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Spiraea pubescens, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 157, et Bot. 

 Reg. 1847, t. 38, et Herb. Chin. Bung, in Herb. Kew, nee Turcz. 



Spiraea chinensis, Maxim, in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 193. 



Chihli: mountains near Peking (Bunge\ Tatarinovol Bret- 

 schneider ! Carles ! Bushell !) ; Kiangsu : Chinkiang {Maries !) ; 

 Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Shearer I); Hupeh: Ichang (A. Henry !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



There can be no doubt that the Spiraea cultivated under the 

 name pubescens, and figured by Lindley, is the same as that dis- 

 tributed by Bunge under the same name, and subsequently 

 described and published by him as S. dasyantha. S. pubescens, 

 Turcz., is certainly very closely allied, yet easily distinguished 

 by its narrower, less distinctly veined leaves, having longer hairs 

 on the under surface, and glabrous flowers. The flowers of 

 8. dasyantha appear to be functionally unisexual ; the females 

 having a strongly developed lobate disk, and the males small 

 sessile rudimentary carpels. • 



7. Spiraea Henryi, HemsL, n. sp. (Plate YI.) 



Frutex 6-7-pedalis (Henry) ramosissimus, ramulis floriferis 

 graciliusculis glabrescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, sub- 

 coriacea, obovata vel oblonga, l-l£ poll, longa vel interdum 

 usque bipollicaria, supra cito glabrescentia, subtus pubescentia 

 simul prominenter 3-5-nervosa, subintegra vel supra medium 

 3-7-dentata, interdum fere truncatim 3-dentata, dentibus later- 

 alibus multo minoribus. Flores mediocres, numerosissimi, in 

 corymbos compositos breviter pedunculatos terminates dispositi, 

 pedicellis brevibus filiformibus calycibusque puberulis vel parce 

 pilosis; calycis dentes breves, lati, vix acuti ; petala glabra, 

 rotundata, venosa ; ovaria parce pilosa, 2-ovulata, ovulis pendulis. 

 Carpella matura non visa. 



Hupeh : Patung and Ichang (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



In foliage this resembles S. pubescens, S. dasyantha, and some 

 of the forms of S. Blumei, from all of which it is easily dis- 

 tinguished by its compoundly corymbose inflorescence. Dr. A. 

 Henry notes that the leaves are used as a substitute for tea. 



8. Spiraea japonica, Linn. f. Suppl p. 262; Maxim, in Act. 

 Hort. Petrop. vi. p. 203. 



Spiraea callosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 209 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 544 ; Lindl. et 

 LINN. JOUEN. — BOTANY, TOL. XXIII. Q 



