SPIR.EA 



39. notha, Zahi-I | ,S'. i-oriiiiilj;,x,i y hiUfolia). Shruh, 

 3 ft. big'li, witli liriiwu yiabrous braiiclics : Ivs. broadly 

 ovate t'l obovate, sbort-pt-tioled, coarsely ami doubly 

 serrate, almost yiabrou.s, 1-2 in. long-:' lis. white to 

 pinkish white, iu broad, glabrous panieles; stamens 

 ahnost twire as long as the orbii-ular petals. ,jtily, Aug. 

 — Of garden origin. 



40. pyramidata, (ireene ( N. l!<vi(1a x Mriiiiesi). V\t- 

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

 aeutish or obtuse, usually <totibly serrate above I he 

 middle, glabrous or nearly so, l'.,-3 in. long: panieles 

 1^.1-3'., in. long, rather dense 



SPIB.KA 



1705 



or ahnost white. .Inly. F( 

 iugtou. —Worthy of cultivation, 



41, Sanssouciana, (.'. Koch (, 

 S. Eeiii'liiliia. Hort.l. Shrnb, 

 fitiely ti.'meutose branches : 

 sharply and usually doubly se 

 beneatli. ■_;-3^., in. long: tls. pii 



liul)erulons: rls. pinkish 

 I wild in tire. ;ind Wash- 

 , but not yel introduced, 

 .S'. rio,h,l„si ■ J,IJ,a„ifn. 

 , 4 ft. high, with striped, 



Ivs. obhuig - lancecdate, 



rrLLte. grayish tomentose 



I corvnibdike 



panicles : t'ollicles glabrous, with s(. reading styles 

 July, Aug. Of garden origin.— An allied form i's S, 

 intermedia, Lemoiue {S. albifldnt x Duuginsi) . similar 

 in habit to .S. si/riinjirflnra but with the Ivs. tomentose 

 beneath. 



42, Nobleana, Hook, (.S. Dviii/lasi, var. Xoblefma, 

 Wats. ^'. Dniiylasi x deiixifldni ] . Shrtib, 4 ft. high, 

 similar to the former: Ivs, oblong or mirrowly oblong, 

 usually rounded at the Ijase. acute, sharply serrate 

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

 long: ds. light piidi. iu dense broadly pyramidal to- 

 meutulose panieles, 3-C. in. high; petals lui'lf as long as 

 stamens; sepals retiexed in fr. ; styles erect. .June, .Inly. 

 Natural hybrid, found in Calif. A.M. .">lll<i. I.H. 8:2Wi. 

 — A similar form is S, pachystachys, Zabel ( .S'. cvrrim- 

 bosif X Dtnightsi ) . with IjrL<ader l\s, and tls. of paler 

 pink, 



43, salicifolia, Linn. (,S. Siliirira. Eaf. S. siiUei folia, 

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

 rete 3'ellowish brown branches puberulous when young: 

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

 times doubly serrate with often incurved teeth, l>2-3 in. 

 long: fis, light pink or whitish, in oblong, den.se, 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. grandiflora, Dipp. {S.i/miKJifldra, Lodd.). Lower, 

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



44, Alba, Dur. {S. saJicifbJia, var. panicufi'lta , Ait. ,S'. 

 lanceohtta, Bovkh.). Queen of the Meado^v. Meadow 

 Sweet. Fig. 2308. Upright shrub, attaining (J ft., with 

 reddish brown branches puberulous when young: h-s. 

 narrow, oblong to oblanoeolate, acute, usually regularly 

 simply serrate, 1H-2J-2 in. long : fls. white, in leafy 

 pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading 

 ramifications much longer than their snpjiorting Ivs. ; 

 stamens white, usually as long as petals: f.dlicles quite 

 glabroiis. June-Aug. FromN." Y. west to the Rocky Mts., 

 south to (.-la. and Miss, Also known as ,V. xii licifoliii . 



4.5. latiWlia, Borkh. ( .S'. xiiliri fnlia . var. Uilifblia. Ait. 

 .S. carpi III folia, Willd. ,S. CanaiUnxin. H<u-t. ,s'. Brfhlc- 



lieilll''ll^is, Hort.). t^iUEEN OF THE MeAIxiW. Me.\1'0\v 



Sweet, Upright branching shrub, from 2-."i ft. high, with 

 bright or dark red-brown glabrous twigs: h-s. broadly 

 oval to ohovate or oblong, itsnally coai's(dy and often 

 doubly serrate, lJ^-3 iti. long: tls. white, larger than 

 those of S. alba, sometimes lightly Idushed and with 

 the stamens and disk more or less pird<isli ; panicles 

 quite glabrous, broadly pyramidal, with spreading ami 

 elongated ramifications ; stamens longer than petals. 

 June-Aug. Newfoundland and Canada to N. 0. Em. 

 2:48,5. B.B. 2:190. -This and the preceding species have 

 been referred by most American botanists to .S\ saliei fo- 

 lia. S. aliia is chiefly found west, 6'. latifulia east of 

 and in the Alleghanies. 



46. M^nziesi, Hook. {S. Douijlasi, var. Miiisiexi, 

 Presh). Upright slirub, 4 ft. high, with brown, at first 

 puberulous branches: Ivs. obhjng-obo\'ate to .djlong, 

 coarsely and unefiually serrate above the middle, i-ah.' 

 green beneath, ]S-3> in. long: tls. suuill. i»irtk. in rather 

 narrow, .5-8-in. long ]ianicles; stameiis more than twice 



as long as the roundish pet:ds; sepals retlexed in fruit. 

 June-Aug. Alaska to (Jregon. 



47. Billardii, Hort. (,S'. Dotif/lusi k xaUeifdUu). 

 Shrub, ft. high, with brown j.uhescent branches: Ivs. 

 obleng to oblong-lanceolate, acute, sliarpiv and often 

 doubly SCO-rate, except in the biwer third, usually grayish 

 tomentose beneath, at least 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. July, Aug. Of gardi-n 

 origin. — .8'. Leiineiina, Betlili'Jiemensis rubra, trii'iio- 

 iihaiis, ej-iinia, C'oiiKtdntio', Californica, Hort,, are very 

 similar ami probably of the same parentage. 





2368, Spiraea alba (Xj-j). 



48. Douglasi, Hoek. Fig. 2309. Shrub, 8 ft. high, w-ith 

 reddish brown tomentose branches; Ivs. <djlong to nar- 

 row-oblong, roui-ided or acutish at both ends, unequally 

 serrate above the middle, densely white-tomentose be- 

 neath, IV2-4 in. long: tls. dee]) pink, in dense, rather 

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

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

 flexed in fruit: follicles glabrous. Jtilv, Atig. British 

 Columbia to Calif. F.S. 2:00. R.H. 1840 :1(11." P.F.G. 2, 

 p. 85. P.M. 12:19:5. B.M. 5151. Cn. 23:380. 



49. tomentosa, Linn. Hakhhack. Steeplebush. 

 Shrub, 4 ft. liigli, w-ith upright, brown, tomentose 

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

 and often doubly serrate, densely yellowish or gravish 



