SPIRiEACE^. Ill, Spir^a. 



519 



of New Granada. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 235. 

 t. 562. Flowers white. 



Silvery Spiraea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



20 S. Pikowie'nsis (Besser, enum. pi. pod. p. 46. no. 1428.) 

 leaves lanceolate-cuneate, obtuse, rarely cuspidate, triple-nerved, 

 unequally serrated at the apex ; corymbs pedunculate. T^ . H. Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 544. 



brous, discoloured ; corymbs terminal ; flowers trigynous. ^ . 



H. Native of Virginia. Lodd. hot. cab. G71. Flowers white. 



Corymhous Spiraea. FI. June, Jul. Clt. 1819. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



Sect. III. SriRA^RiA (an alteration of the generic name). 



Spirae'a species, Cambess. mon. 

 spir. in ann. sc. nat. 1. p. 354. Ovaries free (f. G5. rf.). Torus 

 free at the base, but lining the bottom of the calycine tube. 



Native of Podolia, about Pikow. Flow^ers white. 

 Pihow Spiraea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



21 S. HYPERiciFOLiA (Lin. spec. 701.) leaves obovate, 3-4- Carpels not inflated. — Shrubs with hermaphrodite, paniculate 

 nerved, quite entire, glabrous ; corymbs sessile ; pedicels gla- 



. H. 



brous; sepals ascending, fj 

 pericifolia, var. /3, Plukenetiana, 



543.— Pluk. phyt. t. 218. f 5. 



white. 



St, John* s-rvort' leaved Spiraea. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



flowers, and serrated exstipulate leaves. 



29 S. BETULiFoLiA (Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 33. t. 10.) leaves 

 broadly oval, serrated, on short petioles, glabrous ; flowers dis- 

 posed in fastigiate panicles ; carpels 5, erect, glabrous. Tj , S. 



Native of Siberia and North-west America, and in valleys of the 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. 1G40. Rocky Mountains^ Camb. 1. c. p. 3G8. t. 27. Flowers pink. 



Wats. dend. brit. 67. Perhaps the same as S. cratcegifolia of 



Native of Canada. S. hy- 



Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 



Leaves full of dots. Flowers 



22 S. AcuTiFOLiA (Willd. enum. p. 540.) leaves ovate-cu- Link. enum. 2. p. 40.? 

 neated, acute, quite entire, rarely a little toothed, puberulous ; 



corymbs sessile. I? . H. Native of Siberia. S. Sibirica, Hort. 

 par. ex Cambess. I. c. p. 356. S. hypericifolia, var. ^, acilta, 

 Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 543. S. ambigua, Pall. Flowers white. 



^ctt/e-/eam/ Spiraea. FI. May, Ju. Clt. 1817. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



23 S. crena'ta (Lin. spec. 701.) leaves obovate, rather pu- 

 bescent, crenulated at the apex 



Native of Spain, Hungary, 

 parts of Europe. S. obovka, Walds. et Kit. in Willd. 



541. 



puberulous. T2, H. 



corymbs stalked ; pedicels 



and other 



enum. p. 



1376. t. 564. 



Cambess. 1. c. p. 359. — Barr. icon. rar. no. 

 S. hypericifolia y, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 645, S. 

 jypericifolia, var. I, crenata, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 543. 

 i^ed. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 428. S. hypericifolia var. a Uralensis, 

 ^er. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 215. Flowers small, white. 



Birch-leaved Spiraea. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1812. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



30 S. LiEViGA^TA (Lin. mant. p. 244.) leaves obovate-oblong, 

 smooth, glaucous, quite entire, sessile, mucronate ; branches of 

 panicles cylindrical ; bracteas linear, hardly the length of the 

 calyx ; calycine segments triangular, ascending. Tj • H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia. Camb. 1. c. p. 369. S. Ahaiensis, Laxm. nov. 

 act. petrop. 15. p. 555. t. 29. f 2. 

 p. 272. t. 23. 

 panicles, 

 substitute for tea. 



S. Altaica, Pall. fl. ross. 1. 

 Flowers white, disposed in thyrsoid racemose 

 The leaves being gently astringent, may serve as a 



Smoolh'leavcd Spiraea. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1774. Shrub 



Crewa^e-leaved Spir^a. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1739. Shrub 



24 S. Savra'nica (Bess, in litt.) plant clothed with pubes- 



leaves obovate, entire, elongated; corymbs 



. S. 



