50 24. ROSACE^E. 



larger, expanding along with the le. Pet. broad. Fruit larger. 

 Pedicels and under side of the le. pubescent. 



Very rare. Hedges and woods. Sh. 5. " On the Farm of Chapel," Patrick. 

 In the former editions this has been confused with large states of spinosa, grown 

 in the shade of trees ; the stations given are therefore incorrect. A very ques- 

 tionable native. 



Var. domestica, L. Wild Plum Tree. A small tree, with no 

 spines. Le. smooth beneath, except on the midrib. Pedicels 

 smooth. Fl. large, nearly 1 inch in diameter. Fr. large, drooping. 

 Frequent. In hedges. Not considered native. T. 5. 



B. Young leaves conduplicate. Fl. in umbels or racemes. 



2. P. A'VIUM, L. Wild Cherry, Gean. Le. drooping, oblong - 

 obovate, suddenly cuspidate, crenate-serrate, hairy on the veins 

 beneath. Fl. white, in sessile umbels, with scales at the base. 

 Fruit globular, red or black. The origin of our cultivated 

 garden cherry. 



Frequent. Woods and hedges. (E) T. 5. Carmyle ; Kenmuir ; between Cath- 

 cart and Rutherglen ; Cambuslang, &c. 



3. P. PADUS, L. Bird-Cherry, Hag-berry. A small tree or 

 shrub. Le. ovate or obovate, serrate, glabrous, with 2 glands at 

 the base. Fl. white, in pendulous racemes, 3 5 inches long. 

 Fr. nearly erect when ripe, a small black drupe, stone wrinkled. 



Frequent. Woods and thickets. (S) T. 5. Banks of the Kelvin; ''Gillburn- 

 synke, and the bank from that to Crossbasket," Ure. Falls of Clyde, common, 

 and bearing fruit plentifully ; above Carmyle; Gourock ; Cumbrae and Arran. 



2. SPIILE'A. Drop-wort, Meadow-Sweet. 



1. S. ULMARIA, L. Meadow-Sweet, Queen of the Meadow. Stem 

 erect, furrowed, 2 4 ft. high, branched. Le. interruptedly 

 pinnate, with 5 9 pairs of ovate-acute, slightly lobed and 

 serrate leaflets, terminal one large. Fl. yellowish white, in 

 compound cymes, sweet scented. Fr, twisted. 



Common. Meadows, banks, and ditches. (B) P. 68. Banks of the Kelvin ; 

 Cart; Clyde, &c. 



2. S. SALICIFOLIA, L. Willow-leaved Spircea. A bushy shrub, 

 much branched. Le. elliptic-lanceolate, sharply and unequally 

 serrate, no stipules. Fl. rose-coloured or pink, in dense terminal 

 panicles. Fr. glabrous. 



Not native. " Banks at Cartlane crags," Hopk. S. 7. 



3. S. FILIPENDULA, ^.Drop-wort. Stem erect, 12 ft. high. 

 Le. interruptedly pinnate, with deeply cut and serrate leaflets, 

 intermediate smaller ones toothed. Fl, yellowish white, in com- 

 pound cymes, when young tinged with pink. Fr. clothed with 

 short bristly hairs. 



An outcast of gardens. "Lover's leap at Chatelherault," Hamilton, Pair. (E) 

 S. 67. 



