174 A GARDEN FLORA 
80PH0RA. Leguminosae. 
S. flavescens. Siberia. 
S. japonica. China. 
„ var. pendula. 
A slow growing but graceful tree, which was 
planted on the Lawn some twenty years ago, and 
is now 10 feet high, the drooping branches having 
a spread of 6 feet. 
S. japonica, var. violacea. China. 
* 8 . tetraptera. New Zealand and Chile. 
* „ var. grandiflora. 
Syn. Edwardsia grandiflora. 
At last this seems thoroughly established upon a 
south wall. For some years it remained a mass of 
tangled branches which bore no flowers, but now 
it has grown quite 6 feet above the wall, and flowers 
freely in April and May. 
*S. tetraptera, var. microphylla. 
S. viciifolia. China. 
SPARAXIS. See DIERAMA. 
SPARMANNIA. Tiliaceae. 
fS. africana. African Hemp. S. Africa. 
SPARTIUM. Leguminosae. 
S. junceum. Spanish Broom. S. Europe. 
SPHiERALCEA. Malvaceae. 
*S. munroana. N. America. 
SPIRAEA. Rosaceae. 
S. Aitchisoni. Afghanistan, Kashmir, etc. 
S. arguta. Garden origin. 
S. Aroncus. Goat’s Beard. N. Temperate regions. 
S. assurgens. China. 
S. astilboides. Japan. 
S. bullata. Japan. 
Syn. S. crispilolia. 
S. canescens. Himalaya. 