31 S. Magella'nica (Poir. diet. 7. p. 350.) leaves petiolate, 

 lanceolate, unequally serrated, nerved ; racemes terminal, almost 

 simple, 

 white. 



Pj . H. Native of the Straits of Magellan. Flowers 



cence in every part ; 

 terminal, dense. 



and of Podolia. 



S. 



Native of Siberia, about Barnaoul, 



Shrub. 

 icA (Siebold, ex Blum, bijdr. 1114.) leaves 

 rhomboid-lanceolate, acutish, deeply serrated from the middle 



Magellan Spiraea. 

 32 S. Ja 



, . -- crenata. Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 35. t. 19. ^. 



Jypencif6Ha, var. c, Savranica, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 543. 



J' hypericifolia var. /3 longifolia, Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 429. Japan. 

 ^Ws small, white. Jam 



S. to the apex, smooth, grey beneath ; corymbs terminal, simple, 



Native of 



and are as well as the calyxes glabrous. Tj . G. 



Said to be like S. Magelldnica. 



^^* p, Besseriana (Ser.) smoothish ; leaves usually entire, 

 glabrous ? corymbs terminal, loose, 

 and Caucasus. 



T2 . H. Native of Podolia 



Japan Spiraea. Shrub. 



33 S. salicifolia (Lin. spec. 



FIG. 65. 



Lodd. bot. cab. 1252. S. crenata, Besser, in litt. 



^avranic Spiraea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



*5 S. Tiiunbe'rgii (Blum, bijdr. 1115.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ^oJate, acuminated at both ends, smoothish, sharply serrated 



wards the apex ; fascicles of flowers sessile, lateral, racemose 

 ^ cpnsequence of the leaves falling off*; calyx glabrous. Tj . G. 

 whi7^°^ Java and Japan. Thunb. fl. jap. p. 210.. Flowers 



2^«n6erg*5 Spiraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 

 ob ^ane'scens (D. Don, fl. nep. p. 227.) leaves oval or 



_^ate, obtuse, stalked, quite entire, villous ; corymbs crowded, 



. G. Native of 



700.) 

 brous 



stem and peduncles gla- 

 leaves 



lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, somewhat doubly serrated ; 

 racemes rather spicate ; calycine 

 lobes triangular, spreading ; car- 

 pels 5, glabrous. Tj . H. Native 

 of Siberia, Tartary, Bohemia, and 

 Silesia. It is to be found in Eng- 

 land, although perhaps not truly 



of 



indigenous ; m 

 Westmoreland : 



many parts 



m 



places 



and 



T? 



many 



on the borders of Winandermere, 

 and also between Poolbridge and 



Flowers apparently berland, and in a wood at Hafod, 



Cardioranshire. Smith, engl. bot. 



g. , are as well as the branches tomentose. 

 ''^nagur. S. cuneata, Wall. Shrub erect, branched, canes- Colthouse, near Hakshead, Cum- 



tTa' ^'^^ ^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^ ^' hypericifblia. 



7. Carpels 5, connivent. 



^anescent Spiraea. Shrub. 

 ^^'il S. CEANoTHiFOLiA (Hom. hort. hafn. 2. p. 466.) leaves 



ate, rounded at the base, sharply and unequally serrated from 

 . ^ fiddle to the apex ; corymbs terminal, on short peduncles. 

 "•H. Native country unknown. Flowers white. 



Clt. 1823. Sh. 



I 



1408. Gmel. fl. sib. 3. t. 49. Pall. fl. 

 Duham. arb. 2. t. 75. 



in thyrsoid racemes. 



ross. 1. p. 36. t. 21. 

 Flowers red or rose-coloured, disposed 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Brit. Sh. 4 to ft. 



aea. Fl. June, July. 



3 to 4 feet. ^ 



Ij^J"^^' <^orymb6sa (Rafin. prec. som. 36. and Desv. journ. 



• 1814. p. IC8.) leaves oval-oblong, unequally serrated, glu- 



IViUoW'leaved Spiraea. 



34 S. alpe''stris (Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 3Qj t. 22.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acute, deeply serrated almost to the base, canescent ; 

 racemes loose, thyrsoid. Ij. H. Native of Siberia, on rocks 

 about the rivers Oby and Yenessee. Ammwn^ ruth. 188. t. 28. 

 Flowers pale red. 



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