ICOSANDRIA—PENTAGYNIA. Splr^a. 367 



Nat. Ord. see n. 2,50. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, nearly flat at tlie base ; with 5 acute, 

 permanent, marginal segments. Pet. 5, roundish or ob- 

 long, attached by their claws to the rim of the calyx. Ft- 

 lam. more tlian 20, from the rim of the calyx, ca}3illarv, 

 wavy, nearly as long as the corolla. Ant/i. roundish, of 

 2 lobes. Ge7-m. 5 or more, superior, ovate or oblong, 

 compressed, each terminating in a short stout stijle. Siig- 

 mas spreading, obtuse. Caj)s. as many as die germens, 

 oblong, pointed, more or less compressed, each of 2 ra- 

 ther membranous valves, and 1 cell. Seeds few, small, 

 oblong, pendulous Irom the outer margin of each valve. 



The seed-vessels are bivalve capsules, not follicles as they 

 Iiave recently been termed. The number oi' pistils is va- 

 rious. 



Plants eidier shrubby or iierbaceous, generally smootli. 

 Leaves alternate, simple or compound, entire, notched, 

 or serrated. Injiorescencc various. Fl. white, or reddish. 

 Qiialili) astringent. 



1. ^. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Splrcea. 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, unequally serrated, smooth. Clus- 

 ters terminal, compound. 



S. salicifolia. Linn. Sp. PL 700. fVilld. v. 2. lOoo. FL Br.;)3r>. 

 EngL Bot. V. 21. t. 14C8. With. 4()'S. Hull e<L 2. 147. Hook. 

 Scot. lo2. Don H. Br. 32. Pall. Ross. v. 1. 3(3. t. 21. Ehrh 

 Beitr. v. 7. 130. Select. 146. 



S. n. 47. Gmel. Sib. r.3. 188. ^39. 



S. Theophrasti forte. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 84./. Gcr. Em. KiOl. f. 

 Bauh. Hist. v. 1.559./. 



S. salicis folio. Tourn. Inst. CIS. Duham. Arh. v. 2. 277. t. 75. 



In swampy, shady, mountainous situations. 



In moist hedges in Westmoreland, and on the borders of W'inan- 

 dermerc J Mr. Gough ; near Hawkshcad, Cumberland; Mr. 

 Dalton. ll'itliering. Wild in several parts of the south of'Si-ot- 

 land. G. Don, Hooker. I believe it to be wild also at llafod, 

 Cardiganshire, the situation in whicli it grows being perfectly 

 similar to its native swamps in the north of Euroi)c. 



Shrub. Jul//. 



About 4 fiethigli, witli several smooth, wand-like, branched, leafy 

 stems, the branches round, of a tawny hue. Leaves alternate, 

 on short bordered stalks, ellipticdanc'eolate, or oblong, varying 

 in breadth and acuteness. veiny, smooth on both sides, sharply 

 and unequally serrated, deciduous, each about an inch and half 

 long. Stipiilds none. /■'/. pink, inodorous, ^mall. nimierous, in 



