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3* Spir-®a tomentofa. Scarlet flowered Philadef* 
phian Spircea. 
This grows naturally in Pennfylvania; rifing with 
{lender, branching {talks to the height of three or 
four feet, having a purple bark, covered with a 
grey meally down. The leaves are fmall, fpear- 
ihaped, unequally fawed on their edges, of a bright 
green on their upper Tides, but downy and veined 
underneath. The flowers terminate the branches in 
form of a racemus or bunch ; they are fmall and of 
a beautiful red colour. 
4. Spiraea tomentofa alba. White flowered Phila - 
delphian Spircea. 
This is a variety of the former; rifing with flen- 
der {talks to the height of four or five feet. The 
leaves are fmall and of thin texture, of an oblong 
oval, or fomewhat wedge fhape, {lightly and {harp- 
ly fawed on their edges, and a little downy on both 
fides. The flowers are produced in manner of the 
former, of a beautiful white, making a pretty ap- 
pearance. This is called Indian Pipe Shank, from 
the pithy Items being ufed by the natives for that 
purpofe. 
STAPHYUA, 
BLADDER-NUT-TREE, 
Clafs 5. Order 3. Pentandria Trigynia. 
T HE Empalement is five-parted, concave, roundilk, colour- 
ed, and almoft the fize of the corolla. 
The Corolla is five petal’d, oblong, ereft, and like the calyx. 
The NeEtarium concave and pitcher-ihape in the bottom of 
the flower. 
The 
