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capitate ; ovules 2. Drupe purple, J-f in., obliquely oblong, the 
style almost basal in consequence of one-sided growth ; stone 
smooth, 1 -seeded by abortion. 
Simla, Mushobra ; April, and again during the winter. — Temperate Hima- 
laya, 4000-8000 ft. 
3. SPIR-ffiA. The classical name of the Meadow-Sweet, S. 
Ulmaria. — N. temperate and cold regions. 
Erect, unarmed shrubs or perennial herbs. Leaves simple or 
compound ; stipules usually small and soon falling off. Flowers 
numerous, J-J in. diam., usually 2-sexual, crowded in racemes, 
corymbs or panicles. Calyx without bracteoles, persistent ; tube 
cup-shaped, limb 5-lobed. Petals 5, orbicular. Stamens about 20, 
filaments sometimes united at the base. Carpels 3-5, rarely more 
or fewer, superior, inserted at the base of the calyx-tube, free or 
united at the base ; style short ; stigma terminal ; ovules 2- 
several. Fruit of 3-5 small, 2- to several-seeded, dry follicles 
opening along one or both sutures. 
Spiraea cantoniensis, a glabrous shrub from China, is frequently cultivated in 
Simla. Leaves lanceolate, deeply toothed. Flowers white, showy, in numerous, 
small umbels. 
Leaves irregularly pinnatiseet ; lateral lobes unequal, 
mostly small ; terminal lobe 2-6 in. diam., 3-5 -parted . 1. S. vestita. 
Leaves pinnately compound. 
Leaves 2- or 3 -pinnate. Leaflets ovate, usually in 
threes . . . . . . . . 2. 8. Aruncus. 
Leaves simply pinnate. Leaflets narrowly lanceolate 3. S. sorbifolia. 
Leaves simple, toothed. 
.Flowers pink . . . . . . . 4. S. bella. 
Flowers white. 
Leaves |-f in., nearly sessile. Flowers in small 
corymbs clustered at the end of numerous, short, 
lateral, leafy branchlets . . . . . 5. S. canescens. 
Leaves 1-1| in., stalked. Flowers in large corymbs 
terminating the stem or main branches . 6. S. vaccinifolia. 
1. Spiraea vestita, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 323. A shrub-like 
herb ; rootstock perennial ; stems 1-2 ft., pubescent. Leaves 
irregularly pinnatiseet, 2-12 in. ; upper surface glabrous, lower 
pubescent, pale ; lateral lobes few or many, very unequal, acutely 
toothed, all small or 1 or 2 pairs up to about 1^ in. long ; terminal 
lobe 2-6 in. diam., deeply divided into 3-5 sharply toothed, long- 
pointed segments ; stipules persistent, large, semi-orbicular, 
acutely and irregularly toothed. Flowers white, in large, com- 
pound, corymbose, terminal cymes. Follicles hairy. 
Huttoo ; May, June.— W. Himalaya, 7000-10,000 ft. — Kamtschatka. 
Resembling and closely allied to the British Meadow-Sweet, S. ZJlmaria. 
2. Spiraea Aruncus, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 323. A shrub-like 
herb ; rootstock perennial ; stems 2-4 ft., nearly glabrous. 
