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SPIR^ACEiE. III. Spir^a. 



Guelder-rose-leaved SpiYsea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1690, Sh. as the calyxes glabrous. Tj. G. Native of Java and Japan. 



S. chamaedrifolia Japomca, Blum, bijdr. 1114. Flowers white. 

 Blume's Spirsea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 S. ME^DiA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 342.) leaves obo- 

 vate, few-toothed at the apex, rather villous ; corymbs pedun- 

 culate. 



5 to 6 feet. 

 2 S. 



o'gyna (Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 194.) leaves broad- 

 ovate, slightly 3-lobed, deeply serrated, glabrous ; corymbs um- 

 bellate ; flowers monogynous ; lobes of calyx erectly spreading ; 

 ovaries villous. Tj . H. Native of North America, on the 

 Rocky Mountains. Flowers white. Carpel solitary, 



Monogynous Spiraea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 S. CAPITA TA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 342») leaves ovate, 



^ . H. Native of Canada, 

 dia, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 542. 



S. chamaedrifolia /3, me- 

 Flowers white. 



Intermediate Spiraea. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 

 11 S. OBLONGiFouA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 3. p. 261. 



a little lobed, doubly serrated, tomentose, and reticulated beneath; t. 235.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, deeply 



corymbs terminal, crowded, somewhat capitate, on long pedun- 

 cles. Tj . H. Native of North America, on the eastern coast, 



serrated at the apex, or entire, pubescent, ciliated ; corymbs pe- 

 dunculate. l2 • H. Native of Hungary, Flowers white. Like 



and at the river Columbia. Cambess. 1. c. 1. p. 365. Flowers S. chamcedrifblia in the form of the leaves, but sufficiently dis- 



wbite. Carpels 2. Said by Hooker to be a variety of aS. opulifolta. 

 Ca/?27a/e-flowered Spirsea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



tmct. 



Sect. II. Cham^e^dryon {Chamcedrys, the name of the ger- 

 mander; form of leaves). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 542. 

 Spirae'a species, Cambess. mon. spir. in ann. sc. nat. l.p, 384. 

 Ovaries free. Torus free at the apex, but adhering to the 

 calycine tube at the base. Shrubs, with hermaphrodite flowers, 

 disposed in umbels or corymbs; pedicels undivided, 1-flowered. 

 Leaves entire or toothed, exstipulate. 



4 S. ulmifolia (Scop. fl. cam. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 349. t. 22.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat, sharply serrated, glabrous ; 

 flowers disposed in sub-hemispherical, terminal corymbs ; sepals 

 reflexed. b . H. Native of Carinthia and Siberia. Cambess. 



Oblong-leaved SpiY^^a* Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1816. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



12 S. lanceola^ta (Poir. diet. 7. p. 354.) leaves lanceolate, 



deeply serrated, glabrous, paler beneath ; umbels few-flowered, 



Native of the Mauritius and 



axillary, pedunculate. 

 China. 



l2. G. 



p. 36G. t. 25. 

 white. 



S. Cantonensis, Lour. coch. p. 322. ex Cambess. 1. c. 



Flowers 



Leaves like those of S. salicifhlia. 



40. t. 13. S. 



1. c. 1. p. 3G7. Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 6. p. 

 chamaedrifolia, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 140. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1222. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 1042. Flowers white. 



Leaves deeply serrated only at the apex. 

 Lanceolate-\edi\e^ Spiraea. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 

 13 S. ca'na (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 3. p. 252. t. 227.) 

 leaves ovate, acute, quite entire, or a little toothed, clothed with 

 hoary villi ; corymbs somewhat spicate, lateral, pedunculate, few- 

 flowered, loose ; sepals spreading ; styles thick ; carpels di- 

 verging, and rather villous. \ . H. Native of Croatia on 

 hiofh rocks. Cambess. 1. c. 1. p. 364. Leaves about the size 



Flowers white. 



of those o{ Salix repens, var. argentea. 



Hoary Spirsea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 



Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



14 S. vaccinifolia (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 227.) leaves 



Var, (ij phylldntha (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 542.) sepals elliptic, acute, glabrous, glaucous beneath, serrated at the apex ; 

 distinct, stipitate, transformed into verticillate, lanceolate, sharply branches hairy ; cymes terminal, few-flowered, tomentose. ^ .H. 



Lodd. bot. cab. 1403. Shrub small, erect. 



serrated leaves ; petals and stamens wanting, or if present more 

 or less deformed. S. foliosa, Poir. diet. 7. p. 353. 



Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to 5 ft. 



Native of Nipaul. 

 Flowers white. 



Whortle-berry-leaved Spiraea. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



15 S. iNcisA (Thunb. fl. jap. 213.) leaves ovate, deeply 5- 



terminal. 



parted, serrated, pale and villous beneath ; 



Elm-leaved Spiraea. FL June, Jul. 



5 S. FLEXUOSA (Fisch. in litt. and Cambess. 1. c. p. 365. t. 

 26.) leaves lanceolate, glabrous, dentately serrated from the 

 apex to the middle ; flowers disposed in corymbs. Tj , H. Na- 

 tive country unknown. S. alpma, Hort. par. ex Cambess. and ^ . H. Native of Japan. Cambess. 1. c. p 

 Fisch. in litt. Perhaps only a variety of /S*. ulmifolia. Flowers small, white. 



white. 



Flexuous Spiraea. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



6 S. crat^gifolia (Link. enum. 2. p. 40.) leaves obovate, 

 obtuse, doubly serrated in front, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, 

 compound, subcapitate. I? . H. Native country unknown. 

 Flowers white. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 



cymes 

 . 262. 



Flowers 



Hawthorn-leaved Spiraea. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 



7 S. be'lla (Sims, bot, mag. 2426.) stems glabrous, rufous ; 

 leaves ovate, glabrous, serrated, petiolate, glaucous beneath ; late, sessile 



Cut'leaved Spirsea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



16 S. TRi^LOBA (Lin. mant. 244.) leaves roundish, 3-lobed, 

 crenated, glabrous, glaucous beneath and reticulately veined ; 

 flowers disposed in corymbous umbels ; sepals ascending 5 ^^^* 

 pels glabrous. T? . H. Native of the Altaian mountains. Cam- 

 bess. 1, c. p. 361. Wats. dent. brit. 68. Pall. ross. 1. p- S3. 

 t. 17. Flowers white. Carpels glabrous. - 



TAree-Zofced-leaved Spir^a. Fl. May. Clt. 1801. Sh.2to4tt. 



17 S. AiPi NA fPall. fl. ross. 1. p. U. t. 20.) leaves lanceo- 



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lobes of calyx deflexed ; cymes terminal, spreading, and are as 

 well as the branches pubescent. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul. 

 Shrub erect, branched, with the habit of S. chamaedrifolia. 

 Flowers beautiful red. 



Pretty Spirsea. Fl. July, Aug. 



Carpels 5, shining. 



Clt. 1820. 



Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



8 S. CHAMAEDRIFOLIA (Liu. spcc. 701.) Icavcs ovate, deeply ser- 



ile, serrulated, glabrous, with the middle nerve pinnate ; 

 corymbs terminal, pedunculate, nearly leafless ; sepals ascend- 

 ing. Tj . H. Native on the alps of Siberia, in woods. Flowers 

 wh i te. 



Alpine Spirsea. Fl. June. Clt. 1 806. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 18 S. thalictroIdes (Pall. fl. ross. 1. pp. 34. and 78. t. 18.; 

 leaves obovate, obtuse, somewhat 3-lobed ; umbels lateral, ses- 



S. aquilegi- 



rated at the apex, pubescent ; flowers disposed in hemispherical sile. ^ . H. Native of Dahuria, o;i the alps 



corymbs ; pedicels slender, elongated ; sepals veiny, reflexed. folia, Pall. itin. 3. append. 734. no. 94. t. P. f. 3. 



Tj . H. Native of Siberia, Kamtschatka, Dahuna, and north- cous beneath, finely 3-nerved. Flowers white. 

 west coast of America. ~" 



Leaves glau- 



p. 32. t. 15. 



Germander 'leaved Spiraea. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Cambess. 1. c. l.p. 362. Pall. fl. ross. 1. 

 Flowers white. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789, Sh. 



9 S. Blxj'mei ; leaves obovate, obtuse, deeply toothed at the 

 apex, smoothish ; cymes pedunculate, terminal, and are as well 



iJ/eaJow-rwe-ZiAre Spiraea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1816. 

 2 to 3 feet. . , 



19 S. arge'ntea (Mutis, in Lin. fil. suppl. 261.) plant clothed 

 with silky silvery down ; leaves crowded, obovate, or oblong 

 serrated towards the apex, fan-nerved; racemes axillaiT ^" 

 terminal, panicled; ovaries silky, biovulate. Ij • S. ^^ 



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