dentately serrate. Flowers in corymbs. {Dec. Prod.)
A slender-branched shi-ub. Native country unknown.
Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Cultivated in 1820. Flowers
white; June and July. Capsule reddish ; ripe in September.
Varieties. S. flexuòsa latifòlia Hort. ; S. daiirica Hort. ;
S. idmifòlia, S. carpinifòlia, S. ¿etulajfòlia, in Messrs.
Loddiges’s collection, are identical with, or very slight
variations of, this species.
sfe 6 . S. ( c .) c r a t æ g i f o ' l i a L k .
The CratægLis-leaved Spiræa.
Identification. L k . Emim., 2. p. 40. ; Dec.
P ro d ., 2. p . .546. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2 p. 518.
Eiigraving. O u rjig . 499.
Sj>ec. Char., Leaves obovate,
498. s. ic.i nexaisn. obtusB J ¡11 the terminal part tloiibly
serrate ; glabrous, reticulate on the under surface.
Flowei-S white, disposed in terminal compound corvmbs,
whose composite parts are rather capitate. (Dec.
Prod.) An erect shrub. Native country unknown.
Cultivated in 1823. Flowerswhite; June and July. 459. s. g.) „«eeifsii,.
5s 7. .S', ( c ) 15etulæi'o'lia Pall.
leaved Spiræa.
The Birch-
Identification. P a ll. F l. Ross., 1. p. 75. : Dec. P ro d ., 2. p, 544. ;
D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 519.
Synonymes. ? S. corymbòsa R a f. in D e sv. Jo u rn . : ? 5. cratægifôlia
L k . E n um . 2. p. 42.
P a ll. Fl. Ross., 1. 1 .16. ; and o u r^ g . .500.
r,00. s. (c.) ietuleefóÜa.
North America, on the Blue
Mountains, and in various other
places on the western coast.
Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Introd. in
1812. Flowers white ; June and
July. Capsule red ; ripe Sept.
8 . S. o a ' n a Waldst. et Kit. The
hoary-leaved Spiræa.
E n g ra vin g s.
Spec. Char., 4’c. Leaves broadly ovate, serrated,
glabrous; the petiole very short. Flowers in
fastigiate panicles. Carpels 5, upright, glabrous.
(Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub. Siberia; and
Idenlißcalivn. Waldst. e t Kit. PI. R ar.
H u n g ., 3. p. 252. t. 227.; Camb. Monog.;
Dpic. Prod., 2. p'. 542. ; Do n ’s Mill., 2. p. 518.
Engravings. Wa ldst. e t K it. P I. R a r. Hu n g .,
3. t. 227. ; and o u r^ g .5 0 1 .
Sp)ec. Char. Sfc. Le¿if ovate,
o f about the size o f that
o f riàlix rèpens or S. argèntea,
acute, perfectly
entire, or slightly toothed,
hoarily villose. Corymbs
somewhat racemose ; the
lateral ones peduncled, of
few flowers, and lax. Sepals
spreading. Styles
thick. Carpels divergent,
ratlier villose.(í)d!c.Pra¿.)
A low shrub. Croatia,
on high rocks. Iieight 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1825.
June and July. Capsule reddish; ripe in September.
A very distinct little species approaching S. racciniifolia, D . Don.
Flowers white ;
II. S.
at 9. S. t r i l o b a ' t a L . The S-lobed-fcared Spiræa.
Identification. Lin. Mant., 244.; Camb. M o n o g .; De c. P ro d ., 2. p. 54.3.
Synonyme. S- trilo b a Don's Mill. 2. p. 518,
Eiigravings. P all. Ross., 1. t. 17. j Wa ts. Den d . B rit., t. 68., as S. t r i loba
; and o u r Jig. 502.
Spec. Char., 4 ^ ' Leaves roundish, lobed, crenated,
glabrous, reticulately veined. Flowers in umbel-like
corymbs. Sepals ascending. Carpels glabrous. (Dec.
Prod.) A low erect shrub. Alps o f Altai. Height
1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1801. Flow e r sw h ite ;
May. Capsule reddish ; ripe in September.
This species is very handsome, with branches spreading
horizontally, and bearing, in the flowering season,
numerous compact corymbs o f pure white flowers ;
5 02. S -.lrllo b à ta .
which, combined with the neat appearance o f the plant,
and its glaucous leaves, rounded in their” outline, and yet lobed, render the
species a very interesting and ornamental one.
^ 10. s . a l p i ' n a Pal/. The Siberian alpine Spiræa
Identification. Pall. F l. Ross., 1. p. 82. t . 20., according to
Camb. Monog.; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. .543.; Do n ’s Mill., 2. p. 518.
Engravings. Pall. F l. Ross., 1. t. 20. ; and o u rjîg . 503.
Spec. Char., 4’C. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, sessile,
serrulated, glabrous ; the midrib pinnately
branched. Flowers in terminal, stalked, and,
in many instances, leafless, corymbs. Sepals
ascending. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub.
Siberia, in wooded alps. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft.
Introduced in 1806. Flowers white ; June and
July. Capsule reddish ; ripe in September.
The corymbs o f flowers being large in proportion
to theleaves renders this species very ornamental
when in bloom ; and its beauty is fartlier
heightened by the plant being o f erect growth.
äfe 1Î. 5 . / í v p e r i c i f o ' l i a The Hypericum-leaved Spiræa.
Identification. Dec. F l. F r., 5. p. 645. ; P ro d ., 2. p. 543. ; D o n ’s Milk , 2. p . 519.
Synonymes. //y p érìcum frù te x Ila r i. ; Italian May.
Engravings. See Varieties.
Spec. Char., 4'c. Leaves obovate-oblong, 3— 4-nerved, entire or toothed,
glabrous, slightly downy ; primary veins pinnately branched. Flowers in
either peduncled corymbs, or sessile umbels. Pedicels glabrous, or slightly
downy. Sepals ascending. A species that presents diversilicd appearances.
(Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub. Supposed by some to be a native o f Cai
nada ; but Smith anti Hooker think that, like most of
the species of the section to which it belongs, it is only
to be found wild in the Old World. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft.
Introduced in 1640. Flowers white ; June and July.
Capsule reddish ; rijie in September.
Varieties. Seringe ha.s characterised six forms o f this species,
which he describes as follows : —
31 S. h. 1 uralénsis Ser. S. crenàta Lin., Fisch. in
Litt,. and Don's Mill. ii. p. 519. ; S . /¡ypericifòlla
Camb. Monog. (Our fig . 504.) — Branches rigid. 5 0 4 . Ji . u rîilé n s is ,
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