Tap. 8383. 
SPIRAEA Verrenn. 
Central China. 
Rosackak. Tribe Srrrear. 
Sprraka, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 611. 
Spiraea (Chamaedryon) Veitchii, FHemsl. in Gard. Chron. vol. xxxiii. 1908, 
p. 258; J. H. Veitch in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc, vol. xxviii. 1908, p. 61; 
species S. canescenti, D. Don, et S. Henryi, Hemsl., proxime accedens, ab 
a tamen foliis margine integris supra glabris facillime distin- 
guenda. 
Fruter 3-4-metralis, arcuatim ramosa; ramuli juveniles densius pubescentes ; 
rami graciles, dense foliati; cortex primum rubescens. Folia breve 
petiolata, membranacea, ova‘a, oblonga vel interdum obovata, obtusa vel 
snbacuta et minutissime mucronulata, basi cuneata, margine integerrima, 
2-4 em. longa, 0-6-2 cm. lata, supra glabra, subtus minutissime puberula; 
petiolus pubescens, 2-3 mm. longus. /ores sat numerosi in corymbos 
‘t-7 cm. Jatos ramulos laterales dense foliatos 8-13 em. longos terminantes 
densissime avgregati; flores singnli 4 mm. Jati. Ca/yr latissime intundi- 
balaris, extra puberulus, Jobis triangularibus acutis tubo hrevioribus 
snbpatentibus, /etals ala, snborbicularia. Curpella glabrescentia, méni- 
branacea, 8 mm. longa, introisim dehiscentia.—W. J. BEAN. 
The handsome Chinese Spiraea here figured is, as Mr. 
Bean points out, most nearly allied to the Himalayan 
S. canescens, D. Don, and the Chinese S. Henryi, Hemsl. 
From the former it is readily distinguished by its glabrous 
leaves, which are never toothed towards the tip as they 
usually are in S. canescens; from the latter it is distinguished 
by the same characters and in addition by the fact that in 
hed Flenryi the leaves are very considerably larger. In the 
original description some stress has also been laid on the 
distichous arrangement of the branches in S. Veitchii; this, 
however, is a character which is more apparent than real, 
‘nd cannot therefore be said to be altogether distinetive. 
The short flowering twigs, from whatever aspect of the 
stem they may originate, always assume an erect position, 
With the result that every corymb faces upwards and is 
situated in the same plane as its neighbours. This ne 
ment, which imparts to the branchlets the nl y 
distichous disposition alluded to, transforms the arching 
Juty, 1911, 
