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SPILOCZHA POMI. See Pear—Fungi. 
SPILONOTA ROBORATA. See Rosa—Insects. 
SPINDLE-TREE SCALE. See Scale Insects. 
SPINOVITIS. Inclpded under Vitis (which see). 
SPIRZA. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 474-8, Vol. III., the following should be added : 
S. arbuscula (little tree). (. bright rose-red, disposed in 
small, compact corymbs, terminating the branches. Stems 
erect, wiry. Washington, Oregon, &c., 1897. An alpine shrub. 
(G. & F. 1897, p. 413, f. 53.) 
S. arguta (sharp).* #7. of the purest white, disposed in very 
numerous, compact spikes. J. obovate, bright green, slightly 
toothed. Hybrid. The best white Spirea grown; it is of 
good habit and very free-flowering. (G. C. 1897, ii., p. 3, f. 1.) 
Syn. S. multiflora alba. 
S. astilboides is by some now regarded as a form of S. Aruncus, 
but is kept distinct at Kew. 
S. a. floribunda (abundant-flowered).* A very vigorous and 
free-flowering sort, said to be a hybrid between S. astilboides 
and Astilbe japonica. Very useful for forcing. 1891. (R. H. 
1895, f. 184.) 
S. a. Lemoinei (Lemoine’s). A garden hybrid between 
S. Thunbergii and S. floribunda. (R. H. 1895, f. 185.) 
S. bracteata (bracted). The correct name of S. media 
rotundifolia, (B. M. 7429.) Syns. S. nipponica (of gardens), 
S. rotundifolia jflore-albo (of gardens). 
S. bullata (bullate). #1. dark pink or claret-coloured, in much- 
branched, dense, terminal corymbs; pedicels short, villous, 
bracteolate. Summer. 2. sub-sessile, jin. long, coriaceous, 
glabrous, dark green and bullate above, paler beneath, ovate- 
oblong, crenate ; nerves pinnate, very prominent on the under- 
surface. Branches erect, wiry, cylindric, densely clothed with 
reddish-brown down. Japan. A dwarf shrub, lft. to 14ft. high. 
(R. G. 1215.) SYN. S. crispifolia (of gardens). 
S. Bumalda (Bumalda). A variety of S. japonica. 
S. camtschatica (Kamtschatkan).* 1. white, sweetly scented, 
larger than those of S. Ulmaria, corymbose ; sepals reflexed, 
jlose; carpels very hairy. Jl. palmately lobed, 6in. wide, 
in. long; upper cauline ones somewhat hastate or lanceolate; 
petiole: ppendiculate. kh. 4ft. to 10ft. Kamtschatka and 
Behring’s Island, 1889. A stately perennial. Syn. S. gigantea 
(of gardens). 
S. c. himalensis (Himalayan). A synonym of S. vestita. 
Fic. 696. SPIR#A DISCOLOR ARIAZFOLIA. 
Vok. V. 
Spirzea—continued. 
S. chamzdrifolia oblongifolia (oblong-leaved) 
of S. media. 
S. chinensis. The correct name is S. dasyantha. 
S. confusa (of gardens). A synonym of S. Van Houttei. 
S. crispifolia (crisped-leaved). A garden synonym of S. bullata 
S. dasyantha (thick-flowered). The correct name _ of 
S. chinensis. 
S. digitata (digitate). 7. red, in a coarctate, branched corymb ; 
style rather thick, capitate. July. 7“ pinnatisect, tomentose 
beneath ; terminal segment seven-lobed, the lateral ones five- 
lobed. A. 2ft. Eastern Siberia, 1823. Allied to S. palmata. 
Perennial. 
S. discolor arizfolia. Of this well-known Spirea, described 
in the body of the work, we give an illustration (Fig. 696). 
S. expansa (expanded). A synonym of S. bella. 
S. gigantea (gigantic), of gardens. A garden synonym of 
S. camtschatica. 
S. Humboldtii (Humboldt’s).* jf. white, minute, exceedingly 
numerous, borne on the sides of long, slender, white stalks 
arranged in a paniculate form. J. large, spreading, triangular, 
bipinnate ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, serrated. Habitat 
not recorded, 1884. A fine perennial. 
Ss. opens Anthony Waterer.* A specially good variety, 
of dwarf, compact habit. The flowers are not affected by the 
sun as are those of other Spiras. It is really a fine form of 
S.j. Bumalda. 
S. j. Bumalda (Bumalda).* (fl. of a beautiful deep rose-pink, 
disposed in very large corymbs. kh. 2ft. A magnificent 
compact and rapid-growing variety, very useful for edgings to 
beds and shrubberies. In the KNaP HILt variety the flowers 
are paler, with a deeper centre, and the whole plant is very 
compact. 1891. / 
S. j. glabrata (glabrous).* 7. deep pink, very freely produced 
in dense corymbs. /. deep green. A fine variety for massing, 
being of dense habit. 
S. j. ruberrima (very red).* jf. pink, freely produced. 
S. kamtschatica. See S. camtschatica, 
S. lanceolata (lanceolate), of Commerson. A synonym of 
S. cantoniensis. 
S. Lindleyana is synonymous with S. sorbifolia. 
S. Margaritz (Margaret's). 7. soft pink. A plant of free 
growth, which should be allowed plenty of room to develop; 
it carries a great quantity of blossom. 
S. media rotundifolia. The correct name is S. bracteata. 
S. mongolica (Mongol). A _ vigorous-growing species, bearing 
an abundance of flowers along the pendulous shoots late in 
the season. China. 
S. multifiora alba (many-flowered, white). 
S. arguta. 
S. nipponica (Japanese). 
S. pikoviensis (Pikoy). 
S. hypericifolia. 
S. pinnata (pinnate), of Meench. 
S. rotundifolia flore-albo (round-leaved, white-flowered). A 
garden synonym of S. bracteata. 
S. salicifolia Billardi (Billard’s). 7. 
larger than in the type; spikes long and strong. 
September. A vigorous form. 
S. Schinabecki (Schinabeck’s). A garden hybrid. 1884. 
S. Ulmaria variegata (variegated). J. variegated green and 
creamy-yellow. 
S. ulmifolia (Elm-leaved). A form of S. chameedrifolia. 
S. Van Houttei (Van Houtte’s). 7. white. May. A garden 
hybrid between S. media and S. trilobata. It is largely grown 
as a forcing plant under the name of S. confusa. 
SPIRANTHES. To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on pp. 478-9, Vol. III., the following should be 
added. S. cinnabarina and S. colorans thrive under green- 
house treatment. 
S. albescens (whitish). . green, with a brown-tipped lip, 
hairy; sepals lanceolate; petals linear, forming, with the 
dorsal sepal, the galea; lip ligulate, dilated in front, the apex 
obtusely triangular; raceme few-flowered. /. petiolate, oblong, 
acute, spotted white. Colombia, 1885. Syn. S. leucosticta, 
S. colorata is the correct name of S. colorans. 
S. gemmipara (bud-bearing). A synonym of S. Romanzofiana 
(the correct spelling]. 
S. leucosticta (white-spotted). 
SPIXIA. A synonym of Centratherum (which see). 
SPLASHED. Having various-sized, broken stripes; 
e.g., Apples. 
A synonym 
A synonym of 
A garden synonym of S. bracteata. 
A hybrid between S. crenata and 
A synonym of S. sorbifolia. 
bright red, much 
June to 
A synonym of S. albescens. 
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