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the sweet varieties of culti\'ated cherries. — Hedges ; less common. 

 — Fl. May. Perennial. 



6. P. Pddus (Bird Cherrv). — A handsome- small tree ; leaves 

 narrow, egg-shaped ; fhni'e?-s in pendulous racemes ; fmit o\oid, 

 black, bitter. — In the north of England not uucommon in a wild 

 state, anil common else- 

 where in shrubberies. 

 The clusters of flowers 

 and drupes are not un- 

 like those of the Portu- 

 gal Laurel, a nearly 

 allied species, but the 

 leaves are not evergreen. 

 — Fl. Mav. Perennial. 



2. Spir.ia. — Herbs 

 or shrubs ; leaves scatter- 

 ed, generally stipu'ate ; 

 flowers numerous, small, 

 in cymes ; sepals 4 or 5, 

 persistent ; ear/els 5 or 

 more ; ovules 2 or more 

 in each carpel : fruit a 

 ring of follicles. (Name 

 from the Greek speira, a J ~ 

 coil.) "^'^\, 



I.* 5. salieifo'ia (Wil- 

 low-leaved Spiuea). — A 

 shrub with simple exsti- 

 pulate leaves and ^-pike- 

 like clusters of rose- 

 coloured flovcers. — 

 Moist woods in the 

 north and in Wales ; not 

 indigenous. — Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



2. 5. Ulnuiria (!Mea- , ,, , 



dow-sweet, tjueen ol the 

 Meadows). — A tall, herbaceous plant, 2 — 4; feet high; leaves 

 interruptedl)- pinnate, white and downy beneath, terminal leaflet 

 verv large and lobed ; ffoivers in densel)- crowded, erect, compound 

 conies, creamy- white, very fragrant. — Moist places : common. — 

 Fl. Jnne — August. Perennial. 



j" .S. Fillpendula (Dropwort). — A herb about a foot high, with 



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