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ROSACEA. 
slightly acute lobes ; under side of the petioles and midrib dark 
red, hairy but without scales, midrib and lateral ribs covered 
with long white hairs and inconspicuous. Awn longer and more 
feathery. — Alpine situations, particularly on limestone. /3. County 
of Clare, Ireland. P. VI. VII. 
2. D. depressa (Bab.) ; 1. crenate-serrate obtuse, sep. twice as 
long as broad blunt and rounded at the end, base of the calyx 
truncate nearly flat. — Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 183. pi. 7 ■ f- 3. (calyx 
and leaf). — El. large (white or yellowish?). Pet. 8. L. ovate, 
deeply cut into large rounded lobes, white with fine dense woolly 
pubescence beneath ; under side of the petiole and midrib green, 
bearing minute pellucid fringed scales mixed with long hairs. 
Stems prostrate, woody. I have not seen recent petals, but 
suspect that they are yellowish. — Ben Bulben, Sligo. P. VI. 
VII. ' I. 
4. Geum Linn. 
1. G. urbanum (L.) ; fl. erect, pet. obovate, cal. of the fruit re- 
flexed, carpophore 0, lower joint of the awn much longer than the 
glabrous upper joint, radical 1. interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, 
stem I. temate, stip. large rounded lobed and cut. — E. B. 1400. 
St. 5. 7 ■ — St. 2 feet high. Fl. small, bright yellow, calyx green. 
Upper joint of the awn with a few minute hairs at its base. — 
Hedges and thickets. P. VI. — VIII. Wood Avens. 
2. G. intermedium (Ehrh.) ; fl. erect or nodding, pet. roundish 
with a v)cd(jeshaped claw, cal. of the fruit patent, carpophore 0, 
lower joint of the av:n lonyer than the hairy upper joint, radical 1. 
interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, stem 1. 3-lobed, stipules round 
toothed. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. larger than those of G. urba- 
num less than in G. rivale, yellow, calyx purplish. Upper joint 
of the awn covered with long hairs but with a rather long gla- 
brous point. If this plant is not a distinct species I do not 
know to which of the others it shouid be referred. — Damp 
woods. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
3. G. rivale (L.) ; fl. nodding, pet. broadly obovate emarginate 
or obcordate with a long wedgeshaped claw, cal. of the fruit 
erect, carpophore elongated, lower joint of the awn equalling the 
long hairy upper joint, radical 1. interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, 
stem 1. ternate, stip. small ovate toothed. — E. B. 106. St. 3. — 
St. about 1 foot high. Fl. large, purplish brown with darker 
veins, calyx purplish. Head of fruit upon a stalk which is nearly 
as long as the calyx. Upper joint of the awn with a short gla- 
brous point. — Damp woods. P. VI. VII. Water Avens. 
5. Sanguisorba Linn. 
1. S. officinalis (L.) ; spikes ovate-oblong, stam. about as long 
as the calyx, leaflets cordate oblong. — E. B. 1312. — L. pinnate 
