1128 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
2]. C. atnrro’LiA L. The Alder-leaved Clethra. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 566.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 841. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 301.5 Lodd. Cat., 
Cen. C. alnifdlia var. « denudata Att. Hort. Kew., 2. 
Engraving Schmidt Baum., t. 47.; Lam, Ill., 369.; Du Ham. p_ 
rb., 1. p. 176. t. 71.; Mill. Icon., 28. ; Catesb. Car., 1. t. 66.3 \<= 
and our fig. 927. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, 
coarsely serrated above, glabrous on both sur- 
faces, and of the same colour. Racemes spicate, 
simple, bracteate, clothed with hairy tomentum. 
(Don’s Miill., iii. p. 841.) It is a native of 
North America, from New England to Virginia, 
in swamps; where it forms a shrub growing 
from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and producing its white 
flowers from July to September. It was intro- 
duced in 1731; and is frequent in British gar- 
dens, among other peat-earth shrubs, where it is valued for its flowers. 



@ 2. C.(4.) TOoMENTO'SA Lam. The downy Clethra. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p.46.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 842.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 301. 
Synonymes. C. alnifdlia @ pubéscens Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p.73.; C.incdna Pers. Ench., 1. p. 482. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 39.; and our figs. 928, 929. 
Spec Char. §c. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, finely 
serrated at top, clothed with white tomentum be- 
neath. Racemes spicate, simple, bracteate, villously 
tomentose. This is a very distinct species, although 
it has been considered by some as a mere variety of 
the preceding. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 
842.) It is a native of North Ame- *S 
rica, in Virginia and Carolina, in (QQ 
swamps; where it forms a shrub “== 
growing from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, and 
flowering from July to October. It 
was introduced in 1731, and is fre- 
quent in collections. 
g@ 3, C. (4.) PANICULA‘TA Att. The panicled-flowered Clethra. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 73.; Don’s Mill., 3, p. 842.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 302. 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, acute, acuminately ser- 
rated, glabrous on both surfaces. Panicle terminal, elongated, composed 
of racemes, and clothed with white tomentum. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 842.) 
It is a native of Carolina, where it is a shrub growing 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, 
and flowering from July to October. Said to have been introduced in 
1770; but the plants which bear this name in British gardens appear to 
be nothing more than C. alnifolia. 
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% 4, C,(4.) acumina’taA Michv. The acuminated-leaved Clethra. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Amer. Bor., 1. p. 260.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 842.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 
p. 302.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1427. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonyme. C. montana Bartr. Cat. 
Engraving. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1427. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, acuminated, bluntish at the base, serrated, 
glabrous on both surfaces, rather glaucous beneath. Racemes spicate,almost 
solitary, bracteate, clothed with white tomentum. Flowers resembling 
those of C. alnifolia. (Don’s Mill., iii. p.842.) It is a native of Carolina, 
on the high mountains; where it forms a large shrub, or low tree, growing 
from 10 ft. to 15 ft. high, and flowering from July to October. It was 
introduced in 1806, and is frequent in collections. 
% 5. C. (4.) sca‘sra Pers. The rough-/eaved Clethra. 
Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 482. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 842.; Pursh Fl. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 302. 
