Tas. 5127. 
CEANOTHUS VeErtrcHIANus. 
Mr. Veitch’s Ceanothus. 
Nat. Ord. RuaMNE®.—PENTANDRIA MonoGyYNIa. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4660.) 
Cuanoruvs Veitchianus; ramis foliis superne petiolis pedicellisque glaberrimis, 
ramulis ultimis rachique inflorescentise tomentosis, foliis obovato-cuneatis 
apice rotundatis junioribus acute adultis obtuse glanduloso-serratis superne 
lucidis (sicco opacis), venis subtus validis, areolis fimbriatis, floribus ad 
apices ramulorum omnium dense corymbosis v. in capitula oblonga globosa 
densissime confertis. _ 
_ For this magnificent acquisition to our hardy shrubs we are 
indebted to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of the Exeter and Chelsea 
Nurseries, who introduced it from California through Mr. William | 
Lobb. Though closely allied.to and in many respects so similar 
to Ceanothus floribundus (Tab. 4806), C. Lobbianus (Tab. 4811), 
and C. papillosus (Vab. 4815), it is abundantly distinguished 
from them by the characters of its foliage ; and, beautiful as they 
are, it far surpasses them all in the abundance of its bright 
mazarine-blue flowers, and the glossy, almost varnished surface 
of its deep evergreen foliage. The specimen sent us by Mr. 
Veitch was fully three feet long, and the profusion of flowers 
was so great that the leaves were almost concealed throughout 
the whole length of every twig. To distinguish 1t accurately, 
attention must be paid to the perfectly glabrous branchlets, upper 
surface of the leaf, petiole, pedicel, and calyx, to the glossmess 
of that surface, to the venation beneath, which consists, besides 
the midrib, of about four, very stout, straight, parallel nerves, 
_ given off at an acute angle to the midrib on each side ; as also to 
the pubescence of the minute areoles between the venules, which 
under the microscope is found to consist of minute, converging, 
fimbriz or short hairs. 1t does not exist in our herbaria from 
any North-American or European collectors. 
JULY 1st, 1859. 
