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tcrmediate ones much smaller. FI. yellowish white tinged with 
red. Pet. ohovate. — Dry chalky and limestone j)astures. P. 
VI. VII. Dropwort. F. S. 
Tribe III. Dryadea. 
3. Dry AS Linn. 
1. D. octopetala (L.); 1. crenate-serrate obtuse, sep. 3 or 4 
times as long as broad more or less ])ointed, base of the cal. 
hemispherical. — E. B. 451. Sf. 20. 3. — FI. large, white. Pet. 8. 
L. simj)le, white with fine dense woolly pubescence beneath. St. 
j)rostrate, woody. Seeds obovate-oblong apiculate. — o. Sep. 
acute, covered with red hairs. L. ovate- oblong, deeply cut into 
large rounded lobes ; under side of the petiole and midrib green, 
bearing minute linear ])cllucid fringed scales mixed with long 
hairs, midrib and lateral ribs sj)aringly bairy and conspicuous. — 
/3. pilosa (Bab.). Sep. slightly pointed, covered with nearly 
black hairs. L. oblong or ovate-oblong, deeply cut into large 
slightly acute lobes ; under side of the ])etioles and midrib dark 
red, hairy but witbout scales, midrib and lateral ribs covered 
with long white hairs and inconsj)icuous. Ami longer and more 
feathery. — Alpine situations, j)artieularly 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. — A. N. H. x. 183. t. 7 (ciilyx and leaf). — 
FI. 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 micb’ib green, bearing 
minute pellucid fringed scales mixed with long hairs. Stems 
])rostrate, woody. 1 have not seen recent petals. — Ben Bulben, 
Sligo. P. VI. Vll. 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 1. ternate, stip. large rounded lobed and cut. — E. B. 1400. 
St. 5. 7. — St. 2 feet high. FI. small, bright yeOow, calyx green. 
Upper joint of the awm with a few minute hairs at its base. — 
Hedges and thickets. P. VI. — VIII. IVood Avens. 
2. G. intermedium (Ehrh.) ; fl. erect or nodding, j>et. roundish 
with a wedgeshaped claw, cal. of the fruit patent, carpophore 0, 
lower joint of the awn longer than the hairy upper joint, rachcal 1. 
interruptedly pinnate and lyrate, stem 1. 3-lobed, stipules round 
