XXVI. ROSA‘CEZ: SPIRE ‘A. 301 
a S. c. 3 oblongifolia Camb. Monog. _ 8. oblongi- 
folia Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Hung. iti. p. 261. t. 235. 
— Leaves narrower, and less serrated. 
a S.u. 4 subracemdsa Ser.— Flowers distantly dis- 
posed along a lengthened rachis. 
& S. c. 5 incisa Hort. (S. chamedrifolia latifolia 
Hort.) has been raised from seeds received 
from Germany through Mr. Hunneman; and 
it appears to be only a variety of this species. 
In Kamtschatka the leaves are used as a substitute for 
tea ; and the shoots, when straight, are bored for to- 
bacco-pipes. In its wild state, it varies exceedingly in , 
the magnitude of the entire plant, in the dargeness or 5 
smallness of its leaves, and in their being more or less 
cut or serrated, and more or less smooth or pubescent. 
A very ornamental hardy shrub, producing its corymbs of 
white flowers, which are tolerably large, in June and 
July. It is said to make beautiful garden hedges. Though the seeds ripen 
in England, plants can seldom be raised from them ; and, as this species does 
not produce suckers freely, it is generally raised by layers or cuttings. 
a2 4, S. (¢.) ULuiro‘Lia Scop. The Elm-leaved Spiraea. 
Identification. Scop. Fl. Carn., ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 349. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.518. 
Synonyme. S. char, drifolia Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 140. vee eee 
ngravings. Bot. Keg., t. 1222, ; Bot. Cab., 1042. ; and our jig. 496, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat, sharply serrated, ciliated. 
Flowers terminal, in rather hemispherical corymbs. Sepals reflexed. (Dec. 
Prod.) An erect shrub. Carinthia and Stheria. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. In- 
troduced in 1790. Flowers white; June and July. One of the hand- 
somest species of this section. 
496. S, (c.) ulmifdlia. 497. S. (c.) us phyll4ntha. 
Variety. 
4 S. (c.) u. 2 phyllantha Ser. (Our fig. 497.) — In this variety a whorl 
of distinct leaves, that are petioled, lanceolate, and sharply serrated, 
occupies the place of the sepals, and is described as being these trans- 
formed. Petals and stamens are either not present, or deformed. 
(Dee. Prod.) 
2% 5, S. (c.) FLExuo'sa Fisch. The flexible-branched Spirea. 
Identification. Fisch. in Litt.; Camb. Monog. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 542. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518 
Synonymes. §. alpina Hort. Par., according to Camb. and Fisch. in Litt. 3.; S. sibfrica Hort. 
ngravings, Camb. Monog. Spir. in Ann. Sci. Nat., 1. t. 36.; and our jig. 498. 
Spee. Char., §c. ‘eaves lanceolate, glabrous; from the tip to the middle 
