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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



§ ii. Chamce dri/on Ser. 



Derivation. From Chamce'drys, the name of tlie germander ; from a similarity in the form of the 

 leaves. 



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.) 



Sa 4. S. CHAM^DRIFO^LIA L. 



The Germander-leaved Spiraea. 



Dec. Prod., 2. p. 54'-'. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 518. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 701. ; Camb. Monog. 



Si/nonymc. S. cantonicnsis Lour. 



Engravings. Pall. ¥\. Koss., t. 15. ; and out 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. 54-2.) 

 Varieties. Seringe enumerates the first four of the following forms of this 



species ; to which, we think, might be added S. ?dmif61ia, S. flexuosa, 



.S'. rrataegifolia, S. ietulaefolia, and, perhaps, some others. 



* S. c. 1 i'((/g«m- Camb. Monog. — Leaves with* the disks broad and 



glabrous ; the petioles ciliated. 



a S. c. 2 media 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 ohiuugifolia Camb. Monog. ; S. oblongifolia Waldst. et Kit. PL 

 Hung., iii. p. 2G1. t. 235., and in Hort. Bril. — Leaves narrower, and 

 less serrated. 



s» S. c. 4 suhracemosa Ser. — Flow ers distantly disposed along a length- 

 ened rachis. 



* S. c. 5 incisn Hort. ( ? 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, Sfc. A shrub, varying in height from 

 2ft. to 6ft., or more; a native of Siberia, Kamt- 

 schatka, Dahuria, the north-west coast of America, 

 and also of China and Ja|)an. 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 j 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 



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plant, in the largeness or smallness of its leaves, and ^^J/'^l^l 

 in their being more or less cut or serrated, and more ' ^^;y.^//->>^ 



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or less smooth, or pubescent. In British gardens, it is '--g'' 

 a very ornamental hardy shrub, producing its corymbs ^r 

 of white flowers, which are tolerably large, in June 

 and July ; and they are succeeded by capsules, the 



seeds enclosed in which are grey and small, resembling sawdust. In Martyn's 

 ATdler it is stated, that this shrub makes beautiful garden hedges, being 

 entii-elv 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. 

 ^ 5. S. (c.) f'LMiFO^LiA Scop. The Elm-leaved Spiraea. 



Identification. Scop. Fl. Cam., cd. 2. v. 1. p. 349. ; Camb. Monog. ; Lois, in N. Du Ham., 6. p. 4. ; 



Dec. Proti., 2. p. 542. ; Don's Mill., 2. 518. 

 Synonymcs. S. thaniffidrifolia Jacq. 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. ; Jacq. Hort. \iiulub., t. 140., 



as S. <hannFdrilt)lia ; Bot. Reg., t. 1222. ; Bot. Cab., 1042. ; and our^^. 430. 



