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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



& 16. S. CORYMBO^SA Rftf. The corymbose^owering Spiraea. 



Identification. Bafin. Precis des Decouvertes Somiologiques, on Zoologiques 

 et Botaniques (Palerme, 1814), p. 36. : and in Desv. Journ. Bot., 1814, p.168.; 

 Dec. Prod. 2. p. 544. 



Engravings. Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 671. ; and our Jig. 512. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval-oblong, unequally serrated, gla- 

 brous, green above, hoary below. Flowers trigynous, dis- 

 posed in terminal corymbs. (Dec. Prod.} A handsome 

 shrub. Virginia. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introd. in 1819. 

 Flowers white, produced in great abundance ; June and July. 

 Capsule reddish ; ripe in Sept. 

 Variety. 



M S. c. 2 sororia, S. sororia Penny in Hort. Brit., is a 512- s ' c< "? mb!1!ia - 

 smaller plant, seldom growing higher than 2 ft., and flowers rather 

 later than the species. 



A very desirable species, on account of its large corymbs of white flowers, 

 and its distinctness in external character. 



M 17. S. FACCINIIFO^LIA D. Don. The Vaccinium-leaved 

 Spira3a. 



Identification. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., 1. p. 227. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 546. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 518. 

 Synonyme. S. adiantifblia Hort. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1430. ; and our fig. 513. 



Spec. Char., $c. Upright. Branchlets hairy. Leaves 

 elliptical, acute, serrated at the tip, glabrous, glaucous 

 on the under surface. Flowers disposed in terminal 

 tomentose cymes, a few in a cyme. (Dec. Prod.) 

 An upright shrub. Nepal. Height 2 ft. to 3ft. In- 

 troduced in 1820. Flowers white ; July and August. 

 Capsule reddish ; ripe in October. 



18. S. LAXIFLO^RA Lindl. 

 Spiraea. 



The loose-flowered 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg. M. Chron. 1830, No. 89. 

 Onrfig. 000. in p. COO. 



515. S. racciniifbiia. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches weak, round, downy. Leaves smooth, ovate-erenate 

 long-stalked, glaucous beneath. Panicles loose, villosev Petals reflexed. 

 (Lindl.) A shrub resembling S. vacciniifolia in the form of the leaves, 

 and the colour of their under surface. Nepal. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1838. Flowers white, in large, loose, shaggy panicles ; July and 

 August. 



j* 19. S. BE'LLA Sims. The beautiful Spiraea. 



Identification. Sims; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 518. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2426. ; and our fig. 514. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Stems erect, branched, glabrous, 

 and reddish. Leaves ovate, acute, sharply ser- 

 rated, whitishly tomentose on the under surface. 

 Flowers pretty, rose-coloured, in corymbs laxly 

 disposed. Lobes of the calyx deflexed. (Dec. 

 Prod.) An erect, loose-growing shrub. Nepal. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 1820. Flowers beau- 

 tiful rose-coloured ; May and June. Capsule red- 

 dish ; ripe in September. 



This species is as hardy, and as easily propa- 

 gated, as that very common shrub, S. salicifolia, from 

 which species it differs in its loose branchy manner 

 of growth, and in the flowers being in corymbs. One 

 of the most beautiful species of the genus. 



5U. S. Ulla. 



