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ARBOKETUM AND FUUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



shrub, of less vigorous growth, and somewhat more tender, than the 

 preceding species. It is a native of North America, on the sea coast, from 

 Carolina to Florida, and on the banks of the Mississippi ; flowering from 

 July to September. It was introduced into British gardens in 1812, and 

 grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., retaining its leaves, in mild seasons, 

 through the greater part of the winter. There were plants in the Twicken- 

 ham Botanic Garden, Cambridge Botanic Garden, and in that of Bury St. 

 Edmunds, a few years ago. 



B. glomerat'iflora Michx. Fl. Amer., 2. p. 125., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. 

 p. 523., is described as having the leaves smooth, cuneately obovate, toothed 

 towards the point ; the heads of flowers axillary, sessile, remote ; and the scales 

 of the calyx brown above. It is a native of Virginia and Carolina, in woods 

 on the sea coast, flowering from August to October ; but it has not yet been 

 introduced. 



B. Diosc6ridH W., Rauw. Itin., t. 5k, is a native of the Levant, and is generally kept in the green- 

 house or cold.pit ; though there can bo no Joubt that, if It were thought worthy of cultivation, it 

 would stand against a conservative wall 



Genus III. 



rVA L. The Iva. Liu. Syst. Syngenesia Necessiiria. 



Idenl'ijicalicm. Lin. Gen. PI., H29. ; Ait. llort. Kc-w., ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 181. 

 Deritnlion. Uncertain. Perhaps from Yua, a name used by the elder botanists. 



ik 1. /. frute'scens L. The shrubby Iva. 



Jdentijication. Lin. Amoen. Ac, 3. p. 2,5. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 2387. ; Ait. Hort. Kew. 



p. 181. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. .OSO. 

 Synonymes. yfgerato aft'lnis peruviana frutcscens Pluk. Aim., 12. t. 27. 



f. 1. ; Bastard Jesuits' Bark Tree. 

 Ensmvings. Pluk. Aim., 12. t. 27. f. 1. ; Encyc of Plants, p. 7-M. f. 12762. ; 



and our fig. 8C4. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, deeply serrated, 

 rough with dots. (JVi/ld. Spec. Plant.) A native of 

 North America, from New England to Florida, on 

 the sea coast ; flowering in August and September. 

 Cultivated in Britain in 1711. It grows to the 

 height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., and, in sheltered dry situa- 

 tions, is tolerably hardy; but, when freely exposed 

 in moist soil, it is apt to be killed to the ground in 

 severe winters. It is readily |)ropagated by cuttings ; 

 but, not being a plant of much beauty, it is seldom met 

 with in collections. — I. imbrirata Willd. is described by 

 Pursh as a smooth shrub, with linear lanceolate entire 

 leaves, found on the sea coast, from Carolina to 

 Georgia. It has not yet been introduced. 



Genus IV. 



834 



SANTOLPNA l. 



Lin. St/.if. 



The Santolina, or L.trKyDER Cotton. 

 Syngenesia jEqualis. 



Identification. Lin. Gen. PI., 1278. ; Less. .Syn. Gen. Compos., p. 2.09.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 4. 



p. 517. 

 Synonymes. Santoline, Fr. ; Heiligenpflanze, Ger. 

 Derivation. From sanctus, holy, and linum, flax ; so called from its supposed medical qualities. 



Descrij)tinn. Diminutive evergreen undershrubs, natives of the south of 

 Europe ; of easy culture and propagation, by cuttings, in any poor sandy soil. 



