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Wilsonii 



Bean in Bot. 



Mag. cxxxvn. t. 8399 (1911). 



Spiraea canescens Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 383 (1900), quoad plantam e 

 Shensi. — Non D. Don. 



Shbnsi: In kia po, and Lao y san, G. Giraldi, June 4, 1897; Po uo li, G. 

 Giraldi, July 25-30, 1897; Lao y san (Zulu), G. Giraldi, September 6, 

 1897; Tai pei slum, alt. 2300 m., W. Purdom, nos. 425, 426, July 1, 1910, 

 nos. 8, 10, 1910. — See also Pritzel, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Hupeh. 



Spiraea longigemmis Maximowicz in Act. Hort. Petrop. vi. 205 (Adnot. 



Spir.) (1879).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 226 (1887).— Bret- 



schneider, Hist. Eur. Bot. Discov. China, 975 (1898). 



Kansu: Min chow, W. Purdom, no. 1016, 1910. — See also Maximowicz, 

 1. c, Hemsley, 1. c, and Bretschneider, 1. c. 



Spiraea Fritschiana Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, v. 347 

 (1905); 111. Handb. Laubholzk. i. 477 (1905).— Rehder in Sargent, PL 

 Wilson, i. 453 (1913). 



Spiraea betulifolia Deboaux in Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxxi. 148 (Fl. Tchd- 

 foil, 53) (1877).— Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, v. 260 (PI. 

 David, i. 108) (1883) ; in M6m. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 214 (1884).— 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 223 (1887).— Faber, Denkschr. Ent- 



wickel. Kiautschou, 32 (1898).-r-Non Pallas. 



Spiraea japonica Hemsley in Jour. Bot, Soc. xxm. 225 (1887), quoad plantam 

 e Shantung.— Palibin in Act. Hort, Petrop. xiv. 116 (1895).— Pritzel in 

 Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 383 (1900) — Limpricht, Bot. Ergeb. Reis. Chin. Ost- 

 Tib. 404 (1922).— Non Thunberg. 



Spiraea japonica var. typica Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. heibl. lxxv. 39 

 (1904).— Loesener in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xxxvn. abt. n. 131 (1919). 

 Non S. japonica Thunberg. 



Spiraea angulata Schneider in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s£r. 2, v. 347 (1905); 111. 

 Handb. Laubholzk. i. 477 (1905). 



Spiraea Fritschiana var. angulata Rehder in Sargent, PL Wilson, i. 453 (1913). 



Chili: near San tun ying, F. N. Meyer, no. 992 (13), June 2, 1913; Jehol, 

 A. David (ex Franchet, 1. c. [1883]), Ku pei ku, H. Wawra (ex Schneider, 

 1. c). — See also Hemsley, 1. c, and Palibin, 1. c. 



Shantung: Lau shan, R. Zimmermann, nos. 344, 382, 1901; Chifu, 

 N. II. Cowdry, no. 584, July, 1920; Tai shan, J. Hers, no. 1927, June 18, 

 1922. — See also Schneider, 1. c, Rehder, 1. c, Debeaux, 1. c, Franchet, 



1. c. (1884), Hemsley, 1. c, Faber, 1. c, Gilg, 1. c, and Loesener, 1. c. 



Honan: Yung ning, Tsi li ping, alt. 1000 m., J. Hers, no. 1379, September 

 30, 1919 (sterile). 



Shensi: Kan y san, west of Lao y san, G. Giraldi, June 11-12, 1897; 

 Lao y san, G. Giraldi, June 4, 1897; Kin ten san, G. Giraldi, July 14, 1897; 



W 



nos. 1, 3, 1910. — See also Pritzel, 1. c, and Limpricht, 1. c. 



Distribution: also Hupeh; Manchuria, Korea. 



Neither S. betulifolia Pall, nor S. japonica Thunb. seem to occur in 

 northern China; all the specimens I have seen from the northern provinces 



