90 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



Pyrenees; rare. P. brigantiaca, VilL, flowers in um- 

 bels of 2-5, leaves doubly dentate, ciliate, branches not 

 spiny, fruit yellow ; mountain woods ; Dauphiny. 



Tribe Spir^e^. — Calyx inferior, persistent ; carpels 5 

 or more, each ripening into a many-seeded follicle. 



2. Spir^A, L. 



Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes, white or red ; 

 stamens 20 or more ; carpels 5 or more, free or connate 

 below. 



vS. Ulmaria, L., Meadow Sweet ; flowers white, in very 

 large cymes ; common in wet places. vS. Filipe^idula, L., 

 Dropwort; with reddish flowers in smaller cymes, the 

 leaves much smaller and chiefly radical ; on sunny hill- 

 sides, chiefly cretaceous. S. salicifolia, L. (obovata, Raf.) ; 

 a shrub with pink flowers in dense cylindrical cymes, 

 stipules o; Styria, Carinthia. 6*. Aruncus, L. ; a shrub 

 with white flowers in very large feathery cymes, and large 

 pinnatifid leaves ; mountain woods ; Switzerland, Jura, 

 Pyrenees, frequent. ^S. ulmifolia, Scop.; a shrub with 

 white flowers in corymbose cymes, leaves simple, oval; 

 Carniola, Carinthia, Styria, Neuchatel. 6". decumbens^ 

 Koch ; flowers white, in corymbose cymes, stem de- 

 cumbent, leaves simple, serrate towards the tip; Car- 

 niola, Lombardy, rare. 



Tribe RUBE/E. — Calyx persistent, inferior; stamens 

 very numerous ; carpels numerous, each ripening into a 

 small drupe (drupel). 



