ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 259- 



even alone, if thoroughly ripe, will make a 

 found mafculine cyder, 



SPIRi^A. Gtn, pL 630. 

 CaL 5-fidiis. Pelala 5. Caps, polyfperma. 

 fUpenduIai SPlRiEA foliis pinnatis ; foliolis unlformibns fer. 

 ratis, caule herbaceo, fioribus cyniofis. Sp. pL 

 702. {Ger, em, 1058./. i. Moris, hift. f. 9. /. 20. 

 /. prima. Pet, herb. t. "ji.f. 6 ^ y) 



Dropwort. Jn^lxs. 



In mountainous paftures, as upan the hills to the 

 fouth-weft of Arthur' s-Seat., &c. %. VII. 



The root confifts of many tubercles, fufpcnded b), 

 and terminated with thread-like fibres. 



The flalk is about a foot and a half high, ered, 

 and with but few leaves upon it, terminated with 

 a loofe umbel of white flowers, often ting'dwith 

 red : the leaves have nun>erous, oblong, acutely 

 ferrated pinn2e, with fmaller ones intermixed, and 

 the extreme one divided into three lobes : the 

 petals in this fpecies are generally fix, and the 

 fegments of the calyx are reflex'd : the flamina 

 are 30, or more : the germina 12, or upv/ards, 



5wine are fond of the roots ; and Linn^us informs 

 us, that in a fcarcity of corn they have be.e;a 

 eaten by men inftead of breads 



ulmaria 2, 



S. foliis pinnatis, impari isaajor^ lobato^ floribus cy- 

 mofis. Sp, pL 702. {iG-er, em. 1043. /. i. M^ris. 

 hift. f. (J. t, 20, f^ I. fuperioris crdinis ad d.ejx:tram. 

 Vet, herb, t, 71./. ,2) 



S % Meadow- 



