CHAP. LXVII. 



COMPO'SIT^. SANTOLl NA. 



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It. 1. S. Cham^ecypari'ssus Ld. The Dwarf Cypress Santolina, or common 



Lavender Cotton. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1179. ; Willd. Sp. Fl., 3. p. 1797. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 



2. vol. 4. p. 517. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111,671. t. 3. ; and our^?- 835. 



Spec. Char., c^-r. Branches tomentose. Leaves hoary, toothed ; 



the teeth obtuse, and in four rows. Each peduncle bearing 



a single head of flowers, which has a downy involucre. 



(Willd. Sp. PI.,\\\. p. 1797.) A native of the south of 



France, which has been cultivated in Britain since 1373. It 



grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., and produces its yellow 



flowers in July. It was common in gardens in Gerard's 



time, who says it is acrid, bitter, and aromatic, and has much 



the same qualities as southernwood. It was formerly 



employed as a vermifuge, but is now disused. 



n. 2. S. (C.) SQUARRo^SA W. The squarrose (?-leaved) Santolina, or Lavender 



Cotton. 



Identificatioti. Willd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 1798. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. i. p. 517. 

 Synonyine. .^brotanura fcB'mina foliis £ncffi Moris. Hist., 3. p. 12. s. 6. t. 3. f. 17. 

 Engraving. Moris. Hist., 3. t. 3. f. 17. 



Spec. Char., Src Branches tomentose. Leaves hoary, toothed ; teeth awl- 

 shaped, spreading in 4 rows. Peduncles bearing severally at the tip a single 

 head of flowers, the involucre of which is glabrous. ( Wi//d. Sp. PL, iii. 

 p. 798.) A native of the south of Europe ; cultivated in Britain since 

 1770; growing to the height of 1| ft. or 2 ft., and producing its yellow 

 flowers in July and August. 



a. 3. S. vi'ridis W. The green Santolina, or Lavender Cotton. 



Identijication. Willd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 1798. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 518. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches glabrous. Leaves glabrous, toothed ; teeth awl- 

 shaped, straight, in 4 rows. Heads of flowers solitary on the tips of pe- 

 duncles. Involucre glabrous. (Willd. Sp. PL, iii. p. 1793.) A native of 

 the south of Europe, and cultivated in Britain in 1727 ; growing 2 ft. or 3 ft. 

 high, and flowering in July. This sort is very distinct from the common 

 species, in its growing shoots, foliage, and peduncles being of a fresh green 

 colour, and thus affording an obvious contrast to the hoary aspect of the 

 common sort. Its leaves have, also, their segments more divaricate; and 

 its heads of flowers, which are of a very pale yellow, are of greater diameter. 

 It is an eligible kind of shrub for planting upon dry rockwork, in a sunny 

 and sheltered situation, and, thus placed, will produce an abundance of 

 flowers. Like most of the other sorts of this genus, it is rarely to be met 

 with except in botanic gardens. It is, doubtless, one of the three kinds 

 of S. Chamaecyparissus which were cultivated by Miller, 

 and considered by him as species. (See Martyn's Miller.) 

 There are plants in the collection oi the Messrs. Loddiges, 

 which, from their deep green foliage, appear distinct ; but 

 whether specifically so or not, we have not presumed to 

 decide. 



«t i. S. TJosMARiNiFo^LiA L. The Rosemary-leaved Santo- 

 lina, or Lavender Cotton. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., IISO. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 1798. ; Smith Exot. Bot., 



2. p. !S. t. 62. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 18. 

 Engravings. Exot. Bot., 2. t. 62. ; Encyc of Plants, p. 695. f. 11655. ; and our 



fig. 83a 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches glabrous. Leaves linear ; lower 

 ones rather downy, tubercled on the margin ; upper ones 

 glabrous, flat, entire. Heads of flowers solitary at the 

 tips of peduncles. Involucre glabrous. {Willd. Sp. PL, iii. 

 p. 1798.) A native of Spain, cultivated in Britain since 1683, 

 and producing its yellow flowers from July to Sqitember. 



