SPIR^A.' — POTEEIUJI. 99 



nate-serrate. Pet. subemargiimte, with a claw. "Fr. juicy, 

 acid, always red." — ^fledges. Sh. V. Dwarf Cherry. E. I. 



Suborder II. Rosea. Tribe I. Spirceidm. 



2. Spieje'a Linn. 



Jl. S. salicifolia (L.) ; shrvbhy, stip. 0, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 

 unequally serrate glabrous, racemes terminal compound, stam. 

 exceeding the petals. — E. 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. Ulmdria (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. — E. B. 960. .Si!. 18. 8. — St. about 3 

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

 leaflets and very minute intermediate ones, downy beneath. 

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

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

 dow-sweet, E. S. I. 



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

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

 ruptedly pinnate, leaflets all dblong deeply cut 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. yellowi.9h-white 

 tinged with red. Pet. obovate. — Dry chalky and limestone 

 pastures. P. VI. VII. Dropwort. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. SanguisorbecB. 



3. Sangtjisge'ba Linn. Great Burnet. 



1. S. offidndlis (L.) ; spikes ovate-oblong, stam. about as long 

 as the calyx, leaflets cordate-oblong. — E. A 1312. — L. pinnate, 

 glabrous; leaflets about 13, stalked, opposite, blunt, coarsely 

 serrate. Spikes rarely long, cylindrical. Fr. oblong, winged 

 chiefly in its upper half, transverse section round, 4 wings thin. 

 -Damp meadows. P. VI.-VIII. E.S.I. 



4. PoiK'iiiUM Linn. Lesser Burnet. 



1. P. Sangmsor'ba (L.) : herbaceous, st. slightly angular, cal. 



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