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PHILADELPHUS laxus. 
Go Ane OWA 
Weak-branched Syringa. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PHILADELPHACEZR. 
PHILADELPHUS. Botanical Register, vol. 7. fol. 570. 
P. laxus ; ramis debilibus pendulis atrofuscis, folis ovatis acuminatis pilosiuscu- 
lis acuté dentatis basi cuneatis supremis linearibus integerrimis, floribus 
subsolitariis, stylo 4-partito staminibus longiore, calycis laciniis fructu 
elongatis patentissimis. 
P. laxus. Schrad. in DC. prodr. ii. 206. Loudon Arboret. Brit. 2. 954. ic. 
? P. grandiflorus. Elliott Fl. South Carolin. 1. 538. : 
Whatever may be thought of some of the supposed 
species of Philadelphus now cultivated in gardens, there can 
be no doubt, 1 should think, of this being quite distinct from 
all others. It is occasionally received from North America, 
in a live state, and yet there is no certain trace of the plant 
in the writings of North American Botanists. 
It is a hardy shrub, like all the rest of the genus, but less 
hardy than most others, wherefore it may be supposed to be 
a native of the Southern States of the American Diib: but 
upon turning to Elliotts Flora of Carolina, where some 
information concerning it may be expected, it turns out that 
only P. inodorus and grandiflorus are mentioned by that 
author. It is, however, possible that P. larus is what is 
meant by the latter name ; and if so, the species *' grows 
along the margins of rivers in the upper part of Georgia and 
Carolina ; common near Columbia.” 
The leaves are smaller than is usual in the genus, very 
sharp-pointed, with the toothings unusually sharp; the 
uppermost leaves become gradually narrower, till those im- 
uly, 1839. P 
