4 22 Spirsea. 
269. SPIR/EA Filipendula* Linn. Sp.pl. 702. Mat. 
m. 23 j>. ICniph. Bot * orig. cent . 5* Oeder 
Icon . 
Filipendula vulgaris. Blackw. Herb. 1 \ 463. 
7 , annich. Venez.t. 223 * Camer. 
Pbarm . F 1 LIRFNDUL/E (Saxifraga rubra?) 
Radix, Herba* 
Locus. Europa, in pratis* Perennis. 
FORMA. rec . Radix cylindrica, filiformi-ra- 
mofa, delcendens, tuberofa: Tuberibus longius pe- 
tiolatis, turbinatis fi ovalibus, redis f inflexiufcuiis, 
magnimdine inaequali, far pe pollicaribus, farpe 
etihm digitalibus, fufcis, apice terminatis fibra 
loiftaiia, fibrillata, defcendente; parencymate ni¬ 
veo, carnofo-firmo, ficciufculo; poft ledionem 
transverfalem difco aequali* Caulis fimpliciflimus, 
eredus, fiexuofus, teres, fubangulatus, glaber, 
pedalis. Folia alterna, pinnata : pinnis oppofitis, 
fefliiibus, fubamplexicauiibus, tranisverfalibus, li¬ 
nearibus, obtufis, glabris, venulofls, fupra Emi¬ 
rate viri iibus, fubtus glaucis, pinnatifidis: laciniis 
oppofitis, obtufis, ineris; radicalia petioiata, e- 
longata, fpichamsea, procumbentia, terrar adpref- 
fa ; canlina fefliiia, ereda. Petiolus communis 
fupra canaliculatus* Stipula communes ad ba- 
fin petiolorum, fubovatse, venulofe, plano-con- 
cavae, amplexicaules, margine undique acute fer- 
ratar, fuperne bifidar, incite; partiales in petio¬ 
lo communi, intra finguium pinnarum par, par- 
viufculse, ovatae, incite , leililes, oppofitae, a 
pinnis remotae; inferiores in petiolo nudar, pin¬ 
nis excludis, fenfim minores, (ubimbricatar. Cy¬ 
ma terminalis, pedunculata, concava, fubdicho- 
toma, nuda, gldbra. Brattea nuite; tepe fo¬ 
liolum ad cymam. Flores albi, pedunculati, fb- 
cun- 
