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SPIRÆA Lindleyana. 
Dr. Lindley's Spirea. 
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BosacEz. § Rose. 
SPIRÆA, L. 
$ SorBARIA Seringe in DeCand. Prodr. 2. 543. Schizonotus, Lindl. 
in Wall. Cat. no. 703. Folia pinnata. Discus totus calyci accretus. Ovula 
plura pendula. Capsula 5-carpa ; carpellis per dorsum dehiscentibus. 
S. Lindleyana ; fruticosa, foliis pinnatis 5-8-jugis, foliolis sessilibus ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis grosse duplicato-serratis, stipulis linearibus. 
Spiræa Lindleyana ; Wallich Cat. no. 703. Royle illustr. Himal. p. 203. 
- The sorb-leaved Spiræa is well known as an inhabitant of 
shrubberies. The species now figured is very like it, differ- 
ing chiefly in its greater stature, and more numerous leaflets, 
which have a long taper point, and a distinctly ovate outline, 
while those of Sp. sorbifolia are nearly oval. 
It is a native of the Himalayas; Dr. Wallich’s collectors 
fóund it in Kemaon and Sirmore; and Dr. Royle also men- 
tions it as inhabiting those countries. The specimen now 
figured was produced in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, where it had been raised from seeds communicated 
by the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India 
Company. 
It is a fine tall shrub, growing freely along with similar 
plants, and flowering abundantly from July to September. 
During three winters it bore the cold without suffering : but 
the late winter killed it as far as the ground, from which, 
however, it is again shooting up. 
