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5. Potextella. Cal. flat open cup-sliaped double o-fo- 
rarely 4+4-partite, the outer segments smaller. Pet. 5 
rarely 4 broadly rounded or heart-shaped. Stam. many. 
Style lateral short deciduous. Fr. dry of many small ach. 
placed upon a flattish conyex hairy dry recept. Seed 
pendulous. — Mostly per. herbs or f^E;. L. compound. FI. 
y., sometimes w., r., or atropurpureous, mostly cymose. 
6. Fragaria. Cal., cor., and stam. as in PotentUla. % Pet. 5 
oboyate. Style lateral marcescent. Fr. succulent com- 
posed of many hard dry carpels or ach. seated on an oyoidal 
or globose succulent or juicy deciduous recept. Seed pen- 
dulous. — Stoloniferous per. herbs. L. trifoliate. FI. w. 
Fr. edible fragrant r. or w. 
7. Pubes. Cal. flat open cup-shaped simple o-partite. Pet. 5. 
Stam. many. Style nearly terminal marcescent, Fr. iuicv 
•> w v f U m 
composed of several or many succulent distmct or sub- 
contiuent drupes seated on a convex or conical spongy soft 
or dry recept. Carpel hard bony wrinkled. Seed pendulous. 
— Shr. with prickly mostly rampant st. and leafstalks. L. 
palmate or pedate. FI. w. or rose, paniculate. Fr. mostly 
scentless, often edible, black or dark v.-blue, rarely red or 
pale ochraceous-w. 
Tribe HI. ROSEJE. 
The Pose Tribe. 
Fr. (a hep, cynarrhode ) composed of many indehiscent dry 
hard bony 1-seeded carpels or ach. enclosed in the enlarged 
fleshy or pulpy cal. -tube, which is crowned with the persistent 
sep. — Prickly shr. with pinnate 1. and large conspicuous fragrant 
fl. Fr. scentless scarcely edible. 
8. Posa. Cal. simple 5- fid, tube urceolate contracted and 
annularly callous at the mouth, lined with bristles ; sep. in 
bud subspirally twisted, often pinnate. Pet. 5 spirally im- 
bricate in bud. Stam. many. Styles lateral free or united 
upwards. Carpels or ach. numerous small bony inserted 
on the inside of the cal. -tube. — Stip. attached to petioles. 
Fl. w., r., pink or purple, rarely y., often (by cult.) double. 
Fr. red, rarely black. 
Tribe I. Sanguisorbece. 
1. Potebioi L. 
1. P. verrucosum Ehrenb. 
Herbaceous more or less hairy-pubescent ; st. angular, hirsute 
