608 ROSACEAE 
hypanthium hemispherie, less than s res 
high, glabrous: ges De or pin 
the bud, about long: 
oblanceolate, a mm. Es 
SWEET.  MEADO 
SPIREA.) — Moist slopes, meadows 
rocky banks, various provinces, in Coastal 
Plain only N, N. C. to Sask. and Newf.— 
Sum. | 
2. S. alba Du Roi. Shrub with puberulent 
3~ long, s ly serrate z 
puberulent on the veins: hypanthium puberu- 
lent, about 1 mm. high: petals pu about 
2 mm. long: follicles oblanceolate, about 3.5 
mm. long.—(MEADOW-SWEET. EADOW-SPIREA.)— Wet thickets and erie 
various provinces N of Coastal Plain, N. C. to Mo., Ont., and N. Y.—Sum 
3. S. subcanescens Rydb. Shrub somewhat resembling S. tomentosa in habit 
but with the stem and branches less densely pubescent: leaf-blades thinnish, 
but firm, lanceolate to e seat gue cirri ie at both d sharply and finely 
serrate, slightly pubescent a , tomentulose beneath: sepals re aa 
pink, suborbienlar, aon t 2 mm. wide: “follicles glabrous, about 2 
Woods, near Anderson, P Piedmont of S. C—Sum.—This may bee a ped 
between ri tomentosa and S. alba. 
4. S. tomentosa L. Shrub 3-15 dm. tall: leaf-blades d tomentose be- 
neath: flowers stout-pedicelled: sepals ciliate: petals rose-colored 2s rare 1y 
d 1- a Dao earpels and follicles pubescent, the We 2.5 mm 
ong.—(H K. oe E and meadows, various uum 
in Coastal “Plain pus N, Ga. to Kans., Man., and N. S.—Sum. 
5. S. virginiana Britton. Straggling shrub: leaf-blades 2-6 cm. long: longer 
stamens about twice as long as the sepals: staminodia sees petals white, 
about 2 mm. in diameter.— (MOUNTAIN MEADOW-SWEET E y banks, Blue 
Ridge and Appalachian Plateau, Tenn. to W. Va.—Spr.—s 
6. S. corymbosa Raf. Erect e leaf-blades 2-10 em. long: longer stamens 
TE a E dong as the sepals: uae minodia depressed: petals white, about 
1.5 er.—(Dw. a REA.)—Rocky banks and acid soil, Blue 
Ridge, « Ed n adj. hire isle Ga. to W. Va. and N. J.—Spr.-sum 
3. ARUNCUS Eo Perennial herbs.  Leaf-blades twice or thrice 
pinnately compound. Flowers dioecious, very many, borne in panicled narrow 
racemes. Se e deltoid » us ngular. Petals broad, white. Stamens numer- 
conspic : filaments elongate. Carpels mostly 3: styles short or 
PX Folliclos ereet or deflexed.—About 5 species, natives of North 
America and Eurasia.—Spr.-sum.—QGOAT'S-BEARDS.  BRIDE'S-FEATHERS 
Style short, much shorter ue ni carpel-body during anthesis: follicle-bodies nar- 
rowly ellipsoid, about 3 nee 1. A. Aruncus. 
Style long, about as long ae "carpe -body during anthesis: 
ollicle-bodies turgid, pos or ovoid, about 2 mm. lon 
Mature carpel-bodies ovoid, sometimes apparen ntly ellipsoid 
hen dry, the beaks m mostly spreading: leaflets decidedly 
eath. . A. pubescens. 
"m. carpel-bodies oval, sometimes apparently ovoid when 
he beaks osiy erect: leaflets glabrous or nearly so. 3. A. allegheniensis. 
