SPIR.EA 



170.-) 



39. notha, Zabel (S. citi-i/nihi'inn x Jatifolia). Shrub. 

 3 ft. high, with brown glabrous blanches: Ivs. broadly 

 ovate to obovate, short-petioled, coarsely and doubly 

 serrate, almost glabrous, 1-2 in. long: tls. white to 

 pinkish white, in broad, glabrous panicles; stamens 

 almost twice as long as the orbicular petals. July, Aug. 



Of garden origin. 



40. pyramidata, Greene (S. liicida x Mtnziesi}. Up- 

 right shrub. ,'{ ft. high: Ivs. oval-oblong to oblong, 

 acutish oi- obtuse, usually doubly serrate above the 

 middle, glabrous or nearly so, 1K-3 in. long: panicles 

 l%-3>2 in. long, rather dense, puberulous: tts. pinkish 

 or almost white. July. Found wild in Ore. and Wash- 

 ington. Worthy of cultivation, but not yet introduced. 



41. Sanssouciana, C. Koch (S. Douglasi x Japdnica. 

 S. /i'i -i/rliana. Hurt.). Shrub, 4 ft. high, with striped, 

 finely tomentose branches: ivs. oblong - lanceolate, 

 sharply and usually doubly serrate, grayish tomentose 

 beneath, 2-.'5 1 -i in. long: fis. pink, in broad corymb-like 

 panicles : follicles glabrous, with spreading styles. 

 July, Aug. Of garden origin. Au allied form is 8. 

 intermedia, Lemoine (S. albi flora x Douglasi), similar 

 in habit to N. .;/ritig(t>flora but with the Ivs. tomentose 

 beneath. 



42. Nohleana, Hook. (S. Douglasi, var. NoMeana, 

 Wats. ,s'. /tniii/laxi x <l<-)t>ii flora). Shrub, 4 ft. high, 

 similar to the former: Ivs. oblong or narrowly oblong, 

 usually rounded at the base, acute, sharply serrate 

 above the middle, grayish tomentose beneath, 1-3 in. 

 long: tts. light pink, in dense broadly pyramidal to- 

 mentulose panicles, :i-(5 in. high; petals half as long as 

 stamens; sepals re flexed in fr. ; styles erect. June, July. 

 Natural hybrid, found in Calif. B.M. 5168. I. H. 8:286. 



A similar form is S. pachystachys, Zabel (S. corym- 

 i)dsa x Doi'<</laxi), with broader Ivs. and fls. of paler 

 pink. 



43. salicifolia, Linn. (S. Sibirica, Raf. S. salicifdlia, 

 var. cdrnea, Ait.). Upright shrub, 5 ft. high, with te- 

 rete yellowish brown branches puberulous when young: 

 Ivs. oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, sharply and some- 

 times doubly serrate with often incurved teeth, l%-3 in. 

 long: fls. light pink or whitish, in oblong, dense, tomen- 

 tulose panicles leafy below, the Ivs. exceeding the as- 

 cending ramifications; stamens twice as long as petals; 

 sepals upright in fr. : follicles ciliate at the inner suture. 

 June, July. S. E. Eu. to Japan and probably Alaska. 

 Var. grandifldra, Dipp. (S. grandiflora, Lodd.). Lower, 

 with larger, lighter pink tis. L.B.C. 20:1988. 



44. alba, Dur. (S. salicifolia, var. paniculata, Ait. S. 

 lanceolata, Borkh.). QUEEN OF THE MEADOW. MEADOW 

 SWEET. Attractive upright shrub, attaining 6 ft., with 

 reddish brown branches puberulous when young: Ivs. 

 narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, usually regularly 

 simply serrate, l%-2% in. long : fls. white, in leafy 

 pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading 

 ramifications much longer than their supporting Ivs.; 

 stamens white, usually as long as petals: follicles quite 

 glabrous. June-Aug. B'rom N. Y. west to the Rocky Mts., 

 south to Ga. and Miss. Also known as S. salicifolia. 



45. latifdlia, Borkh. (S. salicifdlia, var. latifdlia, Ait. 

 S. carpi a i fill in, Willd. S. Uumuletixi.t, Hort. S. Bethle- 

 hemtnsis, Hort.). QUEEN OF THE MEADOW. MEADOW 

 SWEET. Fig. 2:5(58. Branching shrub, 2-5 ft. high, with 

 bright or dark red-brown glabrous twigs: Ivs. broadly 

 oval to obovate or oblong, usually coarsely and often 

 doubly serrate, l%-3 in. long: fls. white, larger than 

 those of <S'. alba, sometimes lightly blushed and with 

 the stamens and disk more or less pinkish ; panicles 

 quite glabrous, broadly pyramidal, with spreading and 

 elongated ramifications ; stamens longer than petals. 

 June-Aug. Newfoundland and Canada to N. C. Em. 

 2:485. B.B. 2:190. This and the preceding species have 

 been referred by most American botanists to S. salicifo- 

 lia. S. a Ilia is chiefly found west, S. latifolia east of 

 and in the Alleghanies. 



46. Menziesi, Hook. (S. Douglasi, var. M6nziesi, 

 Presl.). Upright shrub, 4 ft. high, with brown, at first 

 puberulous branches: Ivs. oblong-obovate to oblong, 

 coarsely and unequally serrate above the middle, pale 

 green beneath, 1K-3 in. long: fls. small, pink, in rather 

 narrow, 5-8-in. long panicles; stamens more than twice 



as long as the roundish petals; sepals reflexed in fruit. 

 June-Aug. Alaska to Oregon. 



47. Billardii, Hort. (S. Douglasi x salicifolia). 

 Shrub, (5 ft. high, with brown pubescent branches: Ivs. 

 oblong to oblong lanceolate, acute, sharply and often 

 doubly serrate, except in the lower third, usually grayish 

 tomentose beneath, at least when young, sometimes al- 

 most glabrous at length, 2-3 in. long: tls. bright pink, 

 in 5-8-in. Ion:;, tomentose or tomentulose panicles, usu- 

 ally rather narrow and dense. July, Aug. Of garden 

 origin. <S. Lenneana, Bethlehetntnsis rubra, trium- 

 nlnnix. I'j-'tmid, ('oiistiitititi', California, Hort., are very 

 similar and probably of the same parentage. 



2638. Spiraea latifolia (X 



48. Doftglasi, Hook. Fig. 2369. Shrub, 8 ft. high, with 

 reddish brown tomentose branches : Ivs. oblong to nar- 

 row-oblong, rounded or acutish at both ends, unequally 

 serrate above the middle, densely white-tomentose be- 

 neath, lJ^-4 in. long: fls. deep pink, in dense, rather 

 narrow or sometimes broad panicles, 4-8 in. long; sta- 

 mens twice as long as the obovate petals; sepals re- 

 flexed in fruit: follicles glabrous. July, Aug. British 

 Columbia to Calif . F.S. 2:66. R.H. 1846:101. P.F.G. 2, 

 p. 85. P.M. 12:195. B.M. 5151. Gn. 23:380. 



49. tomentosa, Linn. HARDHACK. STEEPLEBUSH. 

 Shrub, 4 ft. high, with upright, brown, tomentose 

 branches: Ivs. ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, unequally 

 and often doubly serrate, densely yellowish or grayish 



