47. B0SACX2B: SPIR.EE J3. 227 



14. Spirffiapubescens, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. If at. Mosc. v. (1832) 

 p. 190 ; Whip. Rep. ii. p. 49 ; Maxim, in Act. Sort. Petrop. vi. 

 p. 193 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 106. 



Spiraea media, var. sericea, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 6. 



Chihli: Jehol (David, hb. Hance, 13426!), near Peking 

 (Bushelll); Shingkwg: Moukden to Taloo river (Webster I), 

 west of Hingjing (Boss !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Mongolia. 



The only specimen we have seen of S. sericea, Turcz., is ex- 

 ceedingly near this in foliage, but the inflorescence is distinctly 

 corymbose or almost racemose, not subumbellate. See the 

 remarks under S. dasyaniha. 



15. Spiraea salicifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 489 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 544 ; Maxim, in Act. Sort. Petrop. vi. p. 209 (varietates). 



Shingkxng : between Moukden and the Taloo river (James !) . 

 Herb. Kew. 



Eastern Europe to Japan and in North America. 



16. Spiraea sorbifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 702 ; DC. Prodr. 

 ii. p. 545; Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 23; Sooh.f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. ii. p. 324. 



Spiraea Kirilowi, Regel, Til. Fl. Ajan. p. 81, in adnot. ; Franchet, PI. 

 David, p. 108. 



Sorbaria sorbifolia, Kirilowi, &c, Maxim, in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. 

 pp. 223-225. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bunge ! Williams ! Bretschneider ! 

 Skatchkqf ' !) ; Shingking : Chienshan (Rossi), Talienhwan 

 (Swinhoe !) ; Hupeh : Ichang and Patung (A. Henry !). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Altai mountains and Himalayas to Japan and Kamtschatka. 



With a large number of specimens before us, we cannot retain 

 the Chinese form as a species distinct from 8. sorbifolia. Dr. A. 

 Henry notes it as a " tree ten feet high " in one locality, and in 

 another " a tree from twenty to thirty feet high." 



17. Spiraea Thunbergii, Sieb. in Blume, Bijdr. p. 1115 ; Sieb. et 

 Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 130, t. 69 ; Maxim, in Act. Sort. Petrop. vi. 

 p. 183, et Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 18. 



Chika : without locality (Fortune, 6 !) ; Kiakgsi : Kiukiang 

 (Maries I) ; Chekiang : near Ningpo (Sancoch ex Maximowicz). 



Herb. Kew. 



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