CHAP. XXXIII. celastraYejE. nemopa'nthes, etc. 503 



Genus III. 



NEMOPA'NTHES Rafin. 



The Nemopanthes. 

 DicE^ia. 



Lin. Si/sl. Polyg-Ainia 



Identification. Rafin. Journ. Phys., 1819, p.9fi. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill , 2. p. 13. 



Synonyme. IliciOUles Diim. Cours., 1. vol. 4. p. 27. 



Derivation. From nemos, a grove, and anthos, a flower ; it being generally found in groves. 



Si 1. N. canade'nsis Dec. The Canadian Nemopanthes. 



Identification. Dec. Mtm. See. Gen., 1. p. 44.; PL Rar. Hort. Gen., t. 3. ; Don's IWill., 2. p. 13. 

 Synonymcs. Tlex canadensis ilichx. Flur. Bar. Amer., 2. p. 299. ; N. fascicalsns Rafin. ; I lex 



delicatula ifffiV. F/. /'/)-., p. 67. ; ? Pvinos, lu'-idus Ait. Hort. Kew.,2. p. 478. ; Houx du Canaae.fr. 

 Engravings. Dec. Mem. Soc. Gen., 1. t.3. ; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 49., as iUex canaaensis ; 



and OUT fig. 172. 



Spec. C/iar.f t^c. Leaves ovate, quite entire, or ser- 

 rated at the apex, smooth. Pedicels usually 

 solitary, l-flowered, very long. Flowers white. 

 Berries large, beautiful crimson, very ornamental. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) This is said to be a very 

 hardy, ornamental, deciduous shrub, and to be 

 cultivated at Courset, and in the nursery of INI. Cels, at Paris. We have 

 only seen a small plant of it, under the name of Prinos lucidus, in the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society, which, in ISSi, was 4 ft. 

 high, after having been 8 years planted. 



Genus IV. 



MA^YTENUS VewW. The Maytenus. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Dioe'cia. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. Amer., 7. p. 64. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 10. 



at I. il/. chile'nsis Dec. The Chili Majtenus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 11. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1702. 



Synonymcs. Senacia Maytenus Lam. 111., No. 2712. ; Celastrus Mdytemts Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1127. ; ? M. 



boaria Mo/. ChiJ., p. 152. 

 Engravings. Feuill. Obs., 3. p. 39. t. 27. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1702. ; and omfig. 173. 



SjJec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate seri'ated. A hand- 

 some evergreen shrub, a native of Chili, at Coquimbo, 

 and introduced in 1829. In its native country, it is 

 said to form a small tree, 12 ft. high; in the garden 

 of the London Horticultural Society, Mhere it has been 

 planted against a south wall since 1830, it forms a 

 handsome, evergreen, branchy shi'ub,with twiggy branch- 

 lets. It has also been tried there as a standard, and 

 found to be quite hardy. The flowers are in axillary 

 clusters, with a corolla of a yellowish green colour, not 

 showy, {Bol. Reg., 1. 1702.) This de.sirable addition 

 to oui- hardy evergreen shrubs will, we trust, soon 

 coine into general cultivation. It affords one of the numerous examples 

 which are continually occurring of the utility of trying house plants in 

 the open air, since in published lists it is marked as requiring a green-house. 



Genus V. 

 CASSrXE L. The Cassine. Lin. Sj/st. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 12. 

 Derivation. The word Cassine is of American origin, and vinkiiown meaning. 



