224 ROSACEAE. , (Vor. IT. 
1. Ulmaria rubra Hill. Queen- 
of-the-Prairie. (Fig. 1953.) ’ 
Ulmaria rubra Hill, Hort. Kew. 214. pl. 7. 
1769. 
Spiraea lobata Gronov.; Jacq. Hort. Vind. 1: 
38. pl. 88. 1770. : 
Spiraea rubra Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 18: 
270. 1891. 
Glabrous, stem branched, grooved, 2°- 
8° tall. Leaves large, the lower sometimes 
3° long, pinnately 3-7-foliolate, commonly 
with smaller leaf-segments interposed or 
borne on the petiole; lateral leaflets ses- 
sile, opposite, palmately 3-5-lobed or 3-5- 
parted, the lobes acute, unequally serrate 
or incised; terminal leaflet larger, 7-9- 
parted; stipules serrate, persistent, 4’/-S’’ 
long; flowers pink or purple, fragrant, 
about 4’ broad; capsules glabrous. 
In moist grounds and on prairies, western 
Pennsylvania to Illinois and Michigan, south 
to Georgia, Kentucky and Iowa. Escaped 
from gardens farther east. June-July. 
2. Ulmaria Ulmaria (L,.) Barnhart. Meadow-sweet or Meadow-Queen. 
Honey-sweet. (Fig. 1954.) 
Spiraea Ulmaria \,. Sp. Pl. 490. 1753- 
Ulmaria palustris Moench, Meth. 663. 1794. 
Ulmaria Ulmaria Barnhart, Bull. Torr. Club, 
21: 491. 1804. 
Stem branched, angular or grooved, 2° 
4° tall. Leaves pinnately 3-9-foliolate, 
densely and finely white-downy beneath, 
green aboye, or in some forms green on both 
sides, sometimes with several or numer- 
ous much smaller leaf-segments interposed 
between the leaflets or borne on the peti- 
ole; lateral leaflets sessile, opposite, ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
serrate or sometimes slightly lobed, the ter- 
minal one larger and deeply 3-5 lobed, the 
lobes acute and serrate; stipules about 14’ 
long; flowers yellowish-white, fragrant. 
Escaped from gardens, Quebec to Massa- 
chusetts. Native of Europe and Asia. June- 
Aug. Called also Mead-sweet and Meadow- 
wort; this and Spiraea salictfolia, also called 
Bride-wort., 
17. ALCHEMILLA L. Sp. Pl. 123.1753. 
Annual or perennial herbs, with alternate lobed or digitately compound leaves, adnate 
stipules, and small perfect greenish corymbose or capitate flowers. Calyx persistent, cup- 
shaped, contracted at the throat, 4—5-lobed, 4-5-bracteolate. Petals none. Stamens 1-4; fila- 
ments short. Carpels 1-4; style basal or lateral, slender. Achenes 1-4, enclosed in the 
calyx-tube. Seed ascending, its testa membranous. [Name from its fancied value in alchemy. ] 
About 35 species, natives of the Old World and of western America from British Columbia to 
Chili, very abundant in the higher Andes. The two following species of our area are introduced 
from Europe. 
Annual; flowers in sessile axillary clusters; leaves small. 1. A. arvensis. 
Perennial; flowers in compound terminal corymbs; leaves large. 2. A. vulgaris. 
