100 BOBAG&fi. 



Alleghenies; rare. Juno. St' M 1 to 2 feet high, slightly pubescent, reddi.-h. 

 Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, % to 1> , \\ Ede, Dearly .-mooth above/entire towards the 

 base. FUmtrt very numerous, white or rose^colored, in a corymb 4 to 6 inches 

 broad. 



3. S. salictfolio, L. Meadow-sweet. 



Nearly smooth; leaves wedge-lanceolate, simply or doubly serrate; raamet in 

 dense terminal-compound panicles; caipels 5, distinct, smooth. 



Meadows along streams ; common. June, July. A small bushy shrub 2 to 5 

 feet hL:k. with purple and brittle branches. Leaves varying in form, mostly acute, 

 but sometimes obtuse, 1J4 to 3 inches long, % to % inch wide. Flowers "numer- 

 ous, white, often tinged with red, small, with conspicuous stamens. 



4. S. tomentosa, L. Hard-hack Steeple-lush. 



Stem and peduncles reddish-tomentose ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, unequally ser- 

 rate, densely tomentose beneath; racemes terminal, compound, crowded; carpels 

 5, woolly. 



Low grounds and meadows ; common. July, Aug. A small shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high. Stems very hard, brittle. Leave* lV-> to 2 inches long, % as wide, dark 

 green above, rusty white beneath. FlowerSYerj numerous, small, light-purple, 

 with conspicuous stamens forming handsome pyramidal clusters. 



* * Herbaceous perennials. 



5. S. lobata, Murr. Queen of the Prairie. 



Leaves interruptedly pinnate, the terminal leaflets very large 7 to 9-parted, the 

 lobes incised and toothed ; lateral leaflets 3-lobed, the lobes all serrate, mostly 

 incised or toothed: flower* in a compound clustered panicle: sepals reflexed. 



Moist grounds. June, July. A beautiful herb i to S feet high. Stem angled. 

 flowers large, deep rose-color, numerous, and very delicate, in panicled compound 

 clusters, on a long naked peduncle. Car-pels C to 8, smooth. 



CULTIVATED EXOTIC SPECIES. 



6. S. Ulmaria. Double Meadow-sweet. 



Leaves 3 to 7-foliate, with minute leaflets interposed: lateral leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 late; terminal ones much larger, palmately 5 to 7-lobed, all doubly serrate, and 

 whitish tomentose beneath; stipules reniform, serrate; pa nicle corymbose, long- 

 pedunculate. Native of Europe: cultivate in gardens. Flown numerous, 

 white, mostly very double, appearing in July. 



7. S. filapendula. Pride of the West, 



Lea ves interruptedly pinnate; leaflets 9 to 12, pinnatifidly serrate, with many 

 minute ones interposed; stipules large, semi-cordate, serrate; ctrymb on a long 

 terminal peduncle. Native of Europe. A handsome delicate herb 1 to 3 feet high 

 with white flowers % to % inch in diameter. Cultivated in gardens. 



6. GILLENIA. Mcench. 



Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, constricted at the throat, 5- 

 cleft; teeth erect. Petals 5, linear-lanceolate, somewhat 

 unequal, elongated in the throat of the calyx. Stamens 

 10 to 20, mostly included. Styles 5, filiform, terminal. 

 Carpels 5, distinct, 2-valved, 2 to 4-seeded, included in the 

 calyx. — Perennial Itcrbs with almost sessile S-foliate leaves, 

 doubly serrate and incised, and pale rose-colored or white 

 flowers in paniculate corymbs. 



