Hi ROSACEA, (rose family.) 



4. S. tomeiltdsa, L. (Hakdhack. Steeple-bush.) Stems and lower 

 surface of the ovate or oblong serrate leaves very ivooUy; flowers in short racemes 

 crowded in a dense panicle ; pods woolly. — Low grounds ; commonest in New 

 England. July. — Flowers rose-color. 



§3. ULMARIA, Mcench. —•■ Perennial herbs, loith pinnate leaves and panided 

 cymose flowers : calyx reflexed : pods 5 - 8 in number, 1 - 2-seeded. 



5. S. lobata, Murr. (Queen of the Pkaieie.) Glabrous (2°-8° 

 high) ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; the teiminal leaflet very large, 7 - 9-parted, 

 the lobes incised and toothed; stipules kidney -form ; panicle compound-clus- 

 tered, on a long naked peduncle. — Meadows and prairies, Penn. to Michigan, 

 Dlinois, and Kentucky. June. — Flbwers deep peach-blossom color, handsome, 

 the petals and sepals often in fours ! 



§ 4. AKUNCUS, Seringe,, — Perennial herbs, with diacious whitish flowers, in 

 slender spikes disposed in a long compound panicle; leaves thrice-pinnate; the 

 stipules obsolete : pods 3-5, several-seeded : pedicels re/lexed in fruit. 



6. S. Aruiicns, L. (Goat's-Beard.) Smooth, tall ; leaflets thin, 

 lanceolate-oblong, or the terminal ones ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, sharply 

 cut and seiTate. — Rich woods, Catskill and Alleghany Mountains and west- 

 ward. June. (Eu.) 



S. FiLiPENDULA, the Dkopwort ; S. UlmAria, the Meadow-Sweet of 

 Eui'ope; S. HYPERioir6uA (Italian May); and S. sorbip6lia, are com- 

 mon in gardens. 



3. OILiLiKNIA, Moench. Indian Physic. 



Calyx naiTow, constricted at the throat, 5-toothed ; teeth erect. Petals 5, 

 somewhat unequal, linear-lanceolate, inserted in the throat of the calyx ; convo- 

 lute in the bud. Stamens 10-20, included. Pods 5, included, 2-4-seedod. — 

 Perennial herbs, with almost sessile 3-foliolate leaves, the thin leaflets doubly 

 serrate and incised. Flowers loosely paniculate-corymbed, pale rose-color or 

 white. (Dedicated to an obscure botanist or gardener, A. Gille, or Gillenius.) 



1. G. trifoliata, Moench. (Bowman's Boot.) Leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 pointed, cut-serrate ; stipules small, awl-shaped, entire. — Rich woods, from 

 W. New York southward, and sparingly in the Western States. July. 



2. G. stipnlacea, Nutt. (American Ipecac.) Leaflets lanceolate, 

 deeply incised; stipules large and leaf-like, doubly incised. — From W. Penn- 

 sylvania and New York to Illinois and Kentucky. June. 



4. AGRIMONIA, Toum. Agrimony. 



Calyx-tube top-shaped, contracted at the throat, armed with hooked bristles 

 above, indurated and enclosing the fruit ; the limb 5-cleft, closed after flowering. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 12-15. Aehenia 2 : styles terminal. Seed suspended. — 

 Perennial herbs, with interruptedly pinnate leaves and yellow flowers in slender 

 spiked racemes : bracts 3-cleft. (A corruption of Argemmia, of the same deri- 

 vation as Argemone.) 



