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633. SPIREA Raf. calix 5fid persistent 

 campanul. bearing on a glandular ring the 5 pe- 

 tals and stamens 20 to 30, Pistils 5 free sessile, 

 styles lateral, 5 free capsules sessile equal open- 

 ing inside oligosperni. Shrubs with simple al- 

 ternate leaves^ Jloicers paniculate, thyrsoidal, 

 branches racemose spicate or corymbose. The 

 name ought to have been written Spiraia, it 

 answers to the Subgenus Spirenia of Seringe. 

 Chamedryon has umbellate or corymbose 

 flowers. 



634. Spirea tomentosa L. &c. Dec. Beck. 

 Stem angular nearly simple, rusty tomentose, 

 leaves petiolate ovate lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, unequaly serrate, beneath white tomen- 

 tose, panicle ample compound racemose, calix 

 and capsules fuscate villose — This is the origi- 

 nal sp. of Kalm, Lin. <^'C found near Philadel- 

 phia and from New York to Carolina ; but so 

 many sp. have been blended with it, that near- 

 ly all the synonyms apply to others. A small 

 shrub 2 to 4 feet high, flowers purple handsome 

 estival. Eaton had many var. of this in his first 

 editions as myself in Med. flora, that are my 

 next distinct deviations or Sp. the real var. are 

 1. alblflora, 2 elatior. 3, ramosa with a few 

 branches, and the next. 



635. Spirea tontentosa, var. virgata Raf. 

 (Elliot) Branches virgate rusty tomentose leaves 

 rugose above, petals small hairy outside often 

 trilobe — Hills of Carolina and Apalachian Mts. 

 large 4-6fcet, often ramose. 



636. Spirea rosea Raf. diff*. 634, leaves lan- 

 ceolate remotely serrate acute, fulvous tomen- 

 tose beneath, panicle lax, peduncles as long as 

 calix — West Kentucky to Alabama, disc, by 

 Mrs. Holley, a beautiful shrub with fine rosate 



