and with as many alternate bracts; the tube obeonical, 



contracted at the throat Petals none. Stamens 1 -4. Style lateral. Stigma 



capitate. Achenia 1 - 4, included in the persistent calyx-tube. — Small herbs, 

 with palmately divided leaves, and minute greenish flowers, in corymbs or <lus- 



