Kerri. XLVI. ROSACEA. 257 
quisite beauty, in meadows and prairies, Mich. Ia.! to Car. Stem 4—8f high. 
Flowers numerous and exceedingly delicate. Jn. Jl. ¢ 
9. S. rimuipenDtLa. Pride of the Meadow—Herbaceous, smooth; ws. inter- 
ruptedly pinnate ; /fts. pinnatifidly serrate, 9—21, with many minute ones in- 
terposed; stip. large, semicordate, serrate; corymb on a long, terminal pedun- 
cle.—A very delicate herb, often cultivated. Stems 1—3f high. Leaves 3—6! 
long, leaflets 1—2’ long, linear, the serratures tipped with short bristles. Flow- 
ers white, 4 or 5’ diam. Petals oblong-obovate. Jn. 
10. S. Unmaria. Double Meadow-sweet—Herbaceous; lvs. 3—7-foliate, with 
minute leaflets interposed; lateral Ifts. ovate-lanceolate; terminal one much 
larger, palmately 5—7-lobed, all doubly serrate, and whitish-tomentose beneath ; 
stip. reniform, serrate ; panicle corymbose, long-pedunculate.—In gardens, where 
the numerous white flowers are mostly double. Jl. t~—Other species of this 
beautiful genus are sometimes cultivated. 
22. GILLENIA. Mench. 
Gr. yedaw, to laugh; on account of its exhilarating qualities. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, contracted at the orifice, 5-cleft; pe- 
tals 5, linear-lanceolate, very long, unequal; stamens 10—15, very 
short; carpels 5, connate at base; styles terminal, follicles 2-valved, 
2—4-seeded.—% Herbs with trifoliate, doubly serrate leaves. 
1. G. TRrrouiATA. Moench. (Spirea. Linn.) Indian Physic. 
Lfts. ovate-oblong, acuminate ; stip. linear-setaceous, entire; fls. on long 
pedicels, in pedunculate, corymbose panicles.—In woods, western N. Y. to Ga. 
* A handsome shrub, 2—3f high, slender and nearly smooth. Lower leaves pe- 
tiolate, leaflets 2—4’ long, 3 as wide, pubescent beneath, subsessile. Flowers 
axillary and terminal. Petals rose-color or nearly white, 8” by 2”. Seeds 
brown, bitter. Jn. Jl.—Root said to be emetic, cathartic or tonic, according 
to the dose. 
2. G. stipuLAcea. Nutt. (Spirea. Ph.) Bowman’s Root. 
Lfts. lanceolate, deeply incised ; radical lvs. pinnatifid; stip. leafy, ovate, 
doubly incised, clasping; fs. large, in loose panicles.—Western N. Y. to Ala. 
Readily distinguished from the former by the large, clasping stipules. Flow- 
ers fewer, rose-colored. Jn.—Properties of the root like the former. 
23. KERRIA. DC. 
_ In honor of- Wm. Ker, a botanical collector, who sent plants from China. 
Calyx of 5 acuminate, nearly distinct sepals ; corolla of 5 orbicu- 
lar petals; ovaries 5—8, smooth, globose; ovules solitary; styles 
filiform ; achenia globose.—A slender shrub, native of Japan. Ls. 
simple, ovate, acuminate, doubly serrate, without stipules. Fils. terminal 
on the branches, solitary or few together, orange-yellow. 
K. Japonica. DC. (Corchorus Japonica. Willd.) Japan Globe Flower.— 
~ Common in gardens, &c. Stems numerous, 5—8f high, with a smooth bark. 
“Leaves minutely pubescent, 2—3’ by 1—14/, with a very sharp, slender point. 
petioles Spe long, Flowers double in cultivation, and abortive, globose, near 
* diam. 
24. SIBBALDIA PROCUMBENS. Linn.—Mts. of Vt. Pursh. Also Can. 
to Greenland. 
25. DRYAS intecrirouia. Vahl.—White Mts., N. H. Pursh. Also N. to 
Greenland. 
26. ALCHEMILLA axrpina. Linn.—White Mts., N. H., Green Mts., 
Vt., and Greenland, according to Pursh. These three species, whose leading 
characters are indicated in the ‘ Conspectus of the Genera,” have never, to my 
knowledge, been attributed to N. Eng. by any botanist except on the authority 
of Pursh, which in this case, Drs. Torrey & Gray (p. 432) think to be “ ex- 
tremely doubtful.” 
