CXXVII. 

 SP1ILEA ULMARIA. 



Meadow-Sweet, or Queen of the Meadows. 



Class XIII. Icosandria. — Order II. Pentagynia. 

 Nat Ord. Rosacea. 

 Gen. Char. See Dropwort (Spirea Filipendula). 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous. Leaves interruptedly pinnate, 

 serrated, downy beneath ; terminal leaflet largest, three- 

 lobed. Flowers in compound cymes. 



SYNONYMES. 



Description. — The root is perennial, cylindrical, furnished 

 with numerous fibres, of a dark brown externally, reddish or 

 yellowish within. The stem is erect, simple, branched upwards, 

 leafy, angular, smooth, of a pale green colour, purplish below, 

 and attains the height of three or four feet. The leaves are al- 

 ternate, petiolate, interruptedly pinnate ; the leaflets opposite, 



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