156 ROSE ORDER 



Dryas Linne 1753 Dryas 



(Gr. dryas, wood-nymph) 



PI. 26, fig. 1. 



Sepals 8-9, united, petals 8-9, white or yellow, stamens many on the 

 calyx, pistils many, style terminal, persistent, becoming long and plumy in 

 fruit ; flowers solitary on leafless stalks ; leaves simple, white beneath ; low, 

 tufted, herbaceous shrub. 



Stems in a dense carpet; flowers-stalks 1-8 in. high; 

 leaves oblong to obovate, 1-3 cm. long; flowers 2-3 

 cm. wide D. octopetala 



Drymocallis Fournier 1868 



(Gr. dry m os, oak-wood, kallis, beauty) 



PI. 25, fig. 6. 



Sepals 5, united into a saucer-shaped calyx with 5 alternating bract- 

 lets, petals 5, creamy-white to yellow, stamens 20-30, in 5 groups, style in- 

 serted near the base of the ovary, thickened and glandular a little below the 

 middle and tapering at both ends, stigma tiny ; flowers in cymes ; leaves 

 pinnate, usually sticky-hairy ; perennial. 

 Stems .5-4 ft. high ; leaves usually sticky-glandular, 

 more rarely smooth ; flowers white, yellowish, or 

 yellow ; petals shorter, equalling or longer than the 

 sepals D. arguta 



Fallugia Endlicher 1840 



(Named for Fallugio, an Italian botanist) 



PL 26, fig. 2. 



Sepals 5, united into a top-shaped calyx, with alternate narrow bract- 

 lets, petals 5, white, stamens many, inserted in 3 rows with petals upon 

 the calyx, pistils several, enclosed in the calyx, style lateral, persistent, hairy 

 at the base ; flowers clustered ; leaves pinnately lobed ; low shrub. 

 Stems .5-2 ft. high ; leaves hairy, lobes linear, 3-10 mm. 



long; flowers 1.5-3 cm. wide F. paradoxa 



Fragaria Linne 1753 Strawberry 

 (Lat. fragum, strawberry) 



Sepals 5, forming a top-shaped tube with 5 alternating bracts, petals 

 5, white, stamens many, pistils many on a convex or globoid receptacle which 



