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exquisite beauty in meadows and prairies, Mich., Iowa, to Car. St. 4 to 8f high. 

 Fls. numerous, and exceedingly delicate. Jn., J], f 



9 L. filipendula L. Pride of the Meadow. Herbaceous, smooth, lfts. 

 pinnatifidly serrate, 9 to 21, with many minute ones interposed ; stip. large, semi- 

 cordate, serrate ; corymb on a long, terminal peduncle. — A very delicate herb, 

 often cultivated. Sts. 1 to 3f high. Lvs. 3 to 6' long; lfts. 1 or 2' long, linear, 

 the serratures tipped with short bristles. Fls. white, 4 or 5" diam., petals oblong- 

 obovate. Jn. 



Other species of this beautiful genus are sometimes cultivated. 

 10 S. Anincus L. Goat's-beard. Lvs. membranous, tripinnate, lfts. oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, straight-veined, doubly* serrate, subcordate, the odd ones 

 ovate-lanceolato ; fls. very numerous, small, whitish, in numerous slender racemes, 

 forming a large compound panicle; carp, distinct, glabrous, 3 to 5. — Chiefly along 

 the mountains, Catskill, N. Y. to Ky. and Ga. Sts. slender, 3 to Sf high. Carp. 

 1" long. Jn., Jl. f Plant more delicato than Astilbe, which see, page 371. 



27. GILLE'NIA, Moench. Indian Physic. (Gr. yeX&w, to laugh ; 

 on account of its exhilarating qualities.) Calyx tubular-canipanulate, 

 contracted at the orifice, 5-cleft ; petals 5, linear-lanceolate, very long, 

 unequal; stamens 10 to 15, very short; carpels 5, connate at base ; 

 styles terminal; follicles 2-valved, 2 to 4-seeded. — U Herbs with tri- 

 foliate, doubly serrate lvs. 



1 G. trifoliata Mcench. Lfts. ovate-oblong, acuminate ; stip. linear-setaceous, 

 entire; fls. on long pedicels, in pedunculate, corymbous panicles. — In woods, W. 

 N. York to Ga. A handsome herb 2 to 3f high, slender and nearly smooth. 

 Lower lvs. petiolate ; lfts. 2 to 4' long, ^ as wide, pubescent beneath, subsessile. 

 Fls. axillary and terminal. Petals rose color or nearly white, 8" by 2". Sds. 

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

 the dose. 



2 G. stipulacea Nutt. Bowman's Root. Lfts. lanceolate, deeply incised ; 

 radical lvs. pinnatilid ; stip. leafy, ovate, doubly incised, clasping; fls. large, in loose 

 panicles. — Western N. Y. to Ala. Readily distinguished from the former by the 

 large clasping stipules. Fls. fewer, rose colored. Jn. Properties of the root 

 like the former. 



28. KER'RIA, DC. (In honor of Wm. Kerr, a botanical collector, 

 who sent plants from China.) Calyx of 5, acuminate, nearly distinct 

 sepals ; corolla of 5 orbicular petals ; ovaries 5 to 8, smooth, globous, 

 ovules solitary; styles filiform; achenia globous. — A slender shrub, 

 native of Japan. Lvs. simple, ovate, acuminate, doubly serrate with 

 stipules. Fls. terminal on the branches, solitary or few together, orange 

 yellow. 



K. Japonica DC. Japan Globe Flower. Common in gardens, etc. Sts. 

 numerous, 5 to 8f high, with a smooth bark. Lvs. minutely pubescent, 2 to 3' 

 by 1 to H', with a very sharp, slender point ; petiole3 3 to 5" long. Fls. double 

 in cultivation, abortive, globous, near 1' diam. f 



Order XLVIII. CALYCANTHACELE. Calycanths. 



Shrubs with opposite, simple, entire, exstipulate leaves. Flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary, with the numerous sepals and petals confounded, in several rows, all united 

 below mto a fleshy tube or cup. Stamens indefinite, perigynous, with adnate, ex- 

 trorse anthers. Seeds with convolute cotyledons, otherwise as in the tribe Rosidae 



The order consists of but 2 genera, Calycanthiis. American, and Chimonantlius of Japan. 

 The species aru probably but 3. The flowers are highly aromatic, and the same quality reside* 

 in the bark. 



CALYCANTHUS, L. Sweet-scented Shrub. (Gr. KaXvS, calyx, 

 dvdog, a flower ; from the character.) Lobes of the calyx imbricated 



