ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM — 
BRITANNICUM. 
CHAP. LXXVIII. 
OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 
ORDER ASCLEPIADA‘CEA. 
Genus I. 
PERIPLOCA L. Tue Periproca. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 
— ification. ws Br. in Mém. Wern. Soc., 1. p. 57. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., edit. 2., p. 305. ; Don’s 
ill., 4 p. 163. 
Synonymes. Periploca Fr. ; Schlinge, Ger. 
Derivation. From periplekd, to wrap about ; in allusion to the twining stems. 
Gen. Char., &c. Corolla rotate. Throat furnished with 5 awned scales, which 
alternate with the segments of the corolla. Filaments distinct. Anthers 
cohering, bearded on the back ; pollen masses applied to the dilated tops of 
the corpuscles of the stigma, solitary, or composed of 4 confluent ones. 
Stigma almost mutic. Follicles cylindrical, much divaricate, smooth. Seeds 
comose. (Don’s Miil., iv. p. 163.) — The hardy species are natives of the 
south of Europe, the north-west of Asia, or the north of Africa. Twining 
glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, shining. Flowers subcorymbose, inter- 
petiolar ; of easy culture in common soil, and propagated by cuttings of the 
root or shoots, or by layers. 
4 1. P.cra'ca L. The Greek Periploca. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 309. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 163. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synon ~ aie ty, maculata Manch, Schmidt Baum., 1. t. 46., Du Ham. Arb., 2. p. 104. t. 21., Hort. 
ngl., ‘ 
Engravings. Jacq: Misc., 1. p.11. t. 1, f. 2.; Fl. Grec., t. 249. ; Bot. Reg., t. 803. ; Schkuhr Handb. 
t.53.; and our figs. 1087, and 1088. |” : Bs ; , 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves varying from ovate to lanceolate. Corymbs on long 
peduncles. Flowers hairy inside. Branches brown, Segments of corolla 
linear, rounded at the apex, greenish outside, 
and brownish inside, and clothed with copious 
short hairs. Leaves deciduous, 3—4 in. long. 
(Don’s Mill. iv. p. 163.) A hardy twining 
shrub, a native of the south of France, and of 
Bithynia, found also about 
Bursa, and on Mount 
Athos; flowering in July 
and August. It was in- 
troduced in 1597, and is 
frequent in gardens. The 
remarkable colour and 
rich velvety appearance 
of the flowers, the elegant 
form of the leaves, and 
the facility with which the 1088 © 
plant can be made to cover an extensive space, render it useful for arbours, 
- &c.; but it is mentioned in the oem Hamel that the odour of the flowers 
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