ICOSANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Spirjea. 609 
the lone spots in which it is observed in Britain, we can scarcely doubt 
its title to admission in our Flora. E.) 
(Willow-leaved Spiraea. Welsh: Erivainhelyg-ddail. E.) Mr. Gough 
of Kendal, who first remarked it as indigenous, says it occurs in moist 
hedges in Westmoreland, in many places on the borders of Winander- 
mere, and that it has lately been observed by Mr. Dalton, of Manchester, 
by the road between Pool Bridge and Colthouse, near Hawkshead, Cum¬ 
berland. (Hedge between Green Hammerton and Knaresborough, far 
from any house or garden. Teesdale. In a wood at Hafod, Cardigan¬ 
shire, near a gate, in the eastern approach to the house. Sir J. E. Smith. 
Sides of fields about Pitcaithly, Perthshire, and in woods on the banks of 
Alt-Graad, Frith of Cromarty. Mr. Anderson. Banks of Cartlane Crags, 
Glasgow. Hopkirk. In a hedge in the parish of Llanwillog, between 
Bryngola and the church, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. In Gibside wood, 
Durham. Mr. R. Wigham. Eng. FI. E.) S. July.* 
S. filipen'dula. Leaves interruptedly winged: leafits strap-spear¬ 
shaped, irregularly serrated, smooth: flowers in tufts: (styles 
many. E.) 
{Hook. FI. Lond. 125. E.) — FI. Dan. 635— -E. Bot. 284 — Blackw. 467— 
Knipfi. 3 — Fucks. 562 — Trag. 883 — Lonic. i. 220. 2 — Ger. 900. 1 — Matth . 
865 — Clus. ii. 211. 2 — Dod. 56. 1 — Lob. Obs. 420. 3 — Ger. Em. 1058. 1 
— Park. 435. 1— Pet. 71. 6— H. Ox. ix. 20. row 1, left hand figure. 
(j Roots consisting of numerous black, oval, farinaceous knobs or glandules, 
connected by slender fibres. Stems herbaceous, from one foot to a yard 
high or more. Leafits mostly alternate, smooth on both sides and shining. 
A pair of little leafits sessile on the leaf-stalk between each pair of larger 
leafits. Fruit-stalk bent before the flowers expand. Petals cream-co¬ 
loured, purplish underneath, deflexed. Styles eight to twelve. Leaves 
high, slender, mostly radical. Plant varying greatly in size. E.) 
Dropwort. (Welsh: Crogedyf. E.) Mountainous meadows and pas¬ 
tures, in calcareous soil. Swaffham Heath, Norfolk. Mr. Crowe. Rip- 
ton, Huntingdonshire. Mr. Woodward. Bredon Hill, above Overbury, 
Worcestershire. Nash. Near Madresfield, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. 
St. Vincent’s Rocks, Bristol. Mr Swayne. Rocky ground between Dun¬ 
dee and Broughty Castle. Mr. Brown. About Stone Henge. (Debris of 
Salisbury Craigs, Edinburgh. Dr. Greville. At Baydales and Connis- 
cliffe, near Darlington. Mr. Robson. In fields on the coast, near Whit¬ 
burn. Winch Guide. Between the church and the Llanerchymed road, 
in the parish of Llanbedr, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. E.) P. June—July.f 
S. ulma'ria. Leaves interruptedly winged: leafits egg-shaped, 
doubly serrated, hoary underneath, (the terminal one largest and 
lobed: styles numerous: E.) flowers in tufts. 
Curt. 340— {E. Bot. 960. E.) — Eudw. 23— FI. Dan. 547— Blackw. 465— 
Kniph. 1— Clus. ii. 198. 1— Dod. 5?-— Ger. Em. 1043— Park. 592. 1— 
Pet. 71. 8—AT. Ox. ix. 20, row 1. 1. fig. 3d.— Ger. 886— J. B. iii. 488. 2. 
* (Long cultivated in gardens and shrubberies by the name of Spiraea frutex, and 
generally propagated from suckers. The young shoots, being tough and pliable, are often 
used for the tops of fishing rods. E.) 
t The tuberous pea-like roots, (whence the trivial name, E.) dried and reduced to 
powder, make a kind of bread, which in times of scarcity, is not to be despised. Hogs are 
very fond of them. Linn. When expanded and enlarged by cultivation, sometimes with 
double flowers, this plant is a beautiful addition to the flower garden. 
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