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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Spiræa—continued. 
hemispherical, terminal corymbs; sepals reflexed. June and 
July. l. ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat, sharply serrated, gla- 
brous. A. 3ft. to 5ft. Siberia, &c., 1790. A handsome shrub. 
(B. R. 1222 and L. B. C. 1042, under name of S. chameedrifolia.) 
S. chinensis (Chinese). fi. p white, small, slightly fragrant, 
arranged in small, hemispherical corymbs. March. Zl. ovate- 
oblong, 14in. long, acute, much wrinkled, deeply serrated, sub- 
trilobed, beneath, as well as on the branches, pubescent. h. 2ft, 
Central China, 1843. SYN. S. pubescens, of Lindley (B. R. 
xxxiii. 38). 
S. confusa (confused). A synonym of S. media. 
S. corymbosa (corymbose). A synonym of S. betulifolia. 
S. crenifolia (crenate-leaved). fl. white, in many-flowered, 
racemose corymbs, generally subtended by foliaceous bracts ; 
stamens longer than the petals. Summer. J, stalked, round- 
oval, sharply toothed, rarely entire. North-east Asia. 
S., decumbens (decumbent). . white, in terminal pag bears 
Summer. J, roundish-oval, crenately-toothed. Tyrol. A dwarf, 
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Spireea—continued. 
trailing shrub, suitable for covering rocks and banks. 
n. s., Xii., p. 752.) 
S. discolor ariæfolia (discoloured, White-beam leaved). fl. 
dirty-white, in elegant, nodding panicles, Summer. l. rigid, 
cuneate at base, dark green above, silvery beneath ; those on 
young growths about the size and shape of those of the Haw- 
thorn. h. 4ft. to 10ft. North-west America. SYN. S. ariewfolia 
(B. R. 1365). 
S. d. dumosa (brambly). This differs from the last-named plant 
in its less compound panicles and much smaller stature. See 
Fig. 515. Syns. S. Boursierii (R. H. 1859, 519), S. dumosa. 
S. Douglasii (Douglas’).* fl. rose-coloured, nearly sessile, in a 
dense, terminal, shpiicla panicle, 6in. to 9in. in length. August. 
l. simple, oblong-lanceolate,, obtuse, serrulated towards the apex, 
covered with a white down beneath. h. 3ft. North-west America. 
(B. M. 5151; L. & P. F. G. ii. 178; R. H. 1846, 6.) 
S. D. Nobleana (Noble’s). fl. purplish-red ; inflorescerice looser 
than in the type. l. elliptic or oblong, obtuse or acute, more or 
less toothed, ss or almost glabrous 
beneath. California, 1859. (B. M. 5169 and 
I. H. 286, under name of S. Nobleana.) 
S. dumosa (brambly). A synonym of S. 
discolor dumosa. 
S. Filipendula (Filipendula).* Dropwort. fl. 
white, or rosy outside, ĝin. in diameter ; cymes 
. loose, panicled ; peduncles slender. June and 
July. J. interruptedly pinnate, glabrous, 4in 
to 10in. long, chiefly radical; leaflets many, 
sessile, deeply cut-serrate, 4in. to in. long, 
the terminal one three-lobed; stipules of 
cauline leaves toothed. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. 
high, erect, grooved, with a few small leaves. 
Europe (Britain), &c. Tuberous, herbaceous 
_ perennial. See Fig. 516. (Sy. En. B. 416.) 
There is a form of this with double flowers. 
S. flagellata (whip-like). A synonym of S. 
hypericifolia. - 
S. flexuosa (flexuous). A synonym of sS. 
hameedrifolia jl 
S. Fortunei (fortune’s). 
S. japonica, 
S. ilis (slender). f. white, corymbose 
‘(with long, capillary pedicels); corymbs in 
lax, spreading, rounded, glabrous panicles. 
July and August. J. obtuse or orbicular, 
elliptic, glabrous, glaucous beneath, serrated 
at the apex. Branches hairy. A. 2ft. Ne- 
paul, 1820. (L. B. C. 1403, under name of 
S. vaccinifolia.) 
S. grandiflora (large-flowered). fl. white, 
corymbose. July and August. J. pinnate; 
leaflets serrately incised. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 
Siberia, &c. Sub-shrub. This much resembles 
S. sorbifolia, but the flowers are twice as 
large as those of that species, and the leaves 
are smaller. Syn. S. Pallasii. 
S. grandiflora (large-flowered), of Hooker. 
A synonym of Exochorda grandiflora. 
S. grandiflora (large-fiowered), of Loddiges. 
A synonym of S. salicifolia grandiflora. 
S. hydrangezfolia (Hydrangea-leaved). A 
synonym of S. japonica splendens 
S. hypericifolia (Hypericum-leaved). _/. 
white, in either peduncled corymbs or sessile 
umbels; pedicels glabrous or slightly downy. 
June and July, J. obovate-oblong, three or 
four-nerved, entire or toothed, glabrous, 
slightly downy. h. 4ft. to 6ft. Asia Minor 
(G. ©. 
A synonym of 
to Eastern Siberia, &c., 1640. SYN. S. fla- 
gellata. 
S. h. acuta (acute-leaved). (f. in sessile 
corymbs. J. spathulate, elongated, acute, 
perfectly. entire or rarely three to five- 
toothed, rather glabrous, SYN. S. acutifolia. 
S. h. Besseriana (Besser’s). fl. in rather 
loose, terminal corymbs. 1. mostly entire. 
Plant rather glabrous, (L. B. C. 1252.) 
S. h. crenata (crenate-leaved). A variety 
with obovate leaves. 
h, thalictroides (Meadow-rue-leaved). 
Jl. in a few-flowered, sessile corymb ; stamens 
as long as the petals. June and July. J. 
smooth, glaucous, obovate, entire; those on 
the barren shoots cuneate-obovate or sub- 
deltoid. Mongolia. SYN. S. thalictroides. 
S. japonica (Japanese). fl. rosy-red, disposed 
in terminal, flat corymbs. June. J. gla- 
brescent, simple, lanceolate, acute, sharply 
serrated; serratures thickened at the tips. 
