SPIR^EACE^E. III. SPIR^A. IV. GILLENIA. 



521 



Meadoni-srveet. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



49 S. DENUDA'TA (Presl. fl. cech. 101.) leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate, green, and glabrous on both surfaces ; leaflets coarsely 

 serrated, terminal one the largest and 3-lobed ; sepals reflexed ; 

 carpels glabrous, twisted. If. H. Native of Sicily and the 

 south of Europe. S. ulmarioides, Bory, voy. sout. p. 124. S. 

 ulmaria ft, denudata, Cambess. 1. c. p. 380. Stem and pedun- 

 cles smoothish. Flowers white, sweet scented, disposed in 

 compound cymes. 



Naked-leaved Meadow-sweet. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.? PI. 2 

 to 3 feet. 



50 S. LOBA'TA (Murr. syst. ed. 14. p. 472.) leaves palmately 

 pinnate, glabrous beneath ; lower leaves palmately bipinnate ; 

 stipulas reniform ; styles short ; sepals reflexed ; carpels gla- 



Native of North Ame- 

 S. palmata, Lin. fil. 

 FIG. 66. 



Fl.June, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 ross. 1. p. 41. t. 28.) leaves 



brous, parallel, not curved. If.. H. 

 rica. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 38. t. 

 but not of Thunb. nor Pall. Leaf- 

 lets lobed, terminal ones 5-lobed, 

 lateral ones 3-lobed. Flowers 

 red, disposed in compound cymes. 

 Zo&ed-leaved Meadow-sweet. 

 Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1765. PI. 

 2 feet. 



51 S, PALMA'TA (Thunb. fl. jap. 

 212. but not of Lin. nor Pall.) 

 leaves 5-7-lobed ; lobes oblong, 

 acuminated, acutely and doubly 

 serrated. If. . H. Native of Ja- 

 pan. Cambess. 1. c. p. 384. 

 Flowers white or red. Panicle 

 cymose, decompound. It comes 

 nearest to S. opufifolia, according 

 to Thunberg. 



Palmate-leaved Meadow-sweet. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



52 S. KAMTSCHA'TICA (Pall. fl. 



palmately lobed, upper stem leaves somewhat hastate or lanceo- 

 late ; petioles appendiculate ; flowers corymbose ; sepals pilose, 

 reflexed ; carpels very hairy, parallel ; styles subcapitate. 

 y.. H. Native of Kamtschatka and Behring's Island. Cam- 

 bess, 1. c. 385. Root leaves often a foot wide and 8 inches long, 

 white, with hairs beneath, 5-lobed ; lobes acute, doubly ser- 

 rated, lower stem leaves 3-Jobed. Flowers white, sweet-scented, 

 larger than those of S. Ulmaria, disposed in branched cymes. 

 Kamtschatka Meadow-sweet. PI. 6 to 9 feet. 



53 S. VESTI'TA (Wall, mss.) leaves cordate, 5-lobed, tomen- 

 tose beneath, sharply and unequally serrated ; petioles furnished 

 with numerous unequal leaflets, generally the 2 in the centre 

 very large ; flowers corymbose, terminal. If. . H. Native of 

 Kamaon. Flowers white. Like S. Kamtschatka and S. Ulmaria. 



Clothed Meadow-sweet. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



54 S. O.UINQUE'LOBA (Baumg. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 503.) 

 leaves pinnately ternate, clothed with white tomentum beneath ; 

 lateral leaflets 5-cleft, outer one 7-cleft ; segments acute, ser- 

 rated ; panicle corymbose. I/. H. Native of Transylvania. 



Five-lobed-leaved Meadow-sweet. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



55 S. DIGITA'TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1061.) leaves pinnate, 

 clothed with tomentum beneath ; terminal leaflet largest and 7- 

 lobed, lateral ones 5-lobed ; corymbs branched, contracted ; 

 carpels parallel, villous ; styles thickish, capitate. If . H. Na- 

 tive of Eastern Siberia, in meadows and moist valleys in the 

 subalpine regions beyond the Baikal, especially in Dauria. S. 

 palmata, Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 40. t. 27. itin. 3. append. 735. no. 

