196 ROSACEAE. [Vor. II. 
Flowers in dense terminal panicles. 
Glabrous or nearly so throughout. 1. S. salicifolia. 
Twigs and lower surfaces of the leaves woolly-pubescent. 2. S. tomentosa. 
Flowers in terminal corymbs. 
Leaves broadly oval or ovate, thick, serrate. 3. S. corymbosa. 
Leaves oblong, thin, nearly entire. 4. S. Virginiana, 
1. Spiraea salicifolia L. Willow- 
leaved or American Meadow-sweet. 
Quaker Lady. (Fig. 1883.) 
Spiraea salictfolia I,. Sp. Pl. 489. 1753- 
An erect shrub, 2°-4° high, simple, or 
branched above, nearly glabrous. Leaves 
petioled, oblanceolate, obovate, lanceolate 
or oval, glabrous or very nearly so, sharply 
serrate, especially above the middle, 1/-2/ 
long, 4/’-12’’ wide, or on young shoots 
much larger, obtuse or acutish at the apex, 
mainly cuneate at the base, pale beneath; 
stipules deciduous or none; flowers white or 
pinkish-tinged, 2’’/-3’’ broad, in dense ter- 
minal panicles; follicles glabrous. 
In swamps or moist ground, Newfoundland to 
the Rocky Mountains, south to Georgia and 
Missouri. Also in northern Europe and Asia. 
Called also Queen-of-the-Meadow. June-Aug. 
2. Spiraea tomentosa L. MHardhack. 
Steeple-bush. (Fig. 1884.) 
Spiraea tomentosa \,. Sp. Pl. 489. 1753. 
Erect, shrubby, usually simple, the stems 
\ floccose-pubescent. Leaves short-petioled, ovate 
KV’ ) or oval, 1/-2’ long, 6’’-12’ wide, unequally ser- 
> Z rate, obtuse or acutish at the apex, narrowed or 
| rounded at the base, glabrous and dark-green 
1 ah Fine above, woolly-pubescent with whitish hairs be- 
Lat Cr (% neath; stipules deciduous or none; flowers pink 
or purple, rarely white, about 2/’ broad, in dense 
terminal panicles; follicles pubescent. 
In swamps and low grounds, Nova Scotia to 
Manitoba, south to Georgiaand Kansas. July-Sept. 
3. Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Corymbed 
Spiraea. (Fig. 1885.) 
Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Prec. Decouv. 36. 1814. 
Spiraea betiulifolia vat. corymbosa S. Wats. in A. 
Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 153. 1890. 
A shrub, 1°-3° high, simple or little branched, 
nearly glabrous throughout. Leaves petioled, 
rather thick, oval, ovate or orbicular, narrowed, 
rounded or slightly cordate at the base, obtuse at 
the apex, unequally serrate with pointed teeth, es- 
pecially above the middle, green above, paler and 
sometimes minutely pubescent beneath, 114’-3’ 
long, 1/-2’ wide; stipules deciduous or none; flow- 
ers white, about 2’ broad in dense compound 
terminal often leafy corymbs; follicles glabrous. 
On banks or in rocky places, mountains of Georgia 
to New Jersey. May-June. 
