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CEANOTHUS pallidus. - 
Pale-flowered Ceanothus. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RHAMNACEZ. 
CEANOTHUS. Botanical Register, vol. 4. fol. 291. 
C. pallidus; caule arborescente ramis ramulisque pubescentibus teretibus, 
foliis triplinerviis ovalibus serratis supra glabris nitidis subtüs viridibus 
pubescentibus, floribus thyrsoideo-paniculatis : pedicellis capitato-corym- 
bosis pilosis. 
This plant occurs in the gardens under the name of 
Ceanothus ovatus and thyrsiflorus, from both which it is cer- 
tainly distinct. The first is a mere variety of Ceanothus 
americanus, and the latter is a Californian tree with deep-blue 
flowers, and very strongly angular branches. It approaches 
more nearly to the lovely C. azureus, but its leaves are green, 
not hoary beneath, and the flowers are smaller as well as 
much paler. If it were probable that such a thing would 
happen, this might be suspected to be a cross between 
C. azureus and americanus. 
It is a beautiful shrub, and much hardier than Ceanothus 
azureus ; during the summer and autumn months it flowers 
freely, if trained to a wall with a south aspect. 
It strikes readily from cuttings of the half-ripened wood 
during autumn, and grows well in any soil, if not too poor or 
too wet. 
The accompanying figure was taken from a plant in the 
garden of the Horticultural Society, which was presented by 
the Messrs. Baumanns of Bollviller, under the name of 
Ceanothus ovatus. 
