i86 ROSACEAE 



EUCRYFUl A— continued 



green, toothed, margins wavy, downy below. Fls. 5-petalled. Chile. 

 (Fig. 59 E.) 

 E. pinnatifolia {E. ghitinosa). 25. July- August. E. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. ov., i\, 

 evenly toothed, dark glossy green, stalkless. Fls. 4-petalled. Chile. 

 (Fig. 9 B.) 



EXOCHORDA. Ls. alternate or in clusters, ov., 3, entire or toothed near apex, 



thin, without stipules. Fls. i^, white, 5-petalled, petals narrowed at 



base into a claw. Fruit i, bony, 5 -angled. 

 E. Alhertii {E. Korolkowii). 15. May-June. D. Branches erect; branchlets 



hairless. Ls. obov., narrowly wedge-shaped base, toothed at apex, 



hairless. Stamens in five groups of five each. Turkestan. (Fig. 89 h.) 

 E. Giraldii. 20. May-June. D. Ls. ov., entire, broadly wedge-shaped base, 



stalk pink. Petals gradually narrowed. China. 

 E. grandiflora {E. racemosa). Pearl Bush. 10. May-June. D. Ls. ov., lane, 



entire or toothed towards apex, stamens in three groups of five each. 



China. (Fig. 119 a.) 

 E. macrantha. 10. April-May. D. Hybrid with more abundant fls. 



* Lyonothamnus floribundus. 50. E. Ls. opposite, lane, 6, entire. Fls. \, 

 white, in terminal branched clusters, K5, C5, A15. Fruit woody. Islands off 

 California. 



Variety asplenifolius. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. 4, deeply lobed, dark green 



and smooth above, paler and downy below. 



NEILLIA. Nine Bark. Branches slender, arching or spreading. Ls. alternate, 

 ov., 3-nerved at base, double-toothed, often lobed. Fls, hy white or pinkish, 

 tubular, in terminal panicles, K5, C5, A20-40. Fruit of four or five shining pointed 

 pods. 



N . capitata {Physocarpus capitatiis). 10. June. D. Ls. broadly ov., 4, 3-lobed, 



downy below. California. 

 N. opulifolia [Physocarpus opulifolius). 10. May. D. Ls. ov., 3, sometimes 

 3-lobed. Fls. white tinged with pink, in hemispherical panicles. North 

 America. (Fig. 28 A.) 



SPIRAEA. Ls. alternate, usually toothed and with veins extending to margin, 

 without stipules. Fls. small, white, pink, or red, in many-flowered clusters or 

 panicles, K5, C5, Aoo, G5. Fruit a dry splitting capsule. 



[a) Ls. simple 



S. arguta. 8. April. D. Stems slender, downy and leafy. Ls. oblanc, obov., 



I, entire or with a few teeth near apex, veins prominent below. Fls. 



white, in small clusters forming long arching sprays of bloom. Hybrid. 



(Fig. 95 A.) 

 S. Bella. 3. June. D. Branches slender, spreading, angled. Ls. ov., 2, 



sharply toothed from beyond middle, somewhat glaucous below, nearly 



hairless. Fls. pink, unisexual, in small branched clusters. Himalaya. 



(Fig. 95 M.) 

 S. canescens {S. flagellifortnis). 15. June. D. Stems erect, but arching or 



drooping at top, ribbed. Ls. ov., i, rounded and toothed at apex, grey 



