292 ‘ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
CHAP. IV. 
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OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER DILLENIACEZ- 
WE introduce this order chiefly for the sake of recommending some species of Hibbértéa as half- 
hardy climbers. All the hibbertias are either natives of the Cape of Good Hope, or of Australia; 
and, probably, the whole of them might live against a wall with protection. They grow freely either 
in sandy loam mixed with leaf mould, or in sand and peat; and they are readily increased by cuttings, 
either of the young or of the ripened wood. 
$ 1. Hibbértia volibilis Bot. Rep., t.126., and our fig. 38., the twining Hibbertia, was introduced 
. from the Cape of Good Hope in 1790, and has been 
\ long known, in green-houses and conservatories, 
as Dillénia volibilis, or Dillénia scandens. The 
flowers are about the size of those of Hypéricum 
calycinum: they are of a bright yellow, and are 
produced all the season, from the beginning of May 
to the end of October. The plant is a vigorous 
grower ; and, in conservatories, will extend to the 
height of 8 ft. or 10 ft. in about as many years. 
$ 2. Hibbértia dentita R. Br., Bot. Reg., t. 282., 
and our fig. 37., the toothed-leaved Hibbertia, was 
introduced from New Holland, where it grows on 
the Blue Mountains, in 1814. It is a vigorous- 
Other Species of Hibbértia, from New Holland, are in cultivation in Britain; and upwards of a dozen 
which have been described, remain to be introduced; allof which, there can be no doubt, will 
stand our British winters with little protection, and produce a fine show of their brilliant yellow 
flowers during the summer months. 
MOLLAE EV: 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER ANONACEXe 
Tue characteristics of this order assimilate most to those of Magnolidcee, 
and those distinctive of it from that order are: anthers with an enlarged 
four-cornered connectivum, which is sometimes nectariferous ; albumen pierced 
by the substance of the seed-coat ; leaves without stipules, conduplicate in 
the bud; properties aromatic. (Lindl. Introd. to N. S., and Don’s Miill.) 
The leaves of Magnolidcee are involute in the bud ; and, perhaps, they are gene- 
rally less obviously feather-nerved than those of Anondcee. The hardy species 
of this order are included in the genus Asimina Adans., formerly Andna L., and 
are natives of North America. 
Genus I. 
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ASI’ MINA Adans. Tue Asimina. Lin. Syst. Polyandria Polygynia. 
Identification. Adans, Fam., 2. p. 365.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 87.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 91. 
Synonymes. Anndnal.; Orchidocérpum Mz. ; Porcélie sp. Pers. ; Custard Apple; Asiminier, and 
Anone, Fr.; Flaschenbaum, Ger. 
