CHAP. XHII. CALYCANTHA^CE^. CHIMONA'NTHUS. 



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rather moist, and in a shady situation. It flowers freely from May to August 

 but seldom produces fruit in England. The varieties differ very slightly from each 

 other. The largest plants of this species in the neighbourhood of London are at 

 Purser's Cross, and at Syon, where there are bushes from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high. 



* 2. C. (f.) glau'cus Willd. The g\aucoiis-leaved Calycanthus, or fertile- 

 J/owered American Allspice. 



Jdentification. Willd. Enum., 559. ; Pursh Fl. Sept. Araer., p. 357. ; 



Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2. 

 Synonytnes. C. fertilis Walt. Car., 151. ; Lindl. Sot. Reg., t. 404., 



Guitnp. Abb. Iloix., t, 5. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 652. 

 Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 404. ; Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 5.; and our 



/g..660. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches spreading. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous beneath, pubescent. 

 Flowers less odorous than those of C. floridus. 

 (Z)<7c. Prod., iii. p. 2.) A native of Carolina, on 

 mountains. This species, or, as we believe, variety, 

 which was introduced at the same time as C. flori- 

 dus, closely resembles it in general appearance ; and 

 requires the same soil and culture. According to 

 Pursh, the flowers are of a lurid purple, like those of C. floridus ; but their 

 scent is not so agreeable, and is more faint. Whether there is much differ- 

 ence between this sort and C. f. 5 glaucus we have not had an opportunity 

 of ascertaining; the plant in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum not having 

 flowered. We have therefore retained the description of this kind as a 

 species, in deference to Pursh, De Candolle, and G. Don, though we 

 strongly suspect that they are identical. 



Variety. 



a e.g. 2 oblongifilius Nutt. Gen. Amer., i. p. 312., Dec. Prod., iii. p. 2. ; C. 

 oblongifolius Hort. Brit. — Leaves ovate-lanceolate, elongated. A 

 native of North Carolina, on mountains. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 2.) 



fit 3. C. LiEVIGA^TUS Willd. 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 652' 



The ^\abvo\xs.-leavcd Calycanthus, or American 

 Allsjnce. 

 Identification. Willd. Enum., 559.; Willd. Hort. Berol,, t. 80. ; Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., p. 358^. 



Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 312. : Guimp. Abb. Holz.,t. 6. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2. 

 Synonymes.X C. ferax Mickx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 305. ; C. penn- 



sylv&nicus Lodd. Cat. 

 Engravings. Willd. Hort. Berol, t. 80. ; Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 

 6.; Bot. Reg, t. 481.; and our^iV. 6fil. 



Spec. Cliar., Sfc. Branches strictly upright. Leaves 

 oblong or ovate, and gradually acuminated, slightly 

 wrinkled; the upper surface rough to the touch, 

 the under one glabrous and green. {Dec. Prod., 

 iii. p. 2.) A native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, 

 and Carolina, on mountains ; introduced into 

 Britain in 1806, and resembling the two pre- 

 ceding sorts in appearance and culture, but with 

 the leaves more pointed. Very probably the 

 C. f. 4 ferox of the preceding page. 



Gp:nus II. 



CHIMONA'NTHUS Lindl. The Chimonanthus, or IVister Flower. 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 404. and 451. ; Dec. Prod., .3. p. 2. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 652. 



Synonymes. Merktia Nees Act. Soc. Nat. Bonn., 11. p. 107. ; Calycantlii sp. Liniu 



Derivation. Ftomc/ieimon, winter, and antkos, a flower ; in allusion to the season of its flowering. 



Description, Sfc. A deciduous shrub, a native of Japan ; remarkable for the 

 fragrance of its flowers, which are produced from December till March, even 



