PL ex. cat. 01. ULMARI^. 359. Spirjea. 589 



c. Ulmaria. Stem fierbaceous ; camares 6 or 8, twisted. 



3. Spircea odorala. Odorous spircea. 



Leaves interruptedly pinnate, tomentose beneath ; termi- 

 nal leaflets 3-lobed ; side leaflets undivided ; corymbus pro- 

 liferous. 



Ulmaria, Raii Syn. 259, 1. 



Regina prati, Ger, em. 1043, 1. 



Ulmaria vulgaris, Parle. 592. 



Meadow sweet. Mead sweet. Queen of the meadows. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 

 Root fibrous ; stem 4 feet high ; Jioivers white, small, 

 odoriferous. 



Fam. XXVII. 62. DRUPACE^. Rosacearum pars, 



Jussieu. 

 Calyx free, persisting, 5-cut; petals 5, inserted on the 

 calyx; stamen, indefinite, on the calyx under the petals; 

 ovary simple, free, l-styled;/n/i7 a drupe, nut 1 or 2-seeded; 

 seeds pendulous from the side; perisperm very thin, fleshy; 

 radicle above ; corculum straight. — Stem woody ; leaves 

 simple, glandular at bottom or on the petiole ; Jlowers com- 

 pleat, hermaphrodite. 



jDrwpe not glaucous ; wz/^ globular Cerasus, 360. 



Z)77/pe glaucous ; ??«/ ovate, pointed .... Prunus. 361. 



I. 360. CER,ASUS. Theophrastus. Cherry. 



Drupe fleshy, globose, bald, rather furrowed on one side, 

 not covered with a glaucous pollen ; mit smooth, globular, 

 with a rather prominent angle on one side. 



a. Padus. Leaves deciduous ; petiole glandular ; 

 Jlowers racemose. 



1 . Cerasus racemosa. Racemose cherry. 



Leaves ovate, lanceolate, deciduous, bald, doubly ser- 

 rate; petioles with 2 glands at the base; Jlowers racemose; 

 racemes pendulous. 



Cerasus avium nigra et racemosa, Raii Syn. 463, 1 ; Ger. em. 1504, 9. 



Cerasus avium rubra, Ger. em. 1504, 10. 



Cerasus avium racemosa. Park. 1517. 



Prunus Padus, Lin. S. P. 677. 



Cerasus Padus, De Candolle Fl. Gall. 3781. 



Wild cluster cherry. Bird cherry. Hegberry tree. 



Woods and hedges ; tree ; Ma}-. 



