ICOSANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 
ver, Jersey side especially, frequent. It is also found on the 
banks of the Schuylkill. Ij . June, July. 
231. GILLENIA. Moench. {Rosacece,) 
Calix subcampaiiulate, border 5-toothed. Co- 
rolla partly unequal. Petals 5, lanceolate, 
attenuated, coarctate at the claws. Stami- 
• na fewer, included. Styles 5, contiguous ; 
stigmas capitate. Capsule 5-celled ; cells 
S-seeded. — JVutt. 
uifoiiata. 1. G. leaves ternate, lanceolate, serrate, nearly 
equal j stipules linear, entire ; flowers terminal, 
loosely paniculated, 5-gynous j calix tubulose- 
campanulate. — JViUd. 
Spiraea trifoliata, Willd., Mich., Muld., &c. 
Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. t. 5. 
Bot. Mag. 489. 
Indian Physic. 
About two or three feet high. This fine plant is very inte- 
resting on account of its medicinal virtues, which are actively 
emetic. (See Veg. Mat. Med. U. S.) Flowers white, or rarely 
tinged with peach-blossom-red. Flower-buds rose-coloured. 
In shady woods and thickets near streams, west of the Dela- 
ware, common. Perennial. June, July. 
232. ROSA. Gen. pi. 863, (Rosace<p,) 
Calix urceolate, carnose, contracted at the 
orifice, border 5-cleft. Petals 5. Seeds 
many, hispid, attached to the inside of the 
calix. — JSTutt. 
parviflora. j. R. germs dcpresscd-globose, and pedunclcs his- 
pid ; petioles pubescent, subaculeate •, stem gla- 
brous, stipular prickles upright ; folioles ellip- 
tic-lanceolate, simply serrate, glabrous,’ flowers 
sub-paired.— IFiiW. and Pursh. 
R. Carolina, Du. Roi. harbk. 2. p. 335. and Mich. 
R. Pennsylvanica, Wangh. Amer. p. 113. (Pursh.) 
R. humilis, Marshall, Arb. 285. 
