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NEW SYLVA, 
633. SPIRE A Raf. calix 5fid persistent 
campanul. bearing on a glandular ring the 5 pe- 
tals and stamens 20 to 30, Pistils 5 free sessile, 
styles lateral, 5 free capsules sessile equal open- 
ing inside oligosperm. Shrubs with sifinple al- 
ternate leaves , flowers paniculate , thyrsoidal , 
branches racemose spicate or corymbose . The f 
name ought to have been written Spiraia , it 
answers to the Subgenus Spirenia of Seringe. 
C hamedryon has umbellate or corymbose 
flowers. 
634. Spirea tomentosa L. <fc c. Dec. Beck. 
Stem angular nearly simple, rusty tomentose, 
leaves petiolate ovate lanceolate, acute at both 
ends, unequaly serrate, beneath white tomen- 
tose, panicle ample compound racemose, calix 
and capsules fuscate villose — This is the origi- 
nal sp. of Kalm, Lin. <fyc found near Philadel- 
phia and from New York to Carolina; but so 
many sp. have been blended with it, that ne'ar- | 
ly all the synonyms apply to others. A small 
shrub 2 to 4 feet high, flowers purple handsome 
estival. Eaton had many var. of this in his first 
editions as myself in Med. flora, that are my 
next distinct deviations or Sp. the real var. are 
1. alb\ 'flora, 2 elatior. 3, ramosa with a few 
branches, and the next. 
635. Spirea tomentosa , var, virgata Raf. 
(Elliot) Branches virgate rusty tomentose leaves 
rugose above, petals small hairy outside often 
trilobe — Hills of Carolina and Apalachian Mts. 
large 4-Ofeet, often ramose. 
636. Spirea rosea Raf. diff. 634, leaves lan- 
ceolate remotely serrate acute, fulvous tomen- 
tose beneath, panicle lax, peduncles as long as 
calix — West Kentucky to Alabama, disc, by 
Mrs. Holley, a beautiful shrub with fine rosate 
