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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



at 16. S. coRYMBo^SA Haf. The corymhose-^o wering Spirtiea. 



Identification. Rafin. Precis lies Decouvertes Somiologiques, ou Zoologiques 

 et liotaniques (Palenne, 1814), p. 36. ; and in Desv. Journ. Bot., 1814, p. 168.; 

 Dec. Prod. 2. p. 544. 



Engravings. Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 671- ; and ourjfg. 512. 



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

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

 posed in terminal corymbs. {Dec. Frod.) A handsome 

 shrub. Virginia. Height 4 ft. to 3 ft. Introd. in 1819. 

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

 Capsule reddish ; ripe in Sept. 



Fariefy. 



j S. c. 2 sororia, S. sororia Pennf/ in Hort. Brit., is a *'^' * "'""'"' 

 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. 



ja 17. S. KACCiNiiFoYiA D. Don. The Vaccinium-leared 



Spiraea. 



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



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

 Stjnunyme. S. ddiantif&lia Hort. 

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



Spec. Char., Sfc. Upright. Branchlets hairy. Leaves 

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

 ou the under surface. Flowers disposed in terminal 

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

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

 troduced in 1820. Flowers white ; July and August. 

 Capsule reddish ; ripe in October. 



18. S. LAXIFLO^RA Lilldl. 



Spireea. 



The loose-flowered 



vaccinuf61ia. 



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

 Engraving. Our fig. 000. in p. 000. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Branches weak, round, downy. Leaves smooth, ovate-crenate, 

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

 {Lindl.) A shrub resembling S. racciniifolia 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. 



19. S. be'lla Sims. The beautiful Spiicea. 



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

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2426. ; and our ^'g. 514. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. Aalicifolia, 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. 



