CHAP. XLII. ROSA CEX. SPIRE A. 725 
Spec.Char.,§c. Leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, acute, flat, sharply serrated, 
ciliated. Flowers terminal, in 
rather hemispherical corymbs. 
Sepals reflexed. A native of 
Carinthia and Siberia. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 542.) Introduced in qh 
1790, and producing its white gsXe 
flowers in June and July. Height 
from 3ft. to 5ft. It is one of £ 
the handsomest species of this 
section. Seringe asks if it is not 
a variety of S. chameedrifolia L. ; 
and Dr, Lindley (Bot. Reg., t. 
829.) appears to consider it as identical with that species. 
Variety. She 
2S. (c.) u. 2 phylldntha Ser.—In this variety a whorl of distinct leaves, that are petioled, lan- 
ceolate, and sharply serrated, occupies the place of the sepals, and is described as being 
these transformed. Petals and stamens are either not present, or deformed. Seringe 
appears to think the S. folidsa Poir. Dict.,7. p. 353., is identical with this. (Dec. Prod., 
ii. p. 542.) 
& 6. S.(c.) FLExUO'sA Fisch. The flexible-branched Spirza. 
Identification. Fisch. in Litt.; Camb. Monog.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518. 
Synonyme. 8. alpina Hort. Par., according to Camb. and Fisch. in Litt. 
Engraving. Camb. Monog. Spir. in Ann, Sci. Nat., 1. t. 36. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lancedlate, glabrous; from the tip to the middle 
dentately serrate. Flowers in corymbs. Its native country is not. stated. 
Seringe enquires if it is not a variety of S. wlmifolia. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p- 542.) Introduced in 1820; growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. ; 
and producing its white flowers in June and July. There are plants in the 
Horticultural Society’s Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges’s. 
% 7. S.(c.) craraeiro’Lia Lk, The Crategus-leaved Spirza. 
Identification. Lk. Enum., 2. p. 40.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 546.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate, obtuse; in the terminal part doubly serrate ; glabrous, reticulete 
on the under surface. Flowers white, disposed in terminal compound corymbs, whose composite 
parts are rather capitate. It is not stated of what country this kind is a native. (Dec. Prod., ii. 
p. 546.) Introduced in 1823, and producing its white flowers in June and July. It grows to the 
height of from 4 ft. to6ft. There is a plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
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2 8. S.(c.) BETULHZFO‘LIA Pall. The Birch-leaved Spirza, 
Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. 75. t. 16.; Camb. Monog. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 544.; Don’s Mill. 
2. p. 519. 
Synonymes. ? S. corymbosa Raf. in Desv. Journ. Bot., 4. p. 269. ; ? S. crategifvlia Lk. Enum., 2. 
p. 40. 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 16. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves broadly ovate, serrated, glabrous; the petiole very 
short. Flowers in fastigiate panicles. Carpels 5, upright, glabrous. A 
native of Siberia. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 544.) Said, also, to be found in 
North America, on the Blue Mountains, and in various other places on the 
western coast. (Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer.) It was introduced into England 
in 1812, and produces its whitish flowers in June and July. 
a 9, S.ca\na Waldst. et Kit. The hoary-leaved Spirza. 
Identification. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung., 3. p. 252. t. 227.; Camb. Monog.; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p- 542. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518. 
Engravings. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung., 3. t. 227. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaf ovate, of about the size of that of Salix répens or S. argéntea, acute, perfectly 
entire, or slightly toothed, hoarily villose. Corymbs somewhat racemose; the lateral ones peduncled, 
of few flowers, and lax. Sepals spreading. Styles thick. Carpels divergent, rather yillose, A 
native of the steep and high rocks of Croatia. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 543.) Jatroduced in 1895; said 
to grow to the height of 2 ft., and to flower in June and July. We have not seen the plant. 
% 10. S. rritopa‘ra L. The 3-lobed-/eaved Spireza. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 244.; Camb. Monog. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 543. 
Synonyme, SS. triloba Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518. ; 
Iingravings, Pall. Ross., 1, t, 17.; Wats, Dend. Brit., t. 68., as S. triloba; and our fig. 431 
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