114 ROSACE^E. (ROSE FAMILY.) 



4. S. tomcntdsa, L. (HARDHACK. STEEPLE-BUSH.) Stems and lower 

 surface of the ovate or oblong serrate leaves very woolly ; flowers in short racemes 

 crowded in a dense panicle; pods woolly. Low grounds ; commonest in New 

 England. July. Flowers rose-color. 



i 3. ULMARIA, Mcench. Perennial herbs, with pinnate leaves and panided 

 cymose flowers : calyx reflexed : pods 5-8 in number, 1 - 2-seeded. 



5. S. lobata, Murr. (QUEEN OP THE PRAIRIE.) Glabrous (2 -8 

 high) ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; the terminal leaflet very large, 7 - 9-parted, 

 the lobes incised and toothed; stipules kidney-form; panicle compound-clus- 

 tered, on a long naked peduncle. Meadows and prairies, Penn. to Michigan, 

 Illinois, and Kentucky. June. Flowers deep peach-blossom color, handsome, 

 the petals and sepals often in fours ! 



$4. ARtJNCUS, Scringe. Perennial herbs, with dioecious whitish flowers, in 

 slender spikes disposed in a long compound panicle ; leaves thrice-pinnate ; the 

 stipules obsolete : pods 3-5, several-seeded : pedicels reflexed in fruit. 



6. S. Aruncus, L. (GOAT'S-BEARD.) Smooth, tall ; leaflets thin, 

 lanceolate-oblong, or the terminal ones ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, sharply 

 cut and serrate. Rich woods, Catskill and Alleghany Mountains and west- 

 ward. June. (Eu.) 



S. FILIPENDULA, the DROPWORT ; S. ULMARIA, the MEADOW-SWEET of 

 Europe ; S. HYPERICI 6nA (ITALIAN MAY) ; and S. 8ORBir6LiA, are com- 

 mon in gardens. 



3. GILLENIA, Mcench. INDIAN PHYSIC. 



Calyx narrow, constricted at the throat, 5-toothed ; teeth erect. Petals 5, 

 somewhat unequal, linear-lanceolate, inserted in the throat of the calyx ; convo- 

 lute in the bud. Stamens 10-20, included. Pods 5, included, 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. (Dedicated to an obscure botanist or gardener, A. Gille, or Gillenius.) 



1. G. trifoliata, Mcench. (BOWMAN'S ROOT.) Leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, cut-serrate ; stipules small, awl-shaped, entire. Rich woods, from 

 W. New York southward, and sparingly in the Western States. July. 



2. G. stipulacea, Nutt. (AMERICAN IPECAC.) Leaflets lanceolate, 

 deeply incised; stipules large and leaf-like, doubly incised. From W. Penn- 

 sylvania and New York to Illinois and Kentucky. June. 



4. AGRIMONIA, Tourn. AGRIMONY. 



Calyx-tube top-shaped, contracted at the throat, armed with hooked bristles 

 above, indurated and enclosing 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 

 spiked racemes : bracts 3-cleft. (A corruption of Argemonia, of the same deri- 

 vation as Argemone.) 



