GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
553. CHIONANTHUS RETUSUS. A hardy deciduous shrub, with white m flowers. 
Native of China. ou to Oliveworts. Introduced by Mr. Fortune. (Fig. 2 
C. retusus ; s longe petiolatis obovatis retusis membranaceis subtus ! gum HT terminalibus 
subverticillatis iii corollze tubo sepalis subulatis longiore lobis lineari-spathulatis. 
essrs. Standish and Noble of Bagshot furnished us, last May, with flowering specimens of this very pretty sweet- 
scented bush, n for them by Mr. Fortune. When out of leaf it looks like some slender kind of Ash. The leaves 
are slight] 1 pompa ciae membranous. ‘ie the upper end notched out o 
red ees abg T€ ni ge E 0 pure white, i Ín slender, terminal, somewhat iid 
panicles, shorter (in the specimens before us) ré ie laren The corolla has a very distinct tube, rather longer than 
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