.r ï
301. A R B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R I T A N N I C U M .
thickish. Leaves ovate-rounded ; the whole margin crenated. A
native of the Ural Mountains,
tt S. h. 2 Pluheneükna Ser. S. hypericifòlia
lAn. Sp. PL 701., and Doris Mill. ii.
p. 6 1 9.; S. h. var. ß Dec. FL F'r. v.
p. 645. (P lu k . P h y t., t. 218. f .5 .) —
Leaves perfectly entire, glabrous.
Flowers in sessile corymbs. A native
o f Canada,
tt S. h. 3 acuta Ser. S. acutifòlia Willd.
E m m . 540., Camb. Monog., and Doris
Mill. ii. p. 519. ; S. sibirica Hort. Par.,
according to Camb. Monog.; S. ambigua
Pali. (O lir yig. 5 0 5 .)— Leaves
505. S. h. a c iita .
spathulate, elongate, acute, perfectly
entire, or rarely 3—5-toothed, rather glabrous. Flowers in sessile
corymbs.
tt S. h. 4 crenàta Ser. S. obovàta Waldst. et Kit. ? in Willd. Enum.
541., Camb. Monog., Barr. Icon. Rar. n. 1376. t. 5 6 4 .; S. hyperid-
fòlia y Dec. FL Fr. v. p. 645. ; S. crenàta Lin. Sp. 701., Camb.
Èlonog., Doris Mill. ii. p. 519., loodd. Cat. ( O u r / g . 506.) —
Leaves obovate.
5 0 6 . S . k . c re n à ta . 50 7 . S. h. sav rán ic a. 508. S. h . fiessenViiia.
tt S. h. 5 savránica Ser. S. savránica Besser in Litt., Don’s MUL ii.
p. 519. ; S. crenàta Pali. FL Ross. i. p. 35. t. 19. ; S. hypericifòlia
var. /3 longifòlia Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. III. t. 429. (O u r jîg . 507.) —
All parts pubescent. Leaves entire, or, a t the tip, toothed. Flowers
miimte, disposed in dense terminal corymbs. I t is wiki about Bar-
naoul, and in Podolia.
fi S. h. 6 Besserikna Ser. S. crenàta Besser in Litt. ; S. savránica ji
Besseriàn« Don’s Mill. ii. p. 519, (L odd, Bot. Cab., t. 1252; and our
Jig. 5 0 8 .)—All parts rather glabrous. Leaves mostly entire. Flowers
disposed in ra th e r lax terminal corymbs. A native o f Podolia and
Caucasus.
Other Varieties or Synonymes. The following kinds, in Messrs. Loddiges’s
collection, and in th e H o rt. Soc. Garden, appear to be either identical with,
or varieties of, S. hypericifòlia ; — S. inflexa Wendland (H o rt. Soc. Gard.),
N. tb o v à ta Wendland (H o rt. Soc. Gard.), S. argèntea, S. cuneàta, S. nàna,
.7, alpina, S. acutifòlia, S. decûmbens.
This species has small hard stems, witli numerous side branches, clotlied
with a dark green bark, and with numerous wedge-shaped leaves, like those of
St. John.'s wort, witli glands in th e ir substance, which give them the appearance
o f being punctured on the surface ; whence the name. The flowers are
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produced in great ab u n d an c e ; and, when th e shrub is allowed space to expand
on every side, it forms a very beautiful bush in the flowering season. I t
makes handsome garden hedges, and will bear th e shears, which were formerly
applied to it, to shape it into artificial forms, when
topiary work was fashionable in garden scenery. I t
is readily propagated by layers, or hy detaching its
suckers.
1 2 . S. ( h . ) t h a l i c t b o i ' d e s Pali.
Bne-leaved Spiræa.
The Meadow-
Identification. P a ll. F l. Ross., 1. p. 34. ; Dec. P rod., 2
Mill.,2. p . 518.
p. 543.J D o n ’s
uilegifòlia PaU. H in . 3. App. 734. No. 94. ; S. h y
iva; and S. a lp in a latifòlia.
5 0 9 . S . (A.) fhalictrö ld e s.
S.
pericifòlia var.
Engravings. P a il. F I. Ross., 1 . 1. 18, ; and o u r ^ ^ . 509.
Spec. Char., 4'C. Leaves obovate, obtuse, indistinctly
3-lobed, inconspicuously 3-nerved, glaucous beneath.
Flowers in lateral sessile umbels. (Dec. Prod.) A
low erect shrub. Alps o f D ahuria. Height 1 ft. to
3ft. Introduced in 1816. Flowers white ; May and
June. Capsule reddish ; n p e in September.
13. aS", cuneifo'lai Wail. The wedge-leaved Spiræa.
Identification. Wall. Cat., 699. ; B ot. Reg. M. Chron. 839, No. 87.
Si/twnymfs. S. canàsceiis ; Do n P ro d . ; De c. P rod., 2. p. 544. ;
Uon’s Mill.. 2. p. 519. ; S. arg èn te a Hort.
Engraving. Onr fig . 510.
Spec. Char., 4e. Leaves oval or obovate, obtuse,
stalked, quite entire, villous ; corymbs crowded, and
as well as the branches tomentose. (Doris M ill.)
An erect-branched canescent shrub, with th e habit o f
5 . /iypericifòlia. Nepal, a t Sirinagur. H e ig h t? . In troduced
in 1837. Flowers white, downy, in close
corymbose panicles.
The leaves are small, thick, downy, wedge-shaped,
and either crenated near the point, or undivided ; they
are bright green on the upper side, and glaucous beneath,
with nothing o f a canescent appearance, which
is only visible when they are dried,
14. S. pikow'Ip/ nsis Besser. Th e Fikow Spiræa.
himtificatton. Besser E n um . PL Pod., p. 46. No. 1428. : Dec. P ro d ., 2.
p. .543. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. ,519.
Oat fig. OOtl. in p. 000. 510. S. cu n eifèü a .
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves with three primary veins, and serrate a t th e tip, cu-
neate-lanceolate, obtuse, rarely pointed. Flowers in peduncled corymbs.
(Dec. Prod.) A deciduous shrub. Podolia a t Pikow. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft.
Introd. in 1807. Flowers white j Ju n e and July.
i* 15. S. ceanothifo'lia Horn. The Ceanothus-
leaved Spiræa.
Identification. Horn. H o rt. H a fn., p. 2. 466. : De c. P ro d ., 2. p. 544.
Engraving. O u r 511. ^
Spec.. Char., 4e. Leaves ovate, rounded a t the base,
serrated from the middle to th e tip with sharp unequal
teeth. Flowers in indistinctly peduncled
terminal corymbs. (Dec. Prod.) An erect shrub.
Native country unknown. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft.
Introduced in 1823. Flowers white ; Ju n e and
July. Capsule reddish ; ripe in September.
•iiji
f i l l . s . ceaiiothifblis.