88 26. ROSACER. 
lets and very minute intermediate ones, downy beneath. Pe- 
duncles downy. Fl. yellowish, sweetscented. Pet. roundish.— 
Meadows and by water. P. VI.—VIII. Meadow-sweet. 
3. S. Filipendula (L.); herbaceous, stip. of the root leaves 
linear acute entire, those of the stem rounded and cut, 1. inter- 
tuptedly pinnate, leaflets all oblong deeply cut and serrate, fl. in 
a panicled cyme, caps. hairy parallelly adpressed.—E. B. 284. 
St. 18. 7.—Root producing tubers. St. 1—12 foot high, round, 
simple, panicled at the top. L. mostly radical, spreading; leaf- 
lets small, numerous, intermediate ones much smaller. Fl. yel- 
lowish white tinged with red. Pet. obovate——Dry chalky and 
limestone pastures. P. VI. VII. Dropwort. E. 8. 
Tribe II. Sanguisorbee. 
3. SANGUISORBA Linn. 
1. S. officinalis (L.) ; spikes ovate-oblong, stam. about as long 
as the calyx, leaflets cordate oblong—Z#. B. 1312.—L. pinnate 
glabrous ; leaflets about 13, stalked, opposite, obtuse, coarsely 
serrate.—8. media; spikes elongated cylindrical Damp mea- 
dows. P. VI—VIII. Great Burnet. 
4. Poterium Linn. 
1. P. Sanguisorba (L.); herbaceous, st. slightly angular, cal. 
of the fruzt hardened quadrangular reticulate-rugose.—E. B. 860. 
——L. pinnate with numerous small ovate coarsely serrate sub- 
sessile leaflets glabrous or slightly hairy beneath. Lower part of 
the stems and petioles often downy.—On a dry calcareous soil. 
P. VI—VIII. Lesser Burnet. ELL 
2. P. muricatum (Spach); herbaceous, st. slightly angular, 
calyx of fruit hardened 4-winged pitted, pits with elevated and 
denticulate edges.—Closely resembling the preceding species but 
yey ae inallits parts. Leaflets usually oval.—Dry places. 
P. VI. VIL. 
5. Acrimonia Linn. 
1, A. Eupatoria (L.); cal. of the fr. obconic furrowed to the 
base, exterior spines spreading, |. interruptedly pinnate serrate 
tomentose beneath.—F. B. 1335. St. 59. 4.—St. erect, about 2 
feet high. Spikes long with distant yellow flowers. Leaflets 
deeply serrated—Fields and road-sides. P. VI. VII. 
[2. A. odorata (Ait.); cal. of the fr. bellshaped its upper half 
alone furrowed, exterior spines reflexed, 1. interruptedly pinnate 
hairy and with minute glands beneath.—Resembling the last. 
Spikes long. Leaflets deeply and sharply serrate. Cal. of the fr. 
