CHAP. LXVII. COMPO’SITH. BA’CCHARIS, 1065 
tings, and will grow in any light sandy soil ; at- 
taining the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. in three or four 
years. It was cultivated by Parkinson in 1640. 
App. i. Half-hardy Species of Stchelina. 
Steheli‘na L. There are two green-house species, S. arbor éscens 
and S. Chamepeice, both considered pretty plants ; the first grow- 
ing,to the height of 6 ft., and the other to that of 2 ft. ; which, being 
natives of Candia, and thriving quite well in a frame, are doubtless 
fit for a conservative wall or conservative rockwork, 
Remark. We may observe here that such plants as the different 
species of Stehelina, hardy and half-hardy, are rarely, if ever, to 
be found in the public nurseries. Their culture is in general confined to the collections of curious 
individuals; or some of our public botanic gardens. Hence the great value of such gardens, in a 
scientific point of view; since, by means of them, many plants are preserved alive in the country 
that would otherwise be known to botanists only through books or herbariums 3 and which would 
never be seen by the general observer at all. Botanic gardens, therefore, exist, more or less, in 
every civilised country, as a part of the national institutions ; and in some countries, as in France 
they are very properly supported at the expense of the local, or general, government, < 
Genus II. 
ms 
BA‘’CCHARIS R. Br. Tut Baccnartis, or PLOUGHMAN’S SPIKENARD. 
Lin, Syst. Syngenésia Supérflua. 
Identification. Less. Syn. Gen. Compos., p. 204, ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 25. 
Synonymes. Bacchante, Fyv.; Baccharis, Ger. 
Derivation. From Bacchus, wine; because of the vinous odour of its root. Pliny says the root 
smells of cinnamon: but, as the ancients sometimes boiled down their wines, and mixed them with 
spices, these wines may have had an odour similar to that of the root of the baccharis. 
% 1. B. wauimiro‘tiaA ZL. The Sea-Purslane-leaved Baccharis, or the 
Groundsel Tree. 
Identification Lin. Sp., 1204.; Willd. Sp. PL, 3. p. 1915. ; Schmidt Baum., t. 82. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 
ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 26. 
Synonyme. Sené&cio arboréscens Hort. Kew. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 82.: Du Ham. Arb., t. 35. ; and our fig. §33, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, crenately notched on 
the terminal portion. (Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1915.) 
Flowers white, with a tint of purple, and re- 
sembling those of the groundsel, but larger. A 
native of North America, on the sea coast, from 
Maryland to Florida. It has been in cultivation 
in British gardens since 1683; it grows to the 
height of 8 ft. or 10 ft., and flowers from Septem- 
ber to November. It is chiefly remarkable for the 
glaucous hue of its leaves, in consequence of the 
whole plant being covered with a whitish powder. # 
Its general appearance accords with that of the genus S 
A'triplex, and the shrubs of both families are, accord- 
ingly, well calculated for being grouped together. 
Baccharis halimifolia will grow in any common soil 
which is tolerably dry, attaining the height of 6 ft. or 
8ft., in 3 or 4 years, and forming a large, loose- 
headed, robust-looking bush, of from 10 ft. to 12 ft. 
in height, and 12 ft. or 15 ft. in diameter, in 10 years. 
It is readily propagated by cuttings. Price of plants, 
in the London nurseries, 1s. each. 
% 2. B. ancustiro'Lia Pursh. The narrow-leaved Baccharis, or Plough- 
man’s Spikenard. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 523. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves narrow, linear, entire. Panicle compound, many- 
flowered. Involucre small. (Encyc. of Plants, p.703.) A subevergreen 


