CEANOTHUS azureus. 



jizure-flowered Cmfmthua 



rKNTANDRIA MONOGTNiA, 



NiU* ofrf, Shamhi. Juuieu gen 

 fmitm^ Frttctuf trieocciis. 

 CEANOTHUS. 



Div 



SUunum peUiIii op- 



CaL turbinatus 5*fidu8 (coroUifer) 



Pet. SiqiMBii^ 



Germ 



formia longii^g unguiculata (saccaU fomtcaU). Siam. full petal 

 3-gonum; stylu$ 1, S-fidiwj itig. S. Bocm iicca S*cocGa S-partibilM, 

 intils dehi^centibus l-spermtSy basi caljcis perstitefitt impoftiUu 

 fal. idtGrtms flares racemon. terminaks aut axiiiar€$. Jumu 



V 



K'i 



C. azurmt, pubescens; foliis aratoHoblongts aeuoiittatis^ icabro ^ie rr a tMiy 

 Aubti^ft ramisque tOD3entosi% paniculis thyrsoideb: partialibut et mm* 

 plicibui brevibus ex fasctculis plurifloris in peduncuto craMia totncnto<# 

 a basi ad apicem dispositis. 

 Ceanothus azureus. Desfont* tabL 232; (ed* 1816)* 

 Ceanothus caeruleus, JLoddiges's iotan. cabinet, llO*. 



Frutex erectusj ramis teretiims tometUom^ tandem whfermginehm FoL 

 sttbiriuncialia latitudine sesguiuncialia t?. circitir^ moUtustma^ tuprh nudiuB 

 pubescentia vireniia immerse nervoM et subfugoso-venom nerois 3 prindpUmt 

 iongitudinalibus ascendenier raniom subtiis varicamy serraiurm margtnaiig 



dentibus mucrone tW spinuM cariilaginea ptmfixUj tomenta paghue pronm 



tandem subferrugineo : pedoluft plur^s hrexnar lamina jmbe$cen$: stipubs 

 mfida, caauca^ acuminata^, Panicube $» ramulis opp^iUii axiUarilmi pro^ 

 venientes^ bracieataf axiiiares^ sin^Uces semumciam pis excedenieif terminaUe^ 

 €ompotit€e panialibus oltemiM bncte^Jmi^kraceii cadmm locoJbHwmm inters 

 Miinctis: pedicelii l^&ri jUifi^rmet iequahi pHari aibidi ereeti per phalangee 

 ' '" T . . Floret axurei, inexpand magmtmdime granum 



oblata- 



plurtfioros bracteatm ^ggrega^ 



9em$nis Coriandri su&aquantes. Cal* petalarwm eoncol&r at i 



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mxmpantdatus^ subpentagonuSf ultra medimm S^um tesgrnentu eomnivetUibms 



ovaiO'^ngulatii membranaceis^ Cor. erecto-^radiata f^ pel* 5* Jbmicat<Hoel 

 galeatO'Spathvhia, divisuris taludi insita hisque I circa lomgiorap eefmaliai 

 unguii fineari^zngustuSf convomto^analiculatuSf aear$itm attenuatuM / iamina 

 intrormm gakata^fwnicata lateribus pradu€timiim$^ antheram m$que ad 

 mntkeHn fovem. Stam. ^quuMa petalu: U. Jundo calycis inserta erecta: 



anth. luteae^ erecta^ smBrotunda-ovatm, qnadrilob(hMoculare$^ loadi$ com 

 pressis. Germ, viridissimumy oblatum^ ^brum^ S-^ngulare^ cinctum annula 

 glandulmo disci calydm: stylus tripartitus^ citridescem$^ dimsimes JUiforw^ee 

 JaicicMlata apice nplicat^ 0fuale$ calydf puncto Mtigmatma m^ict. 



Mr. Brown, while visiting tbe garden of La Malmaison 

 near Paris the year before last, saw this rare, and then 

 unrecorded, shrub, in one of the garden-frames of that 

 establishment, and was mnch struck by its beauty, the 

 plant being at that time loaded with clusters of fr^i^rant 

 azure blossom. It has been since imported into this country 



