ROSACEA 



PRUNUS-LEAVED SPIR^A, Spircea prunifoUa Jlore-pleno. 



Gardens. A very beautiful early-flowering shrub, more often grown 

 than the single type. April. 



Floxvers white, doubled like little rosettes, in fascicles along branches ; pedicels 

 1-flowered, of unequal length. 



Leaves alternate, small, connate at base, irregularly serrated in upper 

 half, glabrous. Autumn tint scarlet. 



A deciduous shrub, 3 ft. ; Brandies long, slender, arching. 



Introduced from Japan, 1845. 



WILLOW-LEAVED SPIRAEA, Spircea salicifolia. 



Moist woods, plantations. June — August. 



Floxvers pink or rosy, small, in a dense, terminal, sub-cylindric racemose cyme ; 

 Calyx inferior, 5-lobed, persistent ; Petals 5 ; Stamens numerous, perigynous ; 

 Ovary superior, carpels 5, free ; Fruit an eteerio of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, green on 

 both sides, 2-3 ins. long. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-5 ft., erect ; Stem, stoloniferous ; Slickers numerous ; 

 young shoots glabrous. 



Naturalised in N. England and S. Scotland ; used in hedges in N. Wales. 

 Generic name from Gr. speiras, to wind (garlands) ; specific name from L« 

 salix, -icis, the willow ; folium, a leaf. 



SORBUS-LEAVED SPIR^A, Spircea sorbifolia, 



Gardens. Prefers cool, moist soil. July, August. 



Flowers white, in a thyrsoid panicle ; Sepals reflexed ; Petals spreading ; 



Stamens numerous, nearly I in. long; Styles 5, one-third the length of stamens; 



Fruit an etajrio of follicles ; keel indistinct, hairy. 



Leaves alternate, stipulate, imparipinnate, 6-10 ins. long, leaflets 13-25, sessile, 



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