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Spiraea continued. 

 A. 4ft to 6ft China, J; . 

 desirable, greenhonse, evergit 

 P. F. G. if 191), & PortuZi 



FIG. 516. INFLORESCENCE OF SPMLEA 



S. I. alba (white). /. white. 



than 1ft high. Svjf. S. eallota atta. 

 S, J. rnbra (redx A very h 



flowers (B. H. 1862, p. 100.) 



floriferous plant adapte 

 5. eailon ntea, S. ^~ 



A compact pretty bush, not more 

 variety, having dark red 



id). JL peach-coloured. A dwarf-growing, 

 ted for 



forcing. Garden origin. 

 S. tpkndetu. 



JL deep rose-red. A fine garden form. 



panicles smaller and more dense, in closely-packed, continuous 

 racemes of smaller flowers. June. L entire, oblong-lanceolate, 

 glaucous, glabrous. A. 2ft to 3ft Siberia. 



S, laxlflora Goose-flowered). A synonym of & taecinifoUa. 



S. Undleyana (Lindley-sX* JL white, disposed in large, terminal 

 panirift September. L large, unequally pinnate; leaflets 

 eleven to twenty -one, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, coarsely serrated, 

 glaucous beneath. A. 4ft to 8ft Himalayas. (B. B. 33.) 



S. lobata (lobed). Queen of the Prairie. JL deep peach 

 colour, handsome ; sepals and petals often in fours ; 

 compound-clustered. June. L interruptedly pinnate; I 

 leaflet very large, seven to nine-parted, the lobes incised and 

 toothed ; stipules reniform. A. 2ft to 8ft North America, 1765. 

 A glabrous, herbaceous perennial. The bruised foliage exhales 

 the odour of Sweet BirchT (B, G. 397.) Srx. S. wntuta (of 

 gardens). 



S. L albieans (whitish*. A chance seedling, raised near Metz, 

 ditf ering from the type in its lighter rose-coloured flowers. ST5. 

 5. cenurta albicant. 



S. media (intermediate). JL white, corymbose; stamens longer 

 than the petals. June and July. L --*- -* 



. . 



more or less serrated, three or four-ribbed, hairy 

 entire or with a few 

 terete, sob-erect A, 



, 



entire or with a few large teeth towards the apex. 

 Northern Asia, 4 





^^apan. 1885. 



Spiraea continued. 

 S. MiUefoUum (MOfoil-leavedX C whitish, in many-flowered 



racemes at the tips of the branches. Summer. I glabrous 



. Nobleana (Noble'sX A variety of & Dwglatii. 

 S. oblonglfolia (oblong-leaved). A synonym of S. media. 



(Gnelder *-lMrf)L * synonym of AU. 



S. Pailaali (Pallas'). A synonyn of S. yrandijtom. 



Fio. 517. SPIR.KA PALMATA. 



S. palmah* (palmate- leavedx* jLota. brilliant crimson, disposed 

 in large, corymbose panicles. June to .Angn-t. I. palmaMy fire 

 to seven -lobed; lobes oblonjr. acuminated, acutely and doubly 

 serrated. Stems (as well as the peduncles; crimson. A. 1ft to 

 2ft Japan, 1323. A beautiful, herbaceous perennial : it is one 

 of the most striking and effective species in cultivation. See 

 Fig. 517. (B. M. 5726.) 



S. p. alba (white). This differs from the type in its white flowers 

 and lighter green leaves. 



S. p. elegans (elegant). A very fine garden plant having large, 

 paniculate corymbs of white Bowers with red anthers, and 

 pinnatisect leaves. 1878. (F. A P. 1878, 463 ) Although figured 

 under this name, and reputed to be a hybrid between S. palmota 

 and AitiUx japonita, this probably has nothing to do with either 

 of the plants named, and may, after all, only be a form of 

 S. Ulmaria. 



S. p. parpnrasoens (purplish), 

 foliage. 



A form with purplish-tinttU 



S. paaicnlata^alba (white-panicled). A synonym of & olid- 



(comb-likeX JL whitish; raceme woolly, often 



. somewhat capitate, elongated in fruit Summer. 



L rigid, much attenuated and linear at the base, twice or thrice 

 three-cleft ; lobes linear, acute. Stems tufted, creeping : branches 



' . a. 6in. to L2n. North America, Herbaceous 



leaved, < 

 ilong the 



dooble-floweredX' 



short, erect, leafy. 



perennial. (H. F. B. A. L 24) 



/. pure white, produced in fascicles along the whole length of 

 'the branches. Spring. L small, glabrous, connate at base, and 

 irregularly serrated in the npper half. A. 3ft China and Japan, 

 IMS One of the most familiar garden plants in the genus! 

 (S. Z. F. J. L TO.) 



S. pnbeacena (downy). JL white ; sepals erect ; corymbs hemi- 

 spherical March. L ovate-oblong, incised-serrated, pubescent 

 beneath. A. 2ft Mongolia, 1843. 



S. pnbescens (downy), of Lindley. A synonym of 5. eiinfnsu. 



S. Beevesiana (Beeves'). A synonym of 5. cantoniensit. 



S. reticulate (netted). A synonym of AttUlx japtmiea varieyata. 



S, rbamnlfolia (Bhamnus-leaved). A synonym of & vaedni'olia. 



S. sallclfolia (WOlow-leavedX f. rosy or pink, disposed in ter- 

 minal, racemose, dense, snb-cyUndric cymes. Jury and A 



, 



cylindric cymes. July and Aagvst 

 s, from 2in.to Sin. long, equally or 



