256 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. | PART IIl. 
CHAP. IL. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER WINTERACEZ. 
Tuts order, which was formerly;included in Magnolidcee, has been separated 
from it by Mr. Brown. It is named Winterdcee, because the Drimys Winteri 
Forst., previously Wintera aromatica Murr. (named in honour of Captain 
Winter, who sailed with Sir Francis Drake), is the type of the order. The 
diagnostics are, ealyx of 2—6 deciduous sepals, and 2 to many petals; the 
sepals and petals, when more than two, disposed ternarily; carpels whorled, 
very rarely solitary from abortion; leaves full of pellucid dots. Illicium is 
the only genus of this order which contains species that will stand out in the 
open air. 
Genus I. 
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ILLY’CIUM JL. Tue Itxuicium, or ANISEED TREE. Lin. Syst. Polyandria 
Polygynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 611.; Lam. Ill.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 77. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 78. 
Synonymes. Badiane, or Anis étoilé, Fr. ; Sternanis, Ger. 
Derivations. The generic name, Ilicium, is formed from the Latin word ¢liczo, to allure, on account 
of the agreeable aromatic smell of all the species. It is called the Aniseed Tree, from its smell 
bearing a strong resemblance to that of aniseed. Badiane appears to be an aboriginal French 
word; Anis étoilé, and Sternanis, signify literally the starry anise, and may allude to the starry dis- 
position of the parts of the flower and of the capsules. 
Gen. Char. Calyx of 3-6 petal-like sepals. Carpels stellately disposed, cap- 
sular, opening on the upper side, 1-seeded. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 79.) 
Description. The species are evergreen shrubs, with smooth, shining, ob- 
long, stalked, leathery leaves; generally attaining the height, in their native 
countries, of from 5 ft. to 12ft.; and, in this country, of from 3 ft. to 8 ft. in 
the open air, and more in a conservatory. They are nearly hardy. ' 
Geography, History, §c. These shrubs are found in the southern states 
of North America, and in China and Japan. One species has been known in 
Britain since 1766; but the others are of more recent introduction. They are 
all spicy and aromatic ; and, are employed, in their native countries, in the same 
manner as anise and coriander seeds are in Europe. Northward of London, 
as well as on the Continent, they are placed in the green-house during winter, 
or planted in the conservatory. Wherever they are planted, in common with 
most evergreen trees and shrubs having broad shining leaves, they prefer the 
shade to the sun; and, consequently, if they are planted against a wall, it ought 
to be one facing the south-east, or the south west, and never against one full 
south. They are all slow growers, and, to produce any effect, should never be 
planted near trees or shrubs which grow rapidly. They may all be planted in 
the open ground, in warm sheltered situations; but they require protection 
during winter. They are all easily propagated by cuttings of the ripened 
wood planted in sand, and covered with a glass, or by layers; and they all 
grow in a light loamy soil, or in a mixture of loam and sandy peat. One or 
more of the species is in most botanic gardens; and small plants may be pro- 
cured, in some of the principal London nurseries, at from 2s. 6d. to 5s. each. 
The species are I. floridanum, I. anisatum, and I. parviflorum. 
# 1. Inui’crum FLoripA‘Num Jllis, The Florida Tlicium. 
Identification.. Lin. Mant., 395. ; Willd. Sp., 2. p. 1294.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 77.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 79. -— 
Synonymes. The Florida Aniseed Tree, red-flowered Anise-seed tree Mor. Hist.; Badiane de la F! 
ride, Fr. ; unachter (spurious) Sternanis, Ger. 
ey a Ill,, t. 493. f. 1.5 Curt. Bot. Mag., 439.; Lodd, Bot. Cab., t. 209.; E. of PJ., 7901.; 
and our fig. 32, ; 
