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ROSACEJE. (ROSE FAMILY.) 
clustered on a long naked peduncle, calyx reflexed. — Meadows and 
prairies, Penn, to Ohio and Michigan. June. — Stem 4° -8° high, 
smooth, angled. Flowers deep peach-blossom color. Very hand¬ 
some in cultivation. 
§ 4. Aruncus, Seringe. — Perennial herbs , with dioecious flowers, in 
slender spikes disposed in a long compound panicle ; leaves 3 -pin¬ 
nate; the stipules obsolete; pods 3-5, several-seeded; pedicels re¬ 
flexed in fruit. 
6. S. Aruncus, L. (Goat’s-beard.) Smooth ; leaflets thin, 
lanceolate-oblong, or the terminal ones ovate-lanceolate, taper-point¬ 
ed, sharply cut and serrate; flowers very numerous (small, white, 
the fertile greenish). — Rich damp woods, Catskill Mountains and 
southwestward. June. — A widely branched herb, 3° high. 
S. Filipendula, the Dropwort, S. UlmAria, the Meadow- 
Sweet of Europe, S. hypericif6lia (Italian May), and one or 
two others, are common in gardens. 
©IJjIjENIAj Mcench. Indian Physic. 
Calyx tubular-bell-shaped, constricted at the throat, 5-toothed ; 
teeth erect. Petals 5, somewhat unequal, linear-lanceolate, elon¬ 
gated, inserted in the throat of the calyx. Stamens 10 — 20, in¬ 
cluded. Pods 5, included in the calyx, 2 — 4-seeded. —Perennial 
herbs, with almost sessile 3-foliolate leaves, the thin leaflets 
doubly serrate and incised. Flowers loosely paniculate-corymbed, 
pale rose-color or white. (Derivation of the name unknown.) 
1. O. trifoliuta, Moench. (Bowman’s Root.) Leaflets ovate- 
oblong, pointed, irregularly cut-serrate; stipules small, awl-shaped, 
entire. —Rich woods, from W. New York southward, and sparingly 
in the Western States. Also cultivated. June - Aug. 
2. ©. stipulacea, Nutt. (American Ipecac.) Leaflets lan¬ 
ceolate, deeply incised; stipules large and leaf-like, doubly incised.— 
W. Pennsylvania and New York : common throughout the Western 
States. June. 
Tribe II. DRYADE^E. The Bramble Tribe. 
5. AORHHONIA, Tourn. Agrimony. 
Calyx-tube top-shaped, contracted at the throat, armed with 
hooked bristles above, indurated and inclosing the fruit; the 
limb 5-cleft, closed after flowering. Petals 5. Stamens 12 - 15. 
Achenia 2 : styles terminal. Seed suspended. — Perennial herbs, 
with interruptedly pinnate leaves and yellow flowers in slender 
