No. 88- SPIREA. 9t 



ed ; dose of the powder 10 to £0 grains, in honey ; a 

 ood worm syrup is made also with it, united to mild 



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purgatives. Much used in Louisiana, where it is called 

 Serpentine. The Osages use it as a sudorific and seda- 

 tive in acute diseases. Ives recommends it in the fever 

 of children, called worm fever, (although not always at- 

 tended with worms) seated in the bowels, and known by 

 flushed cheeks and lips ; he also deems it useful in 

 dysentery. A vinous infusion has been found useful in 

 intermittents, the protracted remittent fever of infants, 

 convulsions of children, &c. It appears peculiarly suita- 

 ble for their diseases. The S. anthelmica of the West 

 Indies, is also vermifuge, as the name implies. 



No. 88, SPIREA TOMENTOSA. 



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Names. Red Meadow-sweet* Fr. Ulmaire discc 

 Vulgar. Hardhack, Steeple Bush, Rosy Bush, Vi 



leaf. 



Classif. Nat. Order of Spiracea. Icosandria penta- 

 gynia L. 



Genus Spirea. Calyx 6 cleft. Five petals, equal 



rounded. Many stamens ovi the calyx, exserted. ris- 



tils 3 to 12. Capsules 3 to 12, one celled, bivalve, each 

 i or two seeded. 



Sp, Spirea tomentosa. L- Stem simple, shrubby, erect; 

 leaves ovate lanceolate, unequally serrate, tomentose 

 beneath : spikes terminal compound, flowers crowded, 

 pentagvnous. 



DESCRIPTION. Small shrub, with many sterna, 2 



or 4 feet high, simple, upright, purplish, downy, terete. 

 Leaves alternate, crowded, on very short petioles, ob» 

 long or oval lanceolate, subacute at both end», with un- 

 equal acute serratures, dark green or brownish above, 

 and rugose, white and tomentose beneath. Flowers ter- 

 minal, m a kind of terminal panide, of a handsome red 

 color, formed by compound spikes of small subsessile 

 flowers. Calyx campanulate, with 5 acute segments. 

 Five round petals. Five pistils and capsules. 



