An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus 3. ROSE FAMILY. 3, ARUNCUS [L.] Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 295. 1763. Tall perennial herbs, with large 2-3-pinnale leaves, stipules minute or wanting, and very numerous white dioecious flowers in panicled spikes. Calyx mostly 5-lobed. Petals as many as the calyx-lobes. Stamens numerous, inserted on the calyx; filament
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus 3. ROSE FAMILY. 3, ARUNCUS [L.] Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 295. 1763. Tall perennial herbs, with large 2-3-pinnale leaves, stipules minute or wanting, and very numerous white dioecious flowers in panicled spikes. Calyx mostly 5-lobed. Petals as many as the calyx-lobes. Stamens numerous, inserted on the calyx; filaments filiform. Pistils usually 3. alternate with the calyx-lobes. Follicles glabrous, at length reflexed, usually 2-seeded. Seeds minute, not shining. [Greek, goat's-beard.] About 3 species, the following typical one widely tributed in the north temperate zone, one in northw em America, the other Japanese. I. Aruncus Aruncus (L.) Karst. beard. Fig. 2221. Goat's- Spiraea Aruncus L. Sp. PI. 490. i753- Aruncus sykcslcr Kostel. Ind. Hort. Frag. 15. Name only. 1844. Aruncus Aruncus Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 779. i88o-8j. Glabrous or pubescent; stem erect, somewhat branched, i'-y' high. Leaves long-petioled, the lower 1° long or more, pinnate, 3-7-foliolate; leaflets ovate, lanceolate or oval, thin, stalked or sessile, acuminate or acute at the apex, rounded, slightly cordate or sometimes narrowed at the base, sharply doubly serrate or incised, 1-3' long; spikes slender, elongated, erect or spreading; flowers i'<-2' wide; follicles short. In rich woods, mountains of Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Georgia and Missouri, and in northern Europe and Asia. Consists of several races, differing in pubes- cence and slightly in the size and shape of the fruit. Ascends to 4200 ft. in North Carolina. May-July. 4. SCHIZONOTUS Lindl. Introd. Xat. Syst. 81. 1830. Shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves, the large stipules conspicuous. Flowers perfect, in terminal panicles. Calyx-tube hemispheric, its 5 lobes
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