An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 16. CHAMAERHODOS Bunge, in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i: 429. 1829. Perennial or biennial herbs, with ternately divided leaves, and small perfect cymose flowers. Calyx ebracteolate, small, 5-cleft. Petals obovate or cuneate, somewhat clawed. Stamens 5, opposite the calyx-segments; filaments short, subulate, persistent. Pistils
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 16. CHAMAERHODOS Bunge, in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i: 429. 1829. Perennial or biennial herbs, with ternately divided leaves, and small perfect cymose flowers. Calyx ebracteolate, small, 5-cleft. Petals obovate or cuneate, somewhat clawed. Stamens 5, opposite the calyx-segments; filaments short, subulate, persistent. Pistils 5-20; style fih form, 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: Chamaerhodos allaica (L.) Bunge. I. Chamaerhodos Nuttallii (T. &; G.) Pick- ering. American Chamaerhodos. Fig. 2261. C. erecia Xullallii T. &; G. Fl. X. A. i : 433. 1840. C. Nultallii Pickering; Rydb. N. Am. Fl. 22: 377. 1908. Hirsute, glandular, leafy, erect, branched, 1° high or less. Basal leaves 2-4-ternately divided into linear or oblong segments, those of the stem similar, but smaller and less divided; cymes numerous, pan- icled, the panicle-branches ascending; pedicels nearly erect, not longer than the flowers; calyx-tube i'-t*' broad, hispid, the .segments narrowly lanceolate, equalling or somewhat shorter than the white petals. Plains and prairies. -Maska and Wyoming. Minnesota Saskatchewan, 17. ALCHEMILLA I,. Sp. PI. 123. 1753. Perennial herbs, with basal and alternate lobed or digitately compound leaves, adnate stipules, and small perfect greenish cymose or capitate flowers. Calyx persistent, cup-shaped. contracted at the throat. 4-5-lobed, 4-5-bracteol3te. Petals none. Stamens 4, alternate with the sepals; filaments short. Carpel usually solitary; style basal, slender. Achene enclosed in the calyx-tube. Seed ascending, its testa membranous. [Name from its fancied value in alchemy.] Abou
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