An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 4. Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Corymbed Spiraea. Fig. 2218. Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Prec. Decouv. 36. 1S14. Spiraea betiilifolia var. corymbosa S. Wats, in A. Gray. Man. Ed. 6, 153. 1890. A shrub, l°-3° high, simple or little branched, nearly glabrous throughout. Leaves petioled, rather thick, oval, ovate or orbicular, na
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 4. Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Corymbed Spiraea. Fig. 2218. Spiraea corymbosa Raf. Prec. Decouv. 36. 1S14. Spiraea betiilifolia var. corymbosa S. Wats, in A. Gray. Man. Ed. 6, 153. 1890. A shrub, l°-3° high, simple or little branched, nearly glabrous throughout. Leaves petioled, rather thick, oval, ovate or orbicular, narrowed, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, obtuse at the apex, unequally serrate with pointed teeth, especially above the middle, green above, paler and sometimes mi- nutely pubescent beneath, i^'-3' long, i'-2' wide; stipules deciduous or none; flowers white, about 2' broad in dense compound terminal often leafy corymbs; follicles glabrous. On banks or in rocky places. New York and New Jersey to the mountains of Georgia and Kentucky. Birch- leaved meadow-sweet. May-J 5. Spiraea virginiana Britton. \'irginia Spiraea. Fig. 2219. 5'. firgmiaHd Britton, Bull. Torr. Clubi?: 314. 1890. A much-branched shrub, the branches forming wands i°-4° long, more or less pubescent when young, becoming glabrous. Stipules deciduous or none; leaves petioled, oblong or oblanceolate, thin, obtuse or acutish at the apex, cuneate or rounded at the base, 1F-2' long, 5'-8' wide, green above, pale or slightly glaucous beneath, entire, or with a few low teeth above the middle; petioles i'-2}' long; flowers white, about 3' wide, in terminal compound corymbs; petals ovate-orbicular; pedicels and calyx glaucous; follicles glabrous. On damp rocks, West Virginia to the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. June. Spiraea japonica L. f. Japanese Spiraea. Fig. 2220.
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