39. ndtha, Zabel (S. corymbdsa x latifblia). Shrub. 

 3 ft. high, with brown glabrous branches: Ivs. broadly- 

 ovate to obovate, short-petioled, coarsely and doubly 

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

 pinkish white, in broad, glabrous panicles; stamens 

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

 — Of garden origin. 



40. pyramidita, Greene (S. lucida x M(miesi). Up- 

 right shrub, 3 ft. high: Ivs. oval-oblong to oblong, 

 acutish or obtuse, usually a"ul)ly si irate above the 

 middle, glabrous or nearly mi. 1' . :; m. Imig: panicles 

 1K-3K in. long, rather dens. . i,.ilH.nil,,i,s : ris. pinkish 

 or almost white. July. Foiiml wild jii < tre. and Wash- 

 ington.— Worthy of cultivation, but not yet introduced. 



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

 S. RegeUdna, Hort.). Shrub, 4 ft. high, with striped, 

 finely tomentose branchfs : Ivs. oblong- lanceolate, 

 sharply and usu:ill\ ilmn.U ornate, grayish tomentose 

 beneath, 2-3K i". 1 ' - " in broad corymb-like 

 panicles: folliilr- itli spreading styles. 

 July, Aug. Of Kann ,, ,.,i,,,, -An allied form is S. 

 intermedia, Lemume ^S. „ii,,i,„n( x Doxiglasi), similar 



vith the Ivs. tomentose 



SPIR^A 



1705 



in habit I 

 beneath. 



42. Nobleana, 

 Wats. N. /'"■'■ 

 similar t o 1 1 , . i . 

 usually r . : 

 above tli. mi 

 long: 11>, li:i 1 

 mentuloM- jianii 



aijfinyafloiu but 



Honk. iS. Pnvqlna 



ynhledn 



Natural liyliri.l 

 —A similar f.. 

 bosa X Dotigia 

 pink. 



43. saUcifdlia, Linn. (S. Sibirica, Raf. S. salicifblia, 

 var. cdrneu. Ait.). Upriglit shrub, o ft. high, with te- 

 rcti- yi'lIi.H-i-h lii-iiwn liiaiii-hi's pnliii-uloiis when young: 



tini'is .liinMy ^Maa.r willi I'.tliai iii.u'im'i I n-i'-th, lK-3 in. 

 loii:;-: lU. li^lii |iiiiL ..r h iiii i-li, ni hIiIihil;. ili-nse, tomen- 

 tulu.su panicles leafy below, the lv.s. exceeding the as- 

 cending ramiticatiuns; 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.grandifUra,'Lo<Xii.). Lower, 

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



44. 41ba, Dnr. (S. saHcifdlia, var. pir„!c,il,)ta, Ait. S. 

 lanceoliUa, 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, 1H-2K in. long : fls. white, in leafy 

 pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading 

 ramifications much longer thin their supporting Ivs , 

 stamens white usually as long as petals follicles quite 

 glabrous June-Aug FromN 'S west to the Rocky Mts 

 south to Gn nnd IIiss Also known is S nl fhi 



I ntif 111 r 1 \ t 



o% U to obov ite oi oblong u uilh i h md 



doubly seirate lK-3 in Icng fls wlnte luge: 



those of S alba, sometimes lighth I hi li 1 in 



the stamens md disk more oi 1 ill | 



quite glabrous bro idly pjinnili! 



elongated rimific in ns stimei 



June-Aug New f oundland md ( 



2 485 B B 2 1% -This indthep I 



been referred by most American botmists t S 



ha S alba is chiefly found west, i latitoha e 



and in the Alleghanies 



46 Mfinziesi H k (s /» ,?, m, 1/ 

 Presl ) T 1 1 I I I 



pubeiul I 1 



coarseh i 

 green 1 ei tl I 

 narrow j-b m 1 i „ i 1 t u I 



idly 

 Dften 

 thin 



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

 June-Aug. Alaska to Oregon. 



47 BiUArdii, Hort {S Bouglasi x sallcUblia). 

 Shrub, b ft high, with brown pubescent branches: Ivs. 

 oblong to oblong lanceolate acute sharply and often 

 doubh seinte except lu the lower third, usually grayish 

 tomentose bene ith it Ic 1st when young sometimes al- 

 most glabrous at length, 2-3 in long fls bright pink, 

 in 5-8 in long tomentose or tomentulose panicles, usu- 

 ally rather narrow and dense Julv, Aug Of garden 

 origin — * Ziennedna, Bethlehemhisis j-ubra, triiim- 

 nhatis eximia, VoHstaHtto', Caltfoiniea Hort., are very 

 similar and probably of the same parentage. 



2638 Spiraea latifolia (X H)- 



4S Douglasi, H Jk. Fig. 2;)G9. Shrub, 8 ft. high 

 ! il ill \\n tomentose branches: Ivs. oblong to 



I rounded or acutish at both ends, unequally 



\e the middle, densely white-tomentose be- 

 1 tl ] — 1 m long: fls. deep pink, in dense, rather 

 niir w r 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 Cahf F.S. 2:66. R.H. 1846:101. P.F.G. 2 

 p 8o PM 12 19o B.M. 5151. Gn. 23:380. 



49 tomentbsa, 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 



