520 



SPIRiEACE^. 111. Spikjea. 



Alp Spiraea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



35 S. panicula'ta (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1055.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute, sharply serrated 

 bark of branclies red. 



racemes panicled, divaricate ; 

 T? . H. Native of North America, 

 Canada, and Newfoundland, S. alba, Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 137. 

 S.salicifolia, var. y, paniculata, D. C. prod. 2- p. 544. — Mill, 

 fig. 171. t. 257. f. 2. Flowers white, disposed in terminal thyr- 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1663. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 

 (Lin. 



soid panicles. 



Panicled Spirsea. 



36 S. TOMENTOSA (Lin. spec. p. 701.) stein and peduncles 

 clothed with rufous tomentum ; leaves ovate, somewhat doubly 

 serrated, densely clothed with tomentum beneath ; calycine lobes 

 tomentoseon the outside, triangular, deflexed ; carpels 5, tomen- 

 tose, divaricate. Tj . H. Native of Canada, and in many places 

 of Nortli-west America on mountains. 



Mill. fig. 257. f. 1. 

 f. 



Camb. 1. c. p. 373. 

 Schmidt, arb. 1. t. 51. — Pluk. phyt. t.321. 



5. Flowers small, of a beautiful red colour, disposed in dense 

 compound, terminal racemes. 



Tomentose Spiraea. 

 37 S. Menzie'sii 



Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1736. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 

 (Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 173.) branches 



pubescent at the apex, as well as the peduncles and calyxes ; 



sepals reflexed ; leaves elliptic, coarsely and unequally serrated 1. p. 34. t. 25. Flowers white, larger than those of the preced- 



Native of North America, on the banks of the river Koos- 

 koosky. 



Discoloured-leaved Spiraea. Shrub, 



Sect. IV. Sorba^ria (so named from the leaves being pin- 

 nate, resembling those of the mountain ash, Sdrhus). Ser. in 

 D.C. prod. 2. p. 545. — Spirse'a, spec. Lin. Camb. I.e. 1. p. 

 375. Ovaries 5, joined. Torus wholly lining the tube of the 

 calyx. Flowers hermaphrodite, disposed in thyrsoid panicles. 



44 S. soRBiFOLiA (Lin. spec. 702.) leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 sessile, lanceolate, opposite, doubly and sharply serrated ; pani- 

 cles thyrsoid. Tj . H. Native of Siberia, in bogs. Pall, fl* 

 ross. 1. t. 88. t. 24. — Gmel. fl. sib. 3. p. 190. t. 46. Flowers 

 white, sweet scented. The hollow shoots are used for tobacco- 

 pipes in Siberia. S. pinnkta, Moench. meth. 663. 



/^orftw^-Zeaverf Spiraea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



45 S. Palla^sii ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets sessile, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, deeply serrated, almost pinnatifid, opposite; flowers 

 corymbous. t? . S. Native of Siberia, on the high mountains 

 about Lake Baikle. S. sorbif 61ia, var. /3, alpina, Pall. fl. ross. 



Shrub 



towards the apex, glabrous, the same colour on both surfaces ; 

 panicle crowded with flowers, oblong, obtuse; flowers small, 

 stamens twice the length of the corolla ; ovaries 5, glabrous. 

 Tj . H. Native of North America, on the west coast. Flowers 

 Tose-coloured. 



Menzies's Spiraea. Shrub. 



38 S. Dougla'sii (Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 172.) branches and 

 peduncles pubescent ; leaves elliptic, coarsely and unequally 

 serrated towards the apex, clothed with hoary tomentum be- 

 neath ; panicle crowded with flowers, oblong, obtuse ; flowers 

 small ; stamens twice the length of the corolla ; calycine lobes 

 triangular, reflexed ; carpels 5, glabrous, shining. ^2. H. Na- 

 tive of the north-west coast of America, about the Columbia 

 and the Straits of Fuca. 



Douglases Spiraea. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



39 S. CARPiNiFOLiA (Willd. cnum. p. 540. Wats. dend. brit. 

 t. 66.) leaves ovate-elliptic, acute at both ends, glabrous, coarsely 



serrated; racemes divaricate, panicled. I?. H. Native of tive of North America. 

 North America. Spirae'a salicif olia S, latifolia, Willd. spec. 2. Goat's-heard Spirsea. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1633. PL 4 to 6 ft. 



mg species. 



Pallas's Spiraea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Shrub. 



Sect. V. Aru'ncus (from apoyyoc^ aroggos, a goat's beard). 

 Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 545. Spirae'a species, Cambess. 1. c. 

 1. p. 376. Carpels 5, free, pendulous. Torus very thick, free 

 at the apex. — Herbs, with tripinnate leaves, without stipulas, 

 and dioecious flowers. 



46 S. aru'ncus (Lin. spec. p. 702.) leaflets acuminated, ter- 

 minal ones ovate, lateral ones oblong ; flowers very numerous ; 

 carpels glabrous. 1/. H. Native of Europe, in woods, as in 

 Germany, Carniola, Piedmont, Siberia, Kamtschatka, &c. 

 Camb.l. c. p. 376. Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 39. t. 26.— Cam. hort. 

 26. t. 9. Flowers white, disposed in long spikes, forming a 

 terminal panicle. 



Var. /3, Americana (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 294.) leaves 

 more shining ; flowers more loose on the spikes. %> H. rsa- 



P- 



white. 



1056. S. obov^ta, Rafin. but not of Walds. et Kit. Flowers 



Hornheam-leaved Spiraea. 



Fl. Ju. Au2» 



Clt.? Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



40 S. AKiitiFOLTA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 33.) leaves ellip- 

 tic-oblong, toothed, pale, somewhat lobed, villous beneath ; 



panicle large, branched, villous ; pedicels bracteate ; lobes of suture, and pendulous. 

 calyx acute, spreading ; carpels 5, compressed, hairy. Tj. H. ovaries, erect, rarely twisted 

 Native of North America, principally on the north-west coast. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Sect. VI. Ulma'ria (from ulmus, the elm ; form of leaflets 

 of most of the species). Cambess. I.e. 1. p. 378.— Ulmaria, 

 Moench. meth. p. 663. Torus obsolete. Style clavate, retro- 

 flexed. Ovula 2, about the middle of each ovary, fixed to the 



- ' of the 



Carpels hardly double the size ot tne 

 isted.— Herbs with pinnate, stipulate 



leaves and cymose umbels of hermaphrodite flowers. 



47 S. Ulma^ria (Lin. spec. 702.) leaves interrupieoi) pi"- 



nate, white from tomentum beneath ; leaflets coarsely serrated, 



terminal one the largest and 3-lobed ; sepals reflexed ; styles 



serrated, tapering to both ends, glaucous, smoothish beneath ; elongated; carpels glabrous, twisted. %. H. Native of Europe 



and Siberia, in meadows and boffs : plentiful in Britain. Smith, 



^ ^ Ulm^ria pal6stris, 



Aria-leaved Spirsea. Shrub. 



41 S. call6sa (Thunb. fl. jap. 209.) leaves lanceolate, acutely 



corymbs terminal, compound, fastigiate, and are as well as the 

 calyxes villous ; stem and peduncles villous. Tj . G. Native 



Differs from S^ salt- 



of Japan and Nepaul. 



S. exp^nsa, Wall. 



Flowers red. 



Stipula 



cifoliaj in the leaves being stalked. 



Ca//o«5-leaved Spirsea. Shrub 4 feet. 



42 S. coirule'scens (Poir. diet. 7. p. 350.) leaves almost 



sessile, lanceolate-oblong, entire, 



; sepals obtuse, shorter 

 Native of India. 



branched 



bluish 

 than 



jB/ui^A-leaved Spiraea. 



Cambess. 1. c. p. 374. 



Shrub. 



; panicles axillary, 

 the corolla. Tj , G. 

 Flowers white. 



43 S. DISCOLOR (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 342.) leaves ovate, 

 lobed; lobules toothed, and somewhat plicate, clothed with white 

 tomentum beneath ; panicle pedunculate, much branched. ^ . H, 



engl. bot. 960. Curt. fl. lond. 5. t. 33. 

 Moench. meth. 603. Stem and peduncles puberulous 

 roundish, joined to the petiole. Flowers white, in large com- 

 pound cymes. The Meadowsweet abounds in moist meadows, 

 about the banks of rivers, brooks, and ditches, perfuming the 

 air with the sweet hawthorn-like scent of its numerous blossoms, 

 from June to August. The green parts of the herb partake oi 

 a similar aromatic flavour when rubbed or chewed. The flowers, 

 infused in boilingr water give it a very fine flavour, which rises 

 in distillation. -— ^ - '^ ' .^.^ :. ^.^irme. 



The leaves and tops have been used in medicine 

 Var. a, variegata ; leaves variegated with white or yellow . 

 Var. ft, multiplex: flowers double. Cultivated in gardens. 



