An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 16. CHAMAERHODOS Bunge, in Ledeb. FI. Alt. i: 429. 1829. Perennial or biennial herbs, with ternately divided leaves, and small perfect cymoseflowers. Calyx ebracteolatc, small, 5-cleft. Petals obovate or cuneate, somewhat 5, opposite the calyx-segments; filaments short, subulate, persistent. Pistils 5-20;style filiform, basal. Seed ascending, attached n
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 16. CHAMAERHODOS Bunge, in Ledeb. FI. Alt. i: 429. 1829. Perennial or biennial herbs, with ternately divided leaves, and small perfect cymoseflowers. Calyx ebracteolatc, small, 5-cleft. Petals obovate or cuneate, somewhat 5, opposite the calyx-segments; filaments short, subulate, persistent. Pistils 5-20;style filiform, basal. Seed ascending, attached near the base of the style. [Greek, a low rose.] About 3 species, natives of North .America and Asia. Type species : Chamacrhodos altaica(L.) Bunge. I. Chamaerhodos Nuttallii (T. & G.) Pick-ering. American Chamaerhodos. Fig. C. crecia Xultallii T. & G. FI. X. .-K. 1 : 433. 1840. C. Nuttallii Pickering ; Rydb. N. Am. FI. 22 : 377. 1908. Hirsute, glandular, leafy, erect, branched, 1° highor less. Basal leaves 2-4-ternately divided intolinear or oblong segments, those of the stem similar,but smaller and less divided; cymes numerous, pan-icled, the panicle-branches ascending; pedicels nearlyerect, not longer than the flowers; calyx-tube i-ijbroad, hispid, the segments narrowly lanceolate,equalling or somewhat shorter than the white petals. Plains and prairies. Minnesota to and Wyoming. June-Aug. 17. ALCHEMILLA Sp. PI. 123. 1753. Perennial herbs, with basal and alternate lobed or digitately compound leaves, adnatestipules, and small perfect greenish cymose or capitate flowers. Calyx persistent, cup-shaped,contracted at the throat. 4-5-lobed, 4-s-bracteolate. Petals none. Stamens 4, alternate withthe sepals; filaments short. Carpel usually solitary; style basal, slender, .\chene enc
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