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PHILADELPHEiE. I. Philadelphus. IL Decumaria. III. Deutzia. MYRTACEiE. 



bescence beneath ; flowers solitary and by threes; lobes of 



about equal in length to the stamens. 



I2.H. 



4-ciett ; stigmas 

 Native of North 



Barbarous or Climbing Decumaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1785, 

 Shrub sarmentose or cl. 



Cult. Decumaria is a very proper shrub for training against 



America. P. laxus and P. humilis, Hortul. Humbler than the a wall or on trellis work, to form bowers, for which it is well 



preceding plant. 



Mock 



adapted from its sweet-scented flowers. It thrives well in any 

 Fl. Ju. Clt. ? Sh. 4 to 6 ft. common soil, and is easily increased by laying down the branches 



10 P. hirsu'tus (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 301.) leaves oblong- or by cuttings. 



ovate, acute, toothed, 5-nerved, hairy on both surfaces, white 

 beneath ; flowers solitary and by threes ; styles joined to the 

 apex; stigmas undivided. Tj , H. Native of North America, 

 in Tennessee, at French River ; frequent among rocks. Flowers 

 white, scentless ? 



Far. /3, gracilis (Schr ad. 1. c.) branches more slender ; leaves 

 3-nerved. P2 • H. Native of North America. P. gracilis, 

 Hortul. Lodd. cat. ex Loud. hort. brit, p. 196. 



Mock 



Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



III. DEU'TZIA (in honour of John Deutz, a Dutch natural- 

 ist). Thunb. nov. gen. 19. jap. p. 10. Juss. gen. 431. 



Lin. syst. Decdndriuy Trigynia. Tube of calyx campanu- 

 late, tomentose ; limb 5-6-cleft. Petals 5-6, oblong. Stamens 

 10 ; filaments tricuspidate. Styles 3-4, longer than the corolla; 

 stigmas simple, club-shaped. Capsule globular, truncate, per- 

 forated, somewhat 3-cornered, scabrous, awned from the 

 permanent bases of the styles, 3-4-valved, 3-4-celle(l, small, 

 opening at the base. Seeds several in each cell. — Much 



Native of North America, 



11 P. Lewisii (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 329.) leaves ovate, _ , , , , . 1 , 1 , ^' ^ ^ m t 



acute, almost entire, with ciliated margins ; style length of the ^^^Jl^'^^f'* ^^'^^^^^^ 



stamens, trifid at the apex. T2 . H. -.-.--.-- .- - . -^- « 



at Clark's river, in watery places. Flowers smaller than those 

 of the following species. 



Lewis's Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. June. Clt. ? Shrub 

 6 to 8 ft. 



12 P. iNODORUs (Lin. spec. p. 671.) leaves broad-ovate, acu- 

 minated, quite entire, triple-nerved, or nearly feather- nerved ; 

 flowers solitary, and by threes ; style cleft at the apex into 4 

 oblong stigmas. I2 • S. Native of South Carolina, very rare, 

 on the banks of rivers. — Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 329. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 1478. Syringa inodbra, Moench. — Catesb. car. 2. t. 

 84. Flowers white, scentless, large. 



Sceiitlcss Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. June. Clt. 1738. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



Cult. All the species of Philadelphus or Syringa are very 

 desirable plants for shrubberies, the flowers being showy, and 

 of many of the species sweet-scented. They grow in any com- 

 mon soil ; and are readily increased by laying down the branches. 



II. DECUMA'RIA (from ^e^cv^a, decuma^ a tenth; in refer- 

 ence to the tenfold structure of some of the flowers). Lin. gen. 

 no. 597. Lam. ill. t. 403. D. C. prod. 3. p. 206.— Forsythia, 

 Walt, but not of Vahl. 



opposite, petiolate, ovate, acuminated, serrated, wrinkled, and 

 veined, scabrous from stellate fascicles of down. Flowers in 

 compound panicles. Peduncles and pedicels tomentose and 

 scabrous. 



1 D. sca'bra (Lin, syst. p. 425. Thunb. jap. 185, t. 24.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated, scabrous from stellate down; 

 flowers in compound panicles ; peduncles and pedicels scabrous ; 

 calycine lobes short and bluntish. ^ . H. Native of Japan, 

 where the leaves are used by joiners in smoothing and polishing. 



