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^DEIOtZIA scabra. 



Rough-leaved Deutzia. 



DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. PHILADELPHE.E. Don. {Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany , p. 52.) 



DEUTZIA. Thunb. CaZyx 5-partitus. Petala 5, fiwhereci^. Stamina \0, 

 epigj'iia ; filamentis marginatis tridentatis. Discus epig^'nus cyathiformis. Ova- 

 rium 3-5-loculare polyspermum. Styli 3-5. Stigmata simplicia, compressa. 

 Pericarpimn chartaceum, umbilicatum, stylis persistentibus discoque carnoso coro- 



iiatum, 3-5-loculare, polyspermum, basi dehiscens. Frutices, foliis deciduis 



serratis, steliato-pilosis, Pbiladelphi facie. 



D, scabra ; foliis ovatis acutis argute serratis utrinque pilosis, racemis terminali- 



bus tomentosis basi subcompositis, floribus saepiUs trigynis. 

 D. scabra. Thunb. f. Jap. p. 10. et 185. t. 24. De Cand. prodr. 3. p. 16. 



Joro, vulgo Utsugi v. Jamma Utsiigi Kcetnpf. amoen. exot. p. 854. 



Ymiex in her tis ramis gracilibus subscandentibus, cor tice glabra castaneo 

 vestitis. Folia ovata, acuminata, argutissime serrata, utrinque stellatim 

 pilosa, scahriuscula, petiolis bj-evibus lepidotis, atroviridia, subtus paulh pal- 

 lidiora. Racemi terminales, foliis longiores, erecti, basi subramosi, dense 

 piloso-tomentosi. Calyx inferus, tomentosus, 5-partitus. Petala nivea 6-7 

 iineas longa, angusta, oblong o-lanceolat a, obtusa, piibescentia. Stamina 10, 

 alterna breviora, filamentis marginatis, tridentatis, dente intermedio longiorc 

 antherifero ; Anthera? subrotundcB, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Discus epi- 

 gynus cyathiformis, luieus,carnosus, margine subcrenulato. Ovarium inferum, 

 3-A-loculare, placentis carnosis polyspermis. Styli 3-4, filif or mes, apice in 

 stiginata compressa incrassaii. 



A new hardy shrub, native of the Fakon mountains and 

 neighbouring parts of Japan. For tliis most interesting 

 addition to our gardens we are indebted to John Reeves, 



* Named by Thunberg after Jobn Deutz, Sheriff of Amsterdam, &c. who 

 was one of the gentlemen by whose assistance that Botanist was enabled to prose- 

 cute his researches iu Japan. 



