SPIR^ACEiE. III. SPIRJEA. IV. GlLLENIA. 



521 



s. 





MeadoTV'Stveet. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



49 S. DENUDA^TA (Prcsl. fl. cech. 101.) leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate, green, and glabrous on both surfaces ; leaflets coarsely 

 serrated, terminal one the largest and 3-lobed ; sepals reflexed ; 

 carpels glabrous, twisted. %. H. Native of Sicily and the 

 south of Europe. S. ulmarioides, Bory, voy. sout. p. 124. S. 

 ulmaria/3, denude ta, Cambess. 1. c. p. 380. Stem and pedun- 

 cles smoothish. Flowers white, sweet scented, disposed in 

 compound cymes. 



iVa^ed-leaved Meadow-sweet. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.? PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



50 S. xoBA^A (Murr. syst. ed. 14. p. 472.) leaves palmately 

 pinnate, glabrous beneath ; lower leaves palmately bipinnate ; 

 stipulas reniform ; styles short ; sepals reflexed ; carpels gla- 



56 S. filipe'ndula (Lin. spec. 702.) root tuberous ; leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate; leaflets uniform, oblong-linear, acutely 

 toothed ; stipulas somewhat reniform, clasping the stem, toothed ; 

 corymbs loose ; sepals reflexed ; carpels parallel, villous, nu- 

 merous ; stigmas thick. If.. H. Native of Europe, in mea- 

 dows, and very common in high pastures on a calcareous soil. 

 Smith, engl. hot. 284. Oed. fl. dan. 635.— Black, herb. 647. 

 Root consisting of tubers hanging by threads, hence called Fill' 

 pendula or Dropwort, Flowers w^hite inside and red on the 

 outside, sweet-scented, disposed in loose terminal corymbs. 

 The whole herb is astringent, and was formerly used in medi- 

 cine, but it IS now altogether neglected. 



Var. a, vulgaris (Cambess. 1. c. p. 379.) stems tall, and are as 



S. palm^ta, Lin. fil. 

 FIG. Q6. 



brous, parallel, not curved, "l^.. H. Native of North Ame- well as the leaves glabrous; leaves with scabrous margins; 

 rica. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 38. t. 88. 

 butnotofThunb. norPall. Leaf- 

 lets lobed, terminal ones 5-lobed, 

 lateral ones 3-lobed. Flowers 

 red, disposed in compound cymes. 

 ZoJed-leaved Meadow-sweet. 



Clt, 1765. PI. 



Fl. July, Aug. 

 2 feet. 



51 S. PALMVTA(Thunb. fl.jap. 

 212, but not of Lin. nor 



leaves 5.7-lobed; lobes oblong, 

 acuminated, acutely and 

 serrated. 



Pall.) 



fan. Cambess. 

 lowers 



white 



or 



doubly 

 Native of Ja- 



p. 384. 

 Panicle 



1. c. 

 red. 



cymose, decompound. It comes 

 nearest to S. opuli/olia, according 

 io Thunberg. 



Pa/ma/e-leaved Meadow-sweet. 

 Pi- 1 to 2 feet. 

 52 



teeth usually piliferous at the apex. 



Far. /3, multiplex (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 546.) flowers 

 double. Cultivated in gardens. 



Far. y, minor (Cambess. 1. c. p. 380.) stem humble ; leaves 

 nouch smaller. 



Far^ Ey pubescens (Cambess. 1. c. p. 379.) leaves clothed with 

 hairy pubescence, if . H. 

 chateau. 



Native of Provence, about Fon- 



Dropwort, 

 Cult. 



S. pubescens, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 546. 



Britain. 



Fl. June, Oct. 



PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



The hardy shrubby species of Spirce'a are very pretty 

 when in flower, and are therefore well adapted for shrubberies ; 

 they thrive well in any soil, and are easily increased by cuttings 

 or layers. The greenhouse species are also of easy cultivation. 

 The hardy herbaceous kinds will grow in any kind of soil, but 

 prefer a moist situation ; they are well fitted for flower borders, 

 and are increased by dividing the plants at the root. 



IV. GILLE'NIA (probably from Gillen, the name of some 



Nutt. gen. amer. 1. 



Fl.June, Aug. Clt. 1823. obscure botanist).. Moench. suppl. 286. 



p. 307. D. C. prod. 2. p. 546. — Spirae'a species of Lin. Cam- 



LlN. SYST. 