Scabrous Deutzia. Fl. May, June. Shrub 4 to 6 ft, 



2 D. stami'nea (R, Br. mss, ex Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 82. 

 t. 191.) young branches clothed with stellate tomentum, old ones 

 glabrous ; leaves quite entire, scabrous, lanceolate, acuminated, 

 cuspidately serrated, w^hite from tomentum beneath ; cymes 

 trichotomous ; peduncles 3-flow^ered ; pedicels and calyxes be- 

 set vvith stellate tomentum outside. Tp . H. Native of Nipaul, 

 on the high mountains near the Great Valley. Philadelphus or 

 Leptospermum staniineum,Wall. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 

 Styles 4-5, length of the stamens ; teeth of filaments shorter than 



Lin. syst. 



Monogy 



Tube of calyx campa- 



nulate; limb 7-10-toothed. Petals oblong, equal in "number to 

 the teeth of the calyx, and alternating with them. Stamens 

 thrice the number of the petals, disposed in one series, 2 in front 



the anthers ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, acute. 

 Long-stamened Deutzia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



3 D. coRYMBosA (R. Br. in Wall. cat. 3652.) glabrous; 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, cuspidately serrated ; panicles corym- 

 bose, trichotomous ; panicle and outside of calyx dotted ; teetn 

 of calyx short and rounded; teeth of filaments shorter than the 

 anthers. Tj . H. Native of Kamaon. Philadelphus corymbosus, 

 Wall. Flowers w^hite. 



of each petal, and one between each. Style one, very thick ex- Cortjmbose-Row^xed. Deutzia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



panded at tlie apex into a disk, bearing 7-10 radiating stigmas. * ^- BrunoniaVa (Wall. cat. 3650.) leaves ovate, acumi- 



Capsule ovoid, connate with the calyx to above the middle, which ^^^^^^ cuspidately serrated, clothed with hoary tomentum 

 :» ^ 1/^ J 1.11 , , , , , '. neath, as well as the peduncles and calyxes ; peduncles axillary i 



lobes of calyx subulate ; petals narrow ; cusps of filaments 

 longer than the anthers. T2 . H. Native of Kamaon. Lepto- 

 spermum scabrum. Wall. Flowers white. Fruit small. 



is 7-10-nerved, and toothless, crowned by the style and stigmas, 

 valveless, 7-lO-celled, opening irregularly near the prominent 

 nerves of the calyx. Seeds numerous, oblong, inclosed in a 

 membranous aril, fixed obliquely by their centre. — Sarmentose 



shrubs. Leaves opposite, glabrous, entire or toothed at the . , ^ tl pv may 



apex, dotless. Flowers white, sweet-scented, disposed in ter- ?^^'' ^"y common soil will suit these shrubs, ana 5"V^g ^ 



minal corymbs, sometimes they are to be found dioecious in ^rar- ^^^^^^ ^^ increased by laying down the branches or by cuttin^ • 



dens. Leaf-buds beset with short rufous pili. *^ ^ nr n^x/x^rn ax/^t^ 7n / i • ^\^\. Afyrtus in 



- - - - - ^ Order CL MYRTA CE/E (plants agreeing with Myrm^ 



Brown's Deutzia. Shrub 4 to 5 ft. 



1 D. ba'rbara (Lin. spec. 1668.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute 

 at both ends. Tj . H. Native of Lower Carolina, in shady 

 places. D. radicans, Moench. meth. p. 17. D. Forsythia, 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 282. Flowers like those of the lime 

 tree, very sweet-scented. 



Var. /3, sarmcniosa (Bosc, act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1. p. 76. t. 



important characters). R. Brown, gen. rem. p. 14. D- L. di 

 class vii. and not. 1826. prod. 3. p. 207.— Myrti, Juss. gen. p- 

 323.— Myrtese, Juss. diet. sc. nat. 34. p. 79.— Myrtineae, D-^- 



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theor. — Myrtoidea, Vent. tabl. Batsch. p 



13._Myrteacea? 



13.) lower leaves roundish, upper ones ovate-lanceolate. 



^ 



Nees, nov. act. bonn. ll.p. 113.— Hesperideae, Lin. or d. nat. 



Native of Virginia .nnd Carolina, in humid shady places. For- ^^* "'"•' "°' of Vent. 



sythia scandens, Walt. car. p. 1 54. D. prostrata, Lodd. cat. ex 

 Loud, hort. brit. 1S8. 



Calyx superior, 4-5 -cleft (f. 115. a. f. 117. 6.), rarely C-cJe^^ 

 sometimes falling off like the cap, in consequence of the cobesio 



