CHAP. LXXV. OLEA‘CEA., CHIONA’NTHUS. 1205 
* 6. P. Latiro‘tiA L. The broad-ieaved Phillyrea. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 10.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 46.; Lodd. Cat., Re 
ed. 1836. Ny 
lag ye aeohs & Beveete. Pons FLVer. Asp. tes E> latifolia 
B Ten. Fl. Neap.,3. p. 6.3; P. spindsa Ten. Syil., p. 9. No. 2 yates 
latifolia 8 spindsa Seg. Ver., Q. p. 275. 
Engravings. Smith Fl. Gree., e 2. 3 and our fig. 1028. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base, 
serrated, veiny. Young leaves sub-cordate at the 
base. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.46.) <A tree, 23 ft. to 
30 ft. high, a native of the south of Europe. It 
was introduced in 1597, and flowers in May and 4 AS 
June. This forms a very handsome, large, ever- WY FS y = 4 
green bush; and, with a little management in the a =e rind Ps 
way of training, it might be moulded into a very \ Nae a 
handsome small tree, which, from its fixed rigid g 
shape and limited dimensions, would have a sort a Ny 
of architectural character, well adapted for being OAR 
placed near the house, on the lawn of a suburban  G 
garden. The largest plant that we know of, inthe hh. 2 
neighbourhood of London, stands in the garden of SJ <9" 
Earl’s Court House, and was, in 1836, upwards of 
18 ft. high, with a head near ly as much in diameter. 
#7. P.(L.)L& ‘vis Ait. The smooth Phillyrea. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p.12.; Don’s Mill, 4. p.46.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. P. \atifdlia var. a. Willd. Sp., 1. p. 43. ; P. latifolia Mill. Dict., No. 1. 
Engravings. Lob, Icon., 152. f.2.; Du Ham. Arb., t. 125. 
Spec. Char., 5c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, almost entire, veiny, bluntish ; an inch 
or more in length, a little narrowed at the base, blunt, and with a small 
mucro at the point. (Don’s Mill., iv. p.46.) A shrub, from 10 ft. to 
20 ft. high ; a native of the south of Europe and north of Africa. Intro- 
duced in 1597, and flowering in May and June. 
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# 8. P.(u.) opti'qua Ait. The Siar abe i Phillyrea. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 46. 
Symes P. latifolia y Wild. Sp, 1. DP. EM WEN folidces. Link Jahrb., 1. p.54.; Phillyrea ii. Clus. 
Hist., p. 5 
Spec. Char., ge. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, serrated, acute at both ends, veiny, bent obliquely. Leaves 
like those of Myrica. (Don’s Miil., iii. p. 46.) A shrub, from 10 ft. to 12 ft. high, a native of the 
south of Europe. Introduced in 1579, and flowering in "May and June, 
# 9, P.(u.) srino‘sa Mill. The spiny, or mo oe Phillyrea. 
Identification. Mill, Dict., No. 3.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p.12.; Don’s Mill., 4. p, 46. 
Synonymes. P. ‘licifolia Willd. Enum., Pps. iLodd. Cat., ” ed. 1836. ; P iativolia 2 spindea Willd. 
Sp., 1. p.43.; P. latifolia ee Link Jahrb., 1. p. 54. ; ; Phillyrea i. Clus. Hist., p. 51. 
Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 310, f. 4 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, acute, sharply 
and cuspidately serrated, glabrous, flat, veiny. (Don’s Mill, i iv. p. 46.) A 
shrub, from 10 ft. to 20 ft. high; a native of the south of Europe. It was 
introduced in 1597, and flowers in May and June. 
Genus III. 
CHIONA’NTHUS L. Tuer Snow-Fiower, or Frince TREE. Lin. Syst. 
Diandria Monog nia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen,, No. 21.; Juss. Gen., 105.; Gertn. Fruct., 1. t.39.; Lam. IIL, t. 9. £2 s 
Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 308. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 50. 
Synonymes. Chionanthe, Fr. ; ; Schneeblume, Ger. 
Derivation. From chion, snow, and anthos, a flower; in reference to the snow-white flowers of the 
species, 
Gen. Char., §&c. Calyx small, 4-parted, or 4-toothed. Corolla with a short 
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