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where it grows to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., flowering in May and June. 
The plant with this name in the Horticultural Society’s Garden appears to 
be only a variety of P. verrucosus. 
§ ii. Stems more slender, rambling, twiggy, and loose. Flowers 
solitary, or 2 or 3 together. 
& 7, P..ua’xus Schrad. The loose-growing Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 
Identification. Hortul. ; Schrad. Diss. Philad.; Dec. Prod., 3. fies ax 677 
p. 206.; Don’s Mill., 2. p, 807. : ‘ 
Synonymes. P. hamilis Hortul.; P. pubescens Lodd. Cat., edit. any 
nrunine Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. ; and our fig. 677. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-ovate and with a 
long acuminate tip, toothed, pubescent with 
hairs beneath. Flowers solitary, 2 or 3 
together. Lobes of the calyx very long, acumi- 
nate. Style 4-cleft. Stigmas about level with 
the stamens. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 206.) A native \ 
of North America. Introduced about 1830; and, 22==>\ 
according to the specimens in the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges, 
a rambling sarmentose shrub, growing to the 
height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., with somewhat pubescent 
leaves, and brown shoots; apparently, the ten- 
derest of the genus. 

% 8. P.(L.) GRaNDIFLO‘RUs Willd. The large-flowered Philadelphus, 
or Mock Orange. 
Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p.511.; Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 44.; Schrad. Diss. Philad.; Dec. 
Prod., 3. p. 206. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 807. . 
Synonyme. P. inoddrus Hortul.; P.laxus Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836. 
Engravings. Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 44.; Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. ; and our fig. 676. 
Spec. Char., §c. A shrub, 10 ft. or 12 ft. high. Epidermis of the branches 
of a reddish brown colour. Leaves ovate, with a long acuminate tip, den- 
ticulate, 3-nerved, hairy upon the veins, and with groups of hairs in the 
axils of the veins. Flowers about 3 together, or solitary; scentless. 
Lobes of the calyx long, acuminate. Styles, concrete into one which ex- 
tends beyond the stamens. Stigmas 4, linear. (Dec. Prod., ili. p. 206.) 
A native of North America; introduced into British gardens in 1811. 
A loose, rambling shrub, seldom exceeding 4 ft. or 5 ft. in height, and dif- 
fering in P.laxus chiefly in having more pubescence on the leaves, and 
considerably larger flowers. : 
2 9, P, uirsu‘tus Nutt. The hairy-/eaved Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. Am., 1. p.301.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 206.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 808. 
Synonymes. P. villdsus Lodd. Cat.; P. gracilis Lodd. Cat. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 47.; and our figs. 678, 678 a. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, dentate, Qy* 
5-nerved, hairy on both surfaces, whitish on the under Qu 
one. Flowers singly, or by threes. Styles concrete gs 
to the tip. Stigmas undivided. Frequent in rocks of (#% 
4 North America, in Tennessee, 
by the river French. (Dec. 
Prod., iii. p. 206.) Introduced 
into British gardens in 1820, 
where it grows to the height 
of 3 ft., flowering in June. 
This is a hairy sarmentose 
ae : shrub, distinct from all the 
other sorts; and which would, probably, grow to the height of 20ft. or 
an 

