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SPIR^A FILIPENDULA. 

 Common Dropwort. 



Class XII. IcosANDRiA. — Order II. Pentagynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Rosacea. 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, five-cleft, persistent. Petals 

 five. Capsules three to twelve, one-celled, two-valved, 

 few-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Root tuberiferous. Leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate ; leaflets uniform, deeply cut, and serrated. 

 Corymbs lax, paniculate. 



SYNON YMES. 



Filipendula vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 163. 



Filipendula. Ger. Em. 1058. Rati Syn. 259. Trag. 883. 



Filipendula major. Park. Theatr. 435. 



ffinanthe Filipendula. Lob. Obs. 420. 



(Enanthe. Fuchs. 542, c. 214. 



Saxifraga rubra. Phartn. 



Spiraea Filipendula. Lin. Sp. PI. 702. Enpl. Fl. ii. p. 368. 



French Filipendule. 



Italian .... Filipendula. 

 Spanish .... Filipendula. 

 German.... Spierstaude ; Filipendelwurz ; Rothe Steinbrechwurz. 



Dutch Roode Steenbreek ; Dropwortel. 



Danish .... Roed Steenbreek. 



Swedish .... Brudbrced. 



Polish .... Kropidelco mnicysze. 



Latin 



Description. — The root is perennial, cylindrical, branched, 

 and tuberiferous ; the tubers are solid oval bodies connected 

 by solitary fibres, externally of a dark brown colour, internally 



