SPIEiBA. 101 



3. P. A! mum (L.) ; arborescent, Z.ZoMj'-steZferfrfroqpin^ oblong- 

 obovate suddenly cuspidate incise-sen-ate doumy beneath, calyx- 

 tube constricted below the entire sepals, pet. flaccid, " fr. heart- 

 shaped."—^. £. 706.— A tree 20—30 feet high. Outer scales 

 of the leaf-buds deflexed. Flower-buds not leafy. Fl. in 

 unibels. Pet. bifid, with a minute claw. " Fr. firm, bitter, 

 black or red." Son: — Woods. T. V. Wild Clierry. Gean. 



E. S. I. 



4. P. Cer'asus (L.) ; fruticose, I. short-stalked not drooping 

 oblong-obovate or ovate-lanceolate doubly crenate-serrate gla- 

 brous, calyx-tube not constricted, " pet. firm," fruit round. — B. B. 

 S. 2863.— An erect bushy shrub 3—8 feet high. Umbels 

 scattered. Outer scales of the leaf-buds erect. Inner scales of 

 the flower-buds leaflike. Sep. crenate-serrate. Pet. subemar- 

 ginate, with a claw. " Fr. juicy, acid, always red." — Hedges. 

 Sh. V. Dwarf Cherry. ' E. I. 



Suborder II. Rosea. Tribe I. Spireeidm. 

 2. SpiE.aB'A lAnn. 



|1. & acdicifdtta (L.) ; shrubby, stip. 0, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 

 unequally serrate glabrous, racemes terminal compound, stam. 

 exceeding the petals. — M. B. 1468. — A shrub 4 — 5 feet high 

 with smooth round wandlike branches. Fl. flesh-coloured, in 

 dense erect racemes. — Damp places in the North and in Wales, 

 rare. Sh. VII. E. S. 



2. S. XJlmaria (L.) ; herbaceous, stip. rounded toothed, 1. in- 

 terruptedly pinnate, leaflets ovate undivided, the terminal one 

 larger palmately 3 — 5-lobed, fl. in compound cymes, caps, gla- 

 brous twisted together.— X B. 960. St. 18. 8.— St. about 3 

 feet high, angular, branched. L. with a few large serrate 

 leaflets and very minute intermediate ones, downy beneath. 

 Oymes with long side branches. Fl. yellowish, sweet-scented. 

 Pet. roundish. — ^Meadows and by water. P. VI. — VIII. Mea- 

 dow-sweet. E. S. I. 



3. S. Filipen'dula (L.) ; herbaceous, stip. of the root-leaves 

 linear acute entire, those of the stem rounded and cut, 1. inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, leaflets all oblong deeply ant and serrate, fl. in a 

 panicled cyme, caps, hairy, straight but adpressed. — E. B. 284. 

 St. 18. 7. — Root producing knobs. St. 1 — IJ foot high, round, 

 simple, panicled at the top_. L. mostly radical, spreading ; leaf- 

 lets small, many, intermediate ones small. Fl. yellowish-white 



