. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6. Spiraea japonica L. f. Japanese Spiraea. Fig. 2220. 5'. japonica L. f. Suppl. 262. 1781. 5. callosa Thunb. Fl. Jap. 209. 1784. A shrub 2i°-4i° high, the twigs purplish-brown, finely villous when young. Leaves petioled, ovate to lanceolate, 4' long or less, f'-ii' wide, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent beneath, acute or acumi- nate at the apex, sharply serr
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6. Spiraea japonica L. f. Japanese Spiraea. Fig. 2220. 5'. japonica L. f. Suppl. 262. 1781. 5. callosa Thunb. Fl. Jap. 209. 1784. A shrub 2i°-4i° high, the twigs purplish-brown, finely villous when young. Leaves petioled, ovate to lanceolate, 4' long or less, f'-ii' wide, glabrous above, somewhat pubescent beneath, acute or acumi- nate at the apex, sharply serrate; inflorescence com- pound, corymbose, 2'-6' broad, finely villous; calyx turbinate, pubescent, its lobes triangular; petals pink or rose, obovate, i¥' long; follicles glabrous. Escaped from gardens, Connecticut to Pennsylvania. Native of eastern Asia. Spiraea prunifolia Sieb. & Zucc, a low shrub with lateral umbels of white, commonly double flowers 5"-6" hroad, is much planted for ornament, and has escaped to roadsides in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It is native of Japan and China. Spiraea chamaedrifolia L., also Asiatic, and much planted, has simple terminal corymbs of white flowers and small obovate leaves dentate above the middle. It has escaped to roadsides in New York,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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