589 
PL ex, cal. 61. ULM ARIAS. 359. Spiraea. 
c. Ulmaria. Stem herbaceous ; camares 6 or 8, twisted. 
3. Spircea odor at a. Odorous spircea. 
Leaves interruptedly pinnate, tomentose beneath ; termi- 
nal leaflets 3-lobed ; side leaflets undivided ; corymbus pro- 
liferous. 
Ulmaria, Raii Syn. 259, 1. 
Regina prati, Ger. em. 104 3, 1. 
Ulmaria vulgaris, Park . 592. 
Meadow sweet. Mead sweet. Queen of the meadows. 
Damp fields and pastures; perennial ; June and July. 
Root fibrous ; stem 4 feet high ; flowers white, small, 
odoriferous. 
Fam. XXVII. 62. DRUPACEiE. Rosacearum pars , 
Jussieu. 
Calyx free, persisting, 5-cut; petals 5, inserted on the 
calyx; stamen indefinite, on the calyx under the petals; 
ovary simple, free, 1 -styled \ fruit a drupe, nut 1 or 2-seeded; 
seeds pendulous from the side; perisperm very thin, fleshy; 
radicle above ; corculum straight. — Stem woody ; leaves 
simple, glandular at bottom or on the petiole ; flowers coin- 
pleat, hermaphrodite. 
Drupe not glaucous ; nut globular Cerasus. 360. 
Drupe glaucous; nut ovate, pointed .... Prunus. 361. 
I. 360. CERASUS. Theophrastus. Cherry. 
Drupe fleshy, globose, bald, rather furrowed on one side, 
not covered with a glaucous pollen; nut smooth, globular, 
with a rather prominent angle on one side. 
a. Padus. Leaves deciduous ; petiole glandular ; 
flowers racemose. 
1 . Cerasus racemosa. Racemose cherry. 
Leaves ovate, lanceolate, deciduous, bald, doubly ser- 
rate; petioles with 2 glands at the base; flowers racemose; 
racemes pendulous. 
Cerasus avium nigra et racemosa, Raii Syn. 463, 1 ; Ger. em. 1504, 9. 
Cerasus avium rubra, Ger . em. 1504, 10. 
Cerasus avium racemosa, Park. 1517. 
Prunus Padus, Lin. S. P. 677. 
Cerasus Padus, De Candolle FI. Gall. 3781. . 
Wild cluster cherry. Bird cherry. Hegberry tree. 
Woods and hedges; tree; May. 
