Tas. 4808. 
CALYCANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS. 
Western Calycanthus. 
Nat. Ord. CatycaNTHEx.—ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubo brevi urceolato, limbi lobis multiserialibus, imbricatis, 
_ (sepe) coloratis, carnoso-subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, intimis minoribus. Corolla 
nulla. Stamina plurima, annulo carnoso calycis faucem claudenti inserta, inclusa, 
pluriseriata, ineequalia, decidua, exteriora duodecim fertilia ; filamentis brevissi- 
mis ; antheris oblongis, extrorsis, bilocularibus, adnatis, longitudinaliter dehis- 
centibus. Ovaria plurima, calycis tubo undique inserta, libera, unilocularia, ovwlo 
unico, adscendente, anatropo, rarius geminis, altero ex apice loculi pendulo, mi- 
nimo. Styli terminales, compresso-subulati, exserti; stigmata obtusa. dchenia 
plurima, calycis tubo carnoso inclusa, subcornea, monosperma. Semen adscen- 
dens. Hmbryonis exalbuminosi recti cotyledones foliacex, spiraliter convolute, 
radicula infera.—Frutices Boreali-Americani, aromatici, brachiato-ramosi ; foliis 
oppositis, petiolatis, integerrimis, eastipulatis ; floribus coetaneis, ramulos terminan- 
tibus, atro-rubentibus. Endl. 
CaLycanTHus occidentalis ; foliis cordato-ovatis brevi-acuminatis glabris nitidis 
supra scabriusculis subtus concoloribus, pedunculis elongatis terminalibus 
solitariis v. ternis rarius lateralibus infra florem bracteatis, sepalis lineari- 
spathulatis obtusis. 
Caycantuus occidentalis. Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 340. t. 84. 
Torrey et Gray, N. Am. Fl. v. 1. p. 476. Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 2. p. 60. 
This fine Calycanthus is handsome in its growth and foliage, 
and especially in the size and colour of the flowers, and has not yet 
had the justice done to it in the gardens of this country which 
it deserves, seeing it was one of Mr. David Douglas's introduction 
to the Horticultural Society’s Garden, from California, m 1831. 
It is perfectly hardy, but a wall singularly favours the ripen- 
ing of the wood and the production of the flowers. Our plant, 
with an eastern aspect, is seven or eight feet high, and bears its 
large singularly-coloured flowers at this time (September) in 
great perfection. The wood is equally fragrant with that of the 
common Carolina Allspice (C. floridus); but the whole habit of 
the shrub is very different. ; 
Descr. Glabrous in every part. Branches erect, strict, stout, 
OCTOBER Ist, 1854, : 
