XXVI. ROSA‘CEH: SPIRE‘A. 3805 
produced in great abundance; and, when the shrub is allowed space to ex- 
pand on every side, it forms a very beautiful bush in the flowering season. It 
makes handsome garden hedges, and will bear the shears, which were formerly 
applied to it, to shape it into artificial forms, when 
topiary work was fashionable in garden scenery. It 
is readily propagated by layers, or by detaching its 
suckers. 
a 12. S. (#.) THALICTRGI'DES Pall, The Meadow- 
Rue-leaved Spirza. 
Identification. Pall. Fi. Ross., 1. p. 34.3; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 543.; Don’s 
Mill., 2. p. 518. 
Synonymes. S. aquilegifolia Pall. Itin. 3. App. 734. No.94.; S. hy- 
pericifdlia var. flava; and S. alpina latifolia. 
Engravings. Pail. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 18.; and ourJig. 509. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, obtuse, indistinctly 
3-lobed, inconspicuously 3-nerved, glaucous beneath. | 
Flowers in lateral sessile umbels. (Dec. Prod.) A 
low erect shrub. Alps of Dahuria. Height 1 ft. to 
3ft. Introduced in 1816. Flowers white; May and 
June. Capsule reddish , ripe in September. 509. S, (h.) thahetro\des. 
% 13. S. cuneIFo‘LaI Wall. The wedge-leaved Spiraea. 
Identification. Wall. Cat., 699.; Bot, Reg. M. Chron. #839, No. 87. 
Synonymes. S. canéscens; Don Prod. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 544. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 519. ; S. argéntea Hort. 
Engraving. Our fig. 510. Y 
Spec. Char., §c. Jeaves oval or obovate, obtuse, Spy 
stalked, quite entire, villous; corymbs crowded, and 
as well as the branches tomentose. (Don’s Mill.) 
An erect-branched canescent shrub, with the habit of 
S. hypericifolia. Nepal, at Sirinagur. Height ?, In- 
troduced in 1837, Flowers white, downy, in close 
corymbose panicles. 
The leaves are small, thick, downy, wedge-shaped, 
and either crenated near the point, or undivided ; they 
are bright green on the upper side, and glaucous be- 
neath, with nothing of a canescent appearance, which 
is only visible when they are dried. 
« 14, S. prkowrE’/NsIs Besser. The Pikow Spirza. 
Identification. Besser Enum. Pl. Pod., p. 46. No. 1428. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 543.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 519. ee eet 
Engraving. Our fig. 000. in p. 000. ‘ . S$. cuneifolia. 
Spec. Char., §c. ‘Leaves with three primary veins, and serrate at the tip, cu- 
neate-lanceolate, obtuse, rarely pointed. Flowers in peduncled corymbs. 
(Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. Podolia at Pikow. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 
Introd. in 1807. Flowers white ; June and July. 
« 15. S. CEANOTHIFO‘LIA Horn. The Ceanothus- 
leaved Spirza. 
Identification. Worn. Hort. Hafn., p. 2. 466.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 544. 
Engraving. Our fig. 511. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base, 
serrated from the middle to the tip with sharp un- 
equal teeth. Flowers in indistinctly peduncled & 
terminal corymbs. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub. 
Native country unknown. eight 3ft. to 4 ft. 
Introduced in 1823. Flowers- white ; June and 
July. Capsule reddish ; ripe in September. 
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PLL, 5. ceanothitolia, 
