sFiRjEA, ICOSANDRIA. DI-PENTAGYNIA. 483 



pinnate, shining ; spikes slender, in an oblong-panicle ; 

 flowers trigynous, perfect. Pursh FL I. p. 343. S. 

 Aruncus /9. hermaphrodila JM i c h. FL I. p. 294. S. Aruncus 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 5C 1 . J\I ti h I. Cat. p. 5 1 . 



Hoot perennial. Stem 4 — 6 feet high. Flowers while. 



Hab. On moutitains. Pennsylvania. Pursh and Muhlen- 

 berg. On the Catskill MuuiUainsj New-York. Eatori. 

 June. Goat's-beard, 



S. S. lobafa J acq.: leaves pinnate, smooth; terminal 

 leaflet much larger, and 7-lobed ; lateral leaflets 3-lobed ; co- 

 rymbs proliferous. Wit Id. Spec. II. p. 1062. J a c q. 

 Hort. I. p. 38. t. 88. M i c h, FL I. p. 294. Pursh FL 

 1. p. 343. E iliott Sk.L ^,5161. S.palmata Lin, Siipp. 

 362. 



.Root perennial. Leaflets somewhat palmately lobed ; lobes lan- 

 ceolate, doubly serrate. Cyme compound. Flowers rosC'CO- 

 lour, with 3 — 5 styles. Mich. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. June, Mu hlenbe rg. 



324. GILLENIA, Moench, 



Calyx tubular- campanulate ; border 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla partly unequal. Petals 5, lanceolate, attenuate at 

 the base. Stamens few, included. Styles 5. Cap- 

 • sides 5, connate at the base, opening on the inner side, 

 each 2-sceded. Moench Meth. Supp. p. 286. 

 Nutt. G^;?. I. p. 366. Spiraea ^j&/>. X., &c, 



l.G. Irifoliata Moench: leaves ternate, lanceolate, 

 serrate, subequal ; stipules linear, entire ; flowers in terminal 

 loose panicles, Moench I.e. Nutt. Gen. I. p, 307. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p, 562. Spir^a trifoliata L, W Hid, 

 Spec. II. p. 1063. " M ilL ic, t. 252. BoL Mag. t. 489. 

 Mich. FL I. p. 294. Pursh FL I. p. 343. Big 

 Med. Bat. III. p. 11 . t. 4K Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. I. t. 5. 

 FiLiPENDULA foliis tematis. Gron, Virg. 55. Cold, 

 Noveb. 117. 



Root perennial, fibrous. Stem herbaceous, 2 feet or more high, 

 branched, reddish, smooth. Leaves all ternate ; leaflets obo- 



' vate-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply and unequally serrate, pu- 

 bescent beneath. Stifiules small, mostly entire. Flowers large, 

 in loose panicles at the extremity of the branches. Calyx tu- 

 bnlar-<:ampanulate, smooth, with 5 acute erect teeth. Petals 

 nearly an inch long, white, tapering at the base, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens about 15, scarcely longer than the calyx; filaments 

 smooth: anthers roundish. -Sft/Zes 5, contiguous; stigmas ca- 



