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ITEA VIRGINICA. VIRGINIAN ITEA. 
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Class and Order. | 
Pentanpria Monoeyrnia. 
Generic Character. 
Petala longa calyci inserta. Caps. 1-locularis? 2-valvis, 
margine introflexo seminiferis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
{rea virginica ; foliis ovatis acutis serratis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
l. p. 1146. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 37. Trew. 
Ehret. 55. t.95. L’Heret. Stirp. 1. p. 138. 
Itza virginica ; foliis oblongis serratis, spicis pubescen- 
tibus. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 171. Michaux 
Fl. Amer. Bor.1. p. 157. 
Diconanera. Mitch. Gen. n. 5. 
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Irea virginica forms a handsome shrub, which seldom 
exceeds five or six feet in height. It has been observed 
not to thrive well in a dry gravelly soil. : 
The Cyrinza of Linxzus has been joined to this genus 
by L’Hererier, which is followed in the Hortus Kewensis, 
and by WitipENow and most modern botanists; but M. 
Ricnarp, in Micnavx’s Flora of North America, will not. 
allow the propriety of this union. This author also refers 
Iza to the ert order of Sax1FRAGEZ, not to the Ruopo- 
3 ra of Jussrev, notwithstanding its having a single 
Yle, 
Cultivated in this country as long ago as the year 
1744, by Arcuisatp, Duke of Argyle. Flowers from June 
to August. Propagated by layers. Communicated by 
Joun Watxer, Esq. Arno’s Grove. 