Icosdndria, Pentagynia» 

 Petals 



x^n. 



S. Kamtscha TXCA (Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 41. t. 28.) leaves bess. and others^ 

 plmately lobed, upper stem leaves somewhat hastate or lanceo- 

 rl' P^'^^^^^ appendiculate; flowers corymbose ; sepals pilose, 

 ^nexed ; carpels very hairy, parallel ; styles subcapitate. 



Native of Kamtschatka and Behring's Island. Cam- 



ss, 1. c, 385. Root leaves often a foot wide and 8 inches long, 

 ratTr**^ ^airs beneath, 5-lobed; lobes acute, doubly ser- 



ted, lower stem leaves 3-lobed. Flowers white, sweet-scent* 



g^J" than those of S. Ulmaria^ disposed in branched cymes. 



^amtschatka Meadow-sweet. PL 6 to 9 feet, 

 tos h ^^STfxA (Wall, mss.) leaves cordate, 5-lobed, tomen- 

 with ^"^^*'^» sharply and unequally serrated ; petioles furnished 

 ^^ n numerous unequal leaflets, generally the 2 in the centre 



ry large; flowers corymbose^ terminal. %. H. Native of acuminated, entire- l/.H. Na- 

 ^amaon. Flowers white. Like S. Kamtschdtica and S. Ulmaria. 



^Jothed Meadow-sweet. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



Calyx tubularly cam- 



panulate, 5-cleft. Petals 5, linear-lanceolate (f. 67. c), con- 

 tracted near the claws, rather unequal, rising from the top of 

 the calycine tube. Stamens 10-15, inclosed (f. G7. b.). Car- 

 pels 5, terminated by a fihform erect style (f. 67. d.)^ which is 

 capitate at the apex, somewhat connate into a 5-celled capsule. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented, with 2 seeds in each cell. — Perennial herbs, with trifoliate leaves 



and stalked ^errated leaflets. Flowers from white to red, axil- 

 Roots emetic and 



lary and terminal, on very long peduncles. 



cathartic. 



1 G. TRiPoxiA^TA (Moench. 

 suppl. p. 286.) stipulas linear. 



FIG. Q7. 



tive of North America, in shady 

 humid woods, from Florida 



lea • ^^'^^^u^'i'OBA (Baumg. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 503.) Canada. Spirae'a trifoliata, Lin. 



Igjg^^^^, P'^nately ternate, clothed with white tomentum beneath ; '^^^ ^"-^ ^-^ — ^"^ 



rat A ^^^^^^ 5-cleft, outer one 7-cleft; ; segments acute, ser- 

 ^^f/^ panicle corymbose. 1/. H. "' " " ' ' 



^^re.foterf-leaved Meadow-sweet. 



Native of Transylvania. 



PL 1 to 2 feet, 

 cloth T V^^^'^^^'^^ (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1061.) leaves pinnate, 

 •obed 1^^^^^ towientum beneath; terminal leaflet largest and 7- 

 ^^^y lateral ones 5-lobed; corymbs branched, contracted; 

 IJJT^eis parallel, villous ; styles thickish, capitate. %.n. Na- 

 subal • ^^^ Siberia, in meadows and moist valleys in the 

 PalS^V^^^^'^^ beyond the Baikal, especially in Dauria. S. 

 95^^^' PaU. fl. ross. 1. p. 40. t. 27- itin. 3. append. 735. no. 



Alii i ^* ^* ^"^ ^^^ ^f Thunberg nor Lin. Flowers white, 

 i^^to^'. lobata. 



p^^*g«tofe-leaved Meadow-sweet. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823, 

 *^*- 1 to 2 feet. 



spec. 702. Curt. hot. mag. 486. 

 Bigel. med. hot. t. 41. Mill. fig. 

 171. t. 256. Flowers in panicles. 

 The roots of this plant possess 

 properties analogous to Ipecacu- 

 anha. It requires, however, a 

 larger dose, and then it is not so 

 certain in its efltcts. Some au- 

 thors have attributed a tonic power 

 to the roots of Gillenia in small 

 doses. 



Jul. Clt. 1713. 



PI. 1 \ foot 



Trifoliate Gillenia. Fl. June, 

 2 G.stipulaVea (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 307.) stipulas folia- 



H. Native of North America, 



ceous, ovate, deeply cut. % 



in humid woods from Tennessee to Kentucky. 



3X 



Spira*'a stipu- 



