Rosacec? Spircza. 



Herbaceous Species. 



1. $. Ulmaria. Meadow Sweet. This attains a height of 

 3 or 4 feet in moist places. Leaves 1 to 2 feet long, inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, serrate, clothed with a white tomentum 

 beneath. Flowers white, very fragrant, in large terminal 

 cymes. Carpels twisted, glabrous. This is one of our hand- 

 somest native plants, of which there is a double-flowered 



Fig. 81. Spiraea Aruncus. ( nat. size.) 



variety worthy of cultivation in a large garden. It flowers in 

 Summer. 



2. S. Filipendula. Dropwort. A tuberous -rooted plant 



