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bark, ovate leaves, and beautiful spikes of yellowish- 

 white flowers produced in great profusion before the 



Fig. 396.— Spiraea Millefolium. (3 



leaves are unfolded, in February or March. Except in the 



south-west it requires the shelter of a wall. Japan, 1864. 



Staphylea colchica. — A shrub 4 or 5 feet high, 



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Fig. 397.— Stuartia pentagyna. 



leaves consisting of three, or sometimes five, serrated 

 leaflets. The flowers are produced in large erect branching 

 racemes. Caucasus, 1870. S. Coulombieri is a fine hybrid 

 between this and & pinnata. 



S. pinnata, Bladder-nut. — A shrub from 6 to 8 feet 

 high, with unequally pinnate leaves, and whitish flowers 

 in May or June, succeeded by a bladdery capsular fruit. 

 Southern Europe, and naturalized in some parts of Britain. 



S. trifolia is a North American species with trifoliolate 

 leaves. 1640. 



Stauntonia hexaphylla (Holbbllia latifolia). — An orna- 

 mental climber, suitable only for the milder parts of the 

 kingdom. It has ample palmately-divided leaves, and 

 curious purplish flowers. Northern India, 1845. 



Stephanandea flexuosa. — A very elegant shrub about 

 4 feet high, the leaves of which are deeply lobed and 

 toothed. The flowers occur in flat racemes and are dull- 

 white. It is a near ally of the Spiraeas. Japan, 1870. 



Stuartia. — A genus consisting of five shrubs, natives 

 of North America and Japan. They are extremely 

 beautiful plants, closely allied to the Camellias and with 

 similar flowers, but they are deciduous. They are slow- 

 growing when young and are impatient of disturbance at 

 the root. They require a sheltered position. 



S. pentagyna (fig. 397). — A stout shrub 10 to 15 feet 

 high, with creamy white flowers 3 to 4 inches in diameter, 

 the numerous stamens being reddish - purple. North 

 America, 1785. 



S. pseudo-Camellia. — Leaves somewhat like those of a 

 Camellia, occasionally turning to crimson and gold in au- 

 tumn. Flowers rose-tinted white, 2\ inches across. Japan. 



S. rmyiWca.— Leaves ovate, slightly serrated. Flowers 

 white, 2 inches in diameter. North America, 1743. 



Fig. 398.— Styrax japonica 



Styrax japonica (fig. 398) is a small tree with white 

 flowers produced in spring in pendulous racemes. Japan, 

 1868. 



S. Obassia. — A beautiful shrub recently introduced 

 from Japan. Leaves oblate, varying from 3 to 8 inches 

 in width, the margins irregularly toothed. Flowers 

 white and fragrant, 1^ inch in diameter, in pendulous 

 racemes 9 inches long. 



S. officinale. — A small shrub, with simple leaves, and 

 axillary racemes of white flowers, resembling those of the 

 Orange, and appearing in June or July. Syria, &c, 1597. 



Symphoricarpus racemosus, Snowberry. — A much- 

 branched shrub 4 to 7 feet, with slender branchlets, 

 small simple leaves, and small funnel-shaped pink flowers, 

 succeeded by large white berries. It will grow under 

 trees, and is useful for filling shady spots. North America, 



