NAT. ORDER. 



Hesperidece. 



PHILADELPHUS COEONAEIUS. MOCK OEANGE. 



Class XII. IcosANDRiA. Order I Monogynia. 



Gm. amr. Calyx, four or five-parted. Corolla, four or five-petall- 



ed. Anthers, erect, grooved. 

 ^e. Char. Stalks, numerous. Leaves, ovate-lanceolate. Flozcers, 

 come out from the side. 



PHILADELPHUS is a |;enus containing plants of the harfy, decidu- 

 6us flowering, shrabby kinds. Tl« mhjx is a one-leafed penantlnum, 

 Z: or flve-parted, acuminate, perntanen. ; the Wto has onr or five 

 roundish petals, which are flat, large and spreading; the>fa«n<. are 

 Tenty to twe, ty-flve in number, awl-shaped, and about the long h ol 

 Ae calyx; .»aL erect, four-grooved; the ris:Ulum ,s an urfertor 

 ge-rn,;.<,fe Aliform, four or flve-parted ; stigmas simple the pcnc»^ 

 5„m s an ovate capsule, acuminate at both ends, naked a. the top by 

 Ae calyx being barked, four or flve-celled ; par„lu,ns conltary , the 

 Zs are numerous, oblong, small, decumbent, ariUed, and astened «, 

 the thickened edge of the partitions; anfe club-shaped acumtnate 

 toothed at the basl This sht^b also sends up a ^e«^- ^ 

 .,„ft», which are very slender, from the ™'. ^^'^ „^ f " ' f^^™ 

 height, having a gray bark, and putting forth severa *<> •> »'* J 

 frotn their sides; the W» are either ovate °' »« -'-3' ^' ^^^ 

 unon the young shoots are three inche. and a half long, and two broad 

 ta e middle,°tern,inating in acute points, and having --aHtKl n^ 

 tures on their eyes ; they are rough, and of a deep P« » " ' -' ,^ 

 per side, and pale on their under ; they stand opposite, upon very 



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