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* PHILADÉLPHUS speciósus. 
Showy Syringa. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PHILADELPHACE X. à 
PHILADELPHUS. Supra, vol. 7. fol. 570. - 
P. speciosus; foliis ovatis rariús ovali-ovatis longè acuminatis argutè serrato-den - 
tatis subtus pubescenti-hirtis, floribus ternis solitariisque, calycis lobis lon- 
gissimè acuminatis, stylo profundè quadrifido, stigmatibus stamina super- 
antibus. : Schrad. in DC. prodr. 3. 206. 
This beautiful genus, common as it is in gardens, is but 
imperfectly known even to Botanists, and to cultivators so 
little, that it is hardly possible to procure the species, as 
defined by Professor Schrader, with certainty from the nur- 
series, unless from Messrs. Loddiges. In one case, indeed, I 
have reason to believe, that an American species has been 
palmed upon the public as Deutzia grandiflora. 
And yet there is no doubt that, whether species or not, 
the different forms of Philadelphus ought to be. carefully 
imilar in the size, 
distinguished ; for they are extremely dissimila i 
colour, odour and abundance of their flowers, and in their whole 
manner of growth. That which is now figured is, for in- 
stance, called P. grandiflorus where it is known at all; but 
neither of the plants, otherwise called by that name, can be 
compared with it for beauty. One of them, already Si. 
at fol. 570. of this work, under the name of P. grandiflorus, 
is smaller flowered, more cream-coloured, and ; ud pore 
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* A classical name of some doubtful shrub. The application of the term 
is unknown; it literaHy means friendly brother. 
