Kerria. XLVIII. rosacea. 257 



quisite beauty, in meadows and prairies, Mich. la. ! to Car. Stem 4 — 8f high. 

 Flowers numerous and exceedingly delicate. Jn. Jl. f 



9. S. FiLiPENDULA. PHde of the Meadoio. — Herbaceous, smooth; Ivs. inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate ; Ifts. pinnatifidly serrate, 9 — 21, with many minute ones in- 

 terposed; stip. large, semicordate, serrate; corymb on a long, terminal pedun- 

 cle. — A very delicate herb, often cultivated. Stems 1 — 3f high. Leaves 3 — 6' 

 long, leaflets 1 — 2' long, linear, the serratures tipped with short bristles. Flow- 

 ers white, 4 or 5" diam. Petals oblong-obovate. Jn. 



10. S. Ulmaria, Double Meadow-sweet. — Herbaceous; Ivs. 2 — 7-foliate, with 

 minute leaflets interposed ; lateral If Is. ovate-lanceolate ; terminal one much 

 larger, palmately 5 — 7-lobed, all doubly serrate, and whitish-tomentose beneath ; 

 stip. reniform, serrate ; panicle corymbose, long-pedunculate. — In gardens, where 

 the numerous white flowers are mostly double. Jl. f — Other species of this 

 beautiful genus are sometimes cultivated. 



22. GILLENIA. Mocnch. 



Gr. yeXaoJ, to laugh ; on account of its exhilarating qualities. 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, contracted at the orifice, 5-cleft ; pe- 

 tals 5, linear-lanceolate, very long, unequal ; stamens 10 — 15, very 

 short ; carpels 5, connate at base ; styles terminal, follicles 2-valved, 

 2 — 4-seeded. — % Herbs with trifoliate^ doubly serrate leaves. 



1. G. TRiFOLiATA. McBUch. (Spirsea. Linn.) Indian Physic. 



Lfts. ovate-oblong, acuminate ; stip. linear-setaceous, entire ; fls. on long 

 pedicels, in pedunculate, corymbose panicles. — In woods, western N. Y. to Ga. 

 A handsome shrub, 2 — 3f high, slender and nearly smooth. Lower leaves pe- 

 tiolate, leaflets 2 — 4' long, ^ as wide, pubescent beneath, subsessile. Flowers 

 axillary and terminal. Petals rose-color or nearly white, 8" by 2". Seeds 

 brown, bitter. Jn. Jl. — Root said to be emetic, cathartic or tonic, according 

 to the dose. 



2. G. sTiPULACEA. Nutt. (Spirca. Ph.) Bowman's Root. 



Lfts. lanceolate, deeply incised ; radical Ivs. pinnatifid ; stip. leafy, ovate, 

 doublyincised, clasping; fls. large, in loose panicles. — Western N. Y. to Ala. 

 Readily distinguished from the former by the large, clasping stipules. Flow- 

 ers fewer, rose-colored. Jn, — Properties of the root like the former. 



23. KERRIA. DC. 



In honor of Wm. Ker, a botanical collector, who sent plants from China. 



Calyx of 5 acuminate, nearly distinct sepals ; corolla of 5 orbicu- 

 lar petals ; ovaries 5 — 8, smooth, globose ; ovules solitary ; styles 

 filiform ; achenia globose. — A slender shrub, 7iative of Japan. JLvs. 

 simple., ovate, acuminate, doubly serrate, without stipules. Fls. terminal 

 on the branches, solitary or feio together, orange-yellow. 



K. Japokica. DC. (Corchorus Japonica. Willd.) Japan Globe Flo^cer. — 

 Common in gardens, &c. Stems numerous, 5 — 8f high, with a smooth bark. 

 Leaves minutely pubescent, 2—3' by 1— H', with a very sharp, slender point. 

 Petioles 3 — 5" long, Flowers double in cultivation, and abortive, globose, near 

 I' diam. j- 



24. SIBBALDIA procumbens. Linn.— Mts. of Vt. Pursh. Also Can. 

 to Greenland. 



25. DRYAS ixTEGRiFOLiA. Vahl.— White Mts., N. H. Pursh. Also N. to 

 Greenland. 



2G. ALCHEMILLA alpIna. Linn.— White Mts., N. H., Green Mts., 

 Vt., and Greenland, according to Pursh. These three species, whose leading 

 characters are indicated in the " Conspectus of the Genera," have never, to my 

 knowledge, been attributed to N. Eng. by any botanist except on the authority 

 of Pursh, which in this case, Drs. Torrey & Gray (p. 432) think to be " ex- 

 tremely doubtful." 



