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a 16. S.corymBo'sa Raf. The corymbose-flowering Spirea. 
Identification, Rafin. Précis des Découvertes Somiologiques, ou Zoologiques 
et Botaniques (Palerme, 1814), p. 36. ; and in Desv. Journ. Bot., 1814, p.168.; 
Dec, Prod. 2. p. 544. : F 
Engravings. Lod. Bot. Cab., t, 671. ; and our fig. 512. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-oblong, unequally serrated, gla- 
brous, green above, hoary below. Flowers trigynous, dis- 
posed in terminal corymbs. (Dec. Prod.) A handsome 
shrub, Virginia. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introd. m 1819. 
Flowers white, produced in great abundance ; June and July. 
Capsule reddish ; ripe in Sept. ; 
Variety. 
u 8. c.2 sordria, S. sordria Penny in Hort. Brit., is a 
smaller plant, seldom growing higher than 2 ft., and flowers rather 
later than the species. 
A very desirable species, on account of its large corymbs of white flowers, 
and its distinctness in external character. 
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512, S. corymbosa. 
a 17. S. vaccinuFo'L1A D. Don. The Vaccinium-leaved 
Spireea. 
Identification. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., 1. p. 227.5 Dec. Prod., 2. p. 546. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518. 
Synonyme. $. adiantifolia Hort. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1430. ; and our fig. 513. 
Spec. Char. &c. Upright. Branchlets hairy. Leaves 
elliptical, acute, serrated at the tip, glabrous, glaucous * 
ou the under surface. Flowers disposed in terminal 
tomentose cymes, a few in a cyme. (Dec. Prod.) 
An upright shrub. Nepal. Height 2 ft. to 3ft. In- 
troduced in 1820. Flowers white; July and August. 
Capsule reddish ; ripe in October. aw 
wz 18. S. Laxir.o’ra Lindl. The loose-flowered 
Spirzea. 
Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg. M. Chron. 1830, No. 89. 
Engraving. Our fig. 000. in p. 000. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches weak, round, downy. Leaves smooth, ovate-crenate, 
long-stalked, glaucous beneath. Panicles loose, villose. Petals reflexed. 
(Lindl.) A shrub resembling S. vacciniifélia in the form of the leaves, 
and the colour of their under surface. Nepal. Height 1 ft. to2ft. Intro- 
duced in 1838. Flowers white, in large, loose, shaggy panicles; July and 
August. 
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513. S. vacciniifolia. 
a» 19..S. BE’LLA Sims. The beautiful Spiraea, 
Identification. _ Sims; Dec. Prod., 2. p.542. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 518. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2426.; and our jig. 514. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems erect, branched, glabrous, 
and reddish. Leaves ovate, acute, sharply ser- 
rated, whitishly tomentose on the under surface. 
Flowers pretty, rose-coloured, in corymbs laxly § 
disposed. Lobes of the calyx deflexed. (Dec. all 
Prod.) An erect, loose-growing shrub. Nepal. 
Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 1820. Flowers beau- 
tiful rose-coloured; May and June. Capsule red- 
dish ; ripe in September. 
This species is as hardy, and as easily propa- 
gated, as that very common shrub, S. salicifolia, from 
which species it differs in its loose branchy manner 
of growth, and in the flowers being in corymbs. One 
of the most beautiful species of the genus. 
514. S, bélla. 