 95. t. 2. f. 1. but not of Thunberg nor Lin. Flowers white. 

 Allied to $. lobata. 



. Digitate-leaved Meadow-sweet. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PL 1 to 2 feet. 



VOL. II. 



56 S. FILIPE'NDULA (Lin. spec. 702.) root tuberous ; leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets uniform, oblong-linear, acutely 

 toothed ; stipulas somewhat reniform, clasping the stem, toothed ; 

 corymbs loose ; sepals reflexed ; carpels parallel, villous, nu- 

 merous ; stigmas thick. 2f, . H. Native of Europe, in mea- 

 dows, and very common in high pastures on a calcareous soil. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 284. Oed. fl. dan. 635. Black, herb. 647. 

 Root consisting of tubers hanging by threads, hence called Fili- 

 pendula or Dropivort. Flowers white inside and red on the 

 outside, sweet-scented, disposed in loose terminal corymbs. 

 The whole herb is astringent, and was formerly used in medi- 

 cine, but it is now altogether neglected. 



Far. a, vulgaris (Cambess. 1. c. p. 379.) stems tall, and are as 

 well as the leaves glabrous ; leaves with scabrous margins ; 

 teeth usually piliferous at the apex. 



Var. ft, multiplex (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 546.) flowers 

 double. Cultivated in gardens. 



Var. y, minor (Cambess. 1. c. p. 380.) stem humble ; leaves 

 much smaller. 



Var, I, pubescens (Cambess. 1. c. p. 379.) leaves clothed with 

 hairy pubescence. If. H. Native of Provence, about Fon- 

 chateau. S. pubescens, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 546. 



Dropn'ort. Fl. June, Oct. Britain. PL 1 to 1-| foot. 



Cult. The hardy shrubby species of Spiree'a are very pretty 

 when in flower, and are therefore well adapted for shrubberies ; 

 they thrive well in any soil, and are easily increased by cuttings 

 or layers. The greenhouse species are also of easy cultivation. 

 The hardy herbaceous kinds will grow in any kind of soil, but 

 prefer a moist situation ; they are well fitted for flower borders, 

 and are increased by dividing the plants at the root. 



IV. GILLE'NIA (probably from Gillen, the name of some 

 obscure botanist). Mcench. suppl. 286. Nutt. gen. amer. 1. 

 p. 307. D. C. prod. 2. p. 546. Spirae'a species of Lin. Cam- 

 bess. and others. 



LIN. SYST. Icosandria, Pentagynia. Calyx tubularly cam- 

 panulate, 5-cleft. Petals 5, linear-lanceolate (f. 67. c.), con- 

 tracted near the claws, rather unequal, rising from the top of 

 the calycine tube. Stamens 10-15, inclosed (f. 67. b.). Car- 

 pels 5, terminated by a filiform erect style (f. 67. d.), which is 

 capitate at the apex, somewhat connate into a 5 -celled capsule, 

 with 2 seeds in each cell. Perennial herbs, with trifoliate leaves 

 and stalked serrated leaflets. Flowers from white to red, axil- 

 lary and terminal, on very long peduncles. Roots emetic and 

 cathartic. 



1 G. TRIFOLIA'TA (Mcench. 

 suppl. p. 286.) stipulas linear, 

 acuminated, entire. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of North America, in shady 

 humid woods, from Florida to 

 Canada. Spirse'a trifoliata, Lin. 

 spec. 702. Curt. bot. mag. 486. 

 Bigel. med. bot. t. 41. Mill. fig. 

 171. t. 256. Flowers in panicles. 

 The roots of this plant possess 

 properties analogous to Ipecacu- 

 anha. It requires, however, a 

 larger dose, and then it is not so 

 certain in its effects. Some au- 

 thors have attributed a tonic power 

 to the roots of Gillenia in small 

 doses. 



Trifoliate Gillenia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1713. PL 1|. foot- 



2 G.STIPULA'CEA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 307.) stipulas folia- 

 ceous, ovate, deeply cut. 7f . H. Native of North America, 

 in humid woods from Tennessee to Kentucky. Spirae'a stipu- 



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FIG. 67. 



