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CEANOTHUS pallidas. 



Pale- flowered Ceanothus. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Rhamnace^. 

 CEANOTHUS. Botanical Register, vol. A.fol.2n. 



C. imllidus ; caule arboresceute ramis ramulisque pubescentibus teretibus, 

 foliis triplinerviis ovalibus serratis supra glabris nitidis subtiis viridibus 

 pubescentibus, floribus thyrsoideo-paniculatis : pedicellis capitato-corym- 

 bosis pilosis. 



This plant occurs in the gardens under the name of 

 Ceanotkus ovatus and thyrsiflorus, from both which it is cer- 

 tainly distinct. The first is a mere variety of Ceanothus 

 americanus, and the latter is a Californian tree with deep-blue 

 flowers, and very strongly angular branches. It approaches 

 more nearly to the lovely C. azureus, but its leaves are green, 

 not hoary beneath, and the flowers are smaller as well as 

 much paler. If it were probable that such a thing would 

 happen, this might be suspected to be a cross between 

 C. azureus and americanus. 



It is a beautiful shrub, and much hardier than Ceanothus 

 azureus ; during the summer and autumn months it flowers 

 freely, if trained to a wall with a south aspect. 



It strikes readily from cuttings of the half-ripened wood 

 during autumn, and grows well in any soil, if not too poor or 

 too wet. 



The accompanying figure was taken from a plant in the 

 garden of the Horticultural Society, which was presented by 

 the Messrs. Baumanns of Bollviller, under the name of 

 Ceanothus ovatus. 



