724 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART If. 
§ il. Chamee‘dryon Ser. 
eae From Chame‘drys, the name of the germander; from a similarity in the form of the 
eaves, 
Sect. Char. Ovaries distinct. Torus with its base connate with the tube of 
the calyx, but with its tip separate. Carpels not inflated. Flowers each 
upon a distinct pedicel, and disposed in umbels or corymbs. Leaves entire, 
or toothed, without stipules. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 542.) _ 
% 4, S. coamaprRiro‘Lia L. The Germander-leaved Spirza. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 701. ; Camb. Monog, ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 518. 
Synonyme. 8S. cantoniénsis Lour. 
Engravings. Pall. F). Ross., t.15.; and our fig. 429. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, cut at the tip in a serrated manner, glabrous. 
Flowers upon long slender pedicels, in hemispherical corymbs. Sepals veiny, 
reflexed. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 542.) 
Varieties. Seringe enumerates the first four of the following forms of this 
species; to which, we think, might be added S. wlmifolia, S. flexudsa, 
S. crategifolia, S. betulzefolia, and, perhaps, some others. 
% S. c. 1 vulgaris Camb. Monog. — Leaves with the disks broad and 
glabrous ; the petioles ciliated. 
x% S. c. 2 média Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept., i. p. 342., Camb. Monog. — Leaves 
smaller, slightly villose upon both surfaces. Flowers smaller. Wild 
in Canada, and upon the rocks of Dahuria. 
% S. c. 3 oblongifolia Camb. Monog.; S. oblongifolia Waldst. et Kit. Pl. 
Hung., iii. p. 261. t. 235., and in Hort. Brit. — Leaves narrower, and 
less serrated. 
& S.c. 4 subracemdsa Ser.— Flowers distantly disposed along a length- 
ened rachis. 
% S. c. 5 incisa Hort. (7? S. incisa Thunb.) has been raised from seeds 
received from Germany through Mr. Hunneman; and it appears to 
be only a variety of this species. 
Description, §c. A shrub, varying in height from 429 
2ft. to 6 ft., or more; a native of Siberia, Kamt- 
schatka, Dahuria, the north-west coast of America, 
and also of China and Japan. It is common through- 
out the whole of Siberia, Dahuria, and Kamtschatka; 
and, in the latter country, the leaves are used as a 
substitute for tea; and the shoots, when straight, are 
bored for tobacco-pipes. It was introduced into 
England in 1789, under different names; and its 
numerous varieties have, we believe, given rise 
to several supposed species. In its wild state, it 
varies exceedingly in the magnitude of the entire 
plant, in the largeness or smallness of its leaves, and 9 
in their being more or less cut or serrated, and more “7M? 
or less smooth, or pubescent. In British gardens, it is 

seeds enclosed in which are grey and small, resembling sawdust. In Martyn’s 
Miller it is stated, that this shrub makes beautiful garden hedges, being 
entirely covered with its white flowers in June. Though the seeds ripen in 
England, plants can seldom be raised from them; and, as this species does 
not produce suckers freely, it is generally raised by layers or cuttings. 
x 5. S.(c.) ULMIFO‘LIA Scop. The Elm-leaved Spirza. 
Identification. Scop. F\. Carn., ed. 2. v. 1. p. 349.; Camb. Monog.; Lois, in N. Du Ham., 6. p. 4. ; 
Dec. Prod,, 2. p. 542.; Don’s Mill., 2. 518. 
Synonymes. S. chamedrifdlia Jacg. Hort. Vindob., t. 140., Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 829. 
Engravings. Scop. Fl. Carn., ed. 2. v. 1. t. 22.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 13.; Jaeq. Hort. Vindob., t. 140., 
as S, chamedrifdlia ; Bot. Reg., t. 1222.; Bot. Cab., 1042. ; and ourjig. 430. 

