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He , ‘V i leosdncllia Poly-tonia
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. ® i - K. J a p o ' n ic a D « . The Japan Kerria.
Variety.
Hk K. j. 2 fibre pl'em, (B o t. Reg., t. 5 8 7 .; B o t. Mae t IPQfi . i
t a t 5 e fo g®"®?'
4 8 9 . K é r r /a ja p ó n ic a .
490. K é r r i f l j . flòre p ièn o .
large and unequal te e th , feather-veined a m i ' ? u“" ^ r r a te d with
stipules th a t a re linear-subulate Thè sin<5fl®ft® ""i fo®.“ PP®® surface;
18.35, only known through a soÎitaèy I ” "
X X V I. r o s a c e æ : s p i r æ a .
G e n u s V I I I .
S P IRÆ 'A L. T h e S p i r æ a . Lm. Syst. Icosândria Di-Pentagynia.
, Dec. P Uexitification.^ L in . Gen.. No. G30. ; G æ rtn . F ru c t., 1. p. 337. t. rod., 2. p. 541. ; D o n ’s
S ymmym^- S piræ'a sp. Camhvssedes Moxi. Syi)-. in A n n . Sci. N at. 1. p. 227. ; Spirée, Fr. ; Spier-
Berivation. From speira, a cord, in re feren ce to th e supposed flexibility o f tb e branches o f some
of the species ; or, according to some, from speirao, to wreath ; in allusion to th e fitness of tho
flowers to be twisted in to garlands. Spiroeon is P lin y ’s n am e for a p lan t th e blossoms of whicli
were used, in his time, for mak in g g arlands ; b u t th a t p lan t is th o u g h t by some to have been th e
Fibúrnum L an tà n a .
Gen, Char. Calyx 5-cleft, permanent. Stamens 10—SO, inserted in the torus,
lining the calyx along with the petals. Carpels solitary, or several together,
rarely connected a t the base, ending in short points, sessile, rarely stipitate.
Seeds %—6. {Don’s M ill.)
Leaves usually simple, but sometimes pinnately cut, having pinnate, or
palmately ternate, nerves ; alternate, stipulate, deciduous. Floivers white or
reddish, never yellow. — Shrubs, low, deciduous. Eu ro p e, Asia, America.
Generally of e re ct growth, with conspicuous flowers o f considerable elegance
and beauty. The naked young wood, in almost all th e species, is of a cinnamon
brown ; and, in those kinds in which the shoots are numerous so as to
produce a mass, the effect is conspicuous in th e winter season. They are all
readily propagated by suckers, which, in general, they produce in abundance,
and they will grow in any common soil.
ÿ i. Physocarpos Camb.
Derivation. From ph u sa , a bladde r, a n d karpos, a fru it ; in re ferènce to th e bladde ry carpels.
Sect. Char. Ovaries connected a t th e base. Torus lining the calycine tube.
Carpels bladdery, ra th e r membranous. Ovula 2—3, fixed to the seminiferous
margin o f th e carpel, ovoid, a t first horizontal, but a t length suspended.
Flowers hermaphrodite, disposed in umbels. Pedicels 1-fiowered.
Leaves toothed, o r somewhat lobed, usually stipulate. (DorCs Mill,, p. 517.)
1. S. o p u l i f o ' l i a L . Th e Gueldcr-Rose-leaved Spiræa, or Virginian
Guelder Rose.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 702. ; De c. P ro d ., 2. p . .542. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 517.
Synonymes. Nine B ark , Am e r. ; Evonimo del Canadá, lia i.
Engravings. N. D u H am., 6. t. 14. ; an d o u r^ g s . 401, 492.
Spec. Char., 4e. Leaves lobed, or 3-lobed, and par-
taking c f an ovate figure, doubly serrated, petioled,
and many of them stipuled. Flowers white, numerous,
disposed in stalked hemispherical
corymbs ; th e pedicel of
each flower slender and glabrous.
Sepais spreading. Torus wholly
connate with the tube o f the calyx.
Ovaries connate with each other
at the base. Ovules in each 2—3,
affixed to th e margin, egg-shaped,
at first horizontal, a t length the
one pendulous, the rest ascending.
Carpels bladdery, ra the r membranaceous,
491. £ . opulifoliâ.
large and diverging. Seeds
obovate, glossy, and yellow. {D e c . Prod.) A large shrub,
from Canada to Carolina. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introd. i:
No rth America,
in 1690. Flowers
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