XXVI. ROSA^CEJE 1 SPi R^A. 



301 



ii S. c. 3 oblongifolia Camb. Monog. $. oblongi- 

 folia Walcht. et Kit. PL Hung. iii. p. 261. t. 235. 

 Leaves narrower, and less serrated. 



& S. c. 4 subracemosa Ser. Flowers distantly dis- 

 posed along a lengthened rachis. 



* S. c. 5 incite Hort. (S. chamaedrifolia latifolia 

 Hort.) has been raised from seeds received 

 from Germany through Mr. Hunneman ; and 

 it appears to be only a variety of this species. 



In Kamtschatka the leaves are used as a substitute for 

 tea ; and the shoots, when straight, are bored for to- 

 bacco-pipes. In its wild state, it varies exceedingly in 

 the magnitude of the entire plant, in the largeness or 

 smallness of its leaves, and in their being more or less 

 cut or serrated, and more or less smooth or pubescent. 

 A very ornamental hardy shrub, producing its corymbs of 

 white flowers, which are tolerably large, in June and 



July. It is said to make beautiful garden hedges. Though the seeds ripen 

 in England, plants can seldom be raised from them ; and, as this species does 

 \iot produce suckers freely, it is generally raised by layers or cuttings. 



A 4. S. (c.) tfLMiFO x LiA Scop. The Elm-leaved Spira?a. 



Identification. Scop. Fl. Cam., ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 349. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 518. 

 Synonyme. S. chamaedrifblia Jacq. Hort. Vmdob. t. 140. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1222. ; Bot. Cab., 1042. ; and our fig. 496. 



Spec. Char., 8$c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat, sharply serrated, ciliated. 

 Flowers terminal, in rather hemispherical corymbs. Sepals reflexed. (Dec. 

 Prod.) An erect shrub. Carinthia and Siberia. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1790. Flowers white; June and July. One of the hand- 

 somest species of this section. 



S. chamsedrif&lia. 



496. S. (c.) ulmifdlia. 



497. S. (c.) u. phylliintha. 



Variety. 



S. (c.) u. Z phylldntha Ser. (Our fig. 497.) In this variety a whorl 

 of distinct leaves, that are petioled, lanceolate, and sharply serrated, 

 occupies the place of the sepals, and is described as being these trans- 

 formed. Petals and stamens are either not present, or deformed. 

 (Dec. Prod.) 



& 5. S. (C.) FLEXUO X SA Finch. The flexible-branched Spiraea, 



Identification. Fisch. in Litt. ; Camb. Monog. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 518. 

 Synonymes. S. alplna Hort. Par., according to Camb. and Fisch. in Litt. 3. ; S. sibfrica Hort. 

 Engravings. Camb. Monog. Spir. in Ann. Scl Nat., 1. 1. 36. ; and our fig. 498. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, glabrous ; from the tip to the middle 



