PHILADELPHE;E. i. PHILADELPHIA. 



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FIG. 114. 



Synopsis of the genera. 



1 PHILADE'LPHUS. Limb of calyx 4-5-parted. Petals 4 

 (f. 114. d.) -5. Stamens 20-40. Styles 4-5, joined or distinct. 

 Capsule 4 (f. 114. &.), -5-celled. 



2 DECUMA'RIA. Limb of calyx 7-1 0-toothed. Petals 7-10. 

 Stamens thrice the number of the petals. Style 1, crowned by 

 7-10 stigmas. Capsule 7-10-celled. 



3 DE'UTZIA. Limb of calyx 5-6-cleft. Petals 5-6. Stamens 

 10-12; filaments tricuspidate. Styles 3-4. Capsule 3-4-celled. 



I. PHILADE'LPHUS (the ^.tXa^X^oc of Aristotle is a 

 tree not now known ; it is said to be from Ptolemy Philadelphus, 

 King of Egypt). Lin. gen. no. 614. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 173. 

 t. 35. D. C. prod. 3. p. 205. Syringa, Tourn. inst. t. 389. 

 but not of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Icosandria, Tetra-Pentagynia. Tube of calyx 

 obovate-turbinate ; limb 4-5-parted. Petals 4 (f. 114. rf.) -5. 

 Stamens 20-40, free, shorter than the petals. Styles 4-5, some- 

 times connected, and sometimes more or less distinct. Stigmas 

 4-5, oblong or linear, usually distinct, rarely joined. Capsule 

 4 (f. 114. b.) -5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds scobiform, in- 

 closed in a membranous arillus (f. 114. c.), which is fringed at 

 one end (f. 114. d.). Shrubs, with pedicellate, white, usually 

 sweet-scented flowers, disposed in corymbose cymes, or some- 

 what panicled, rarely axillary and bracteate. 



$1. Stems stiff, straight. Flowers in racemes. 



1 P. CORONA'RIUS (Lin. spec. 

 671.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 serrately denticulated, triple - 

 nerved, smoothish, but hairy at 

 the veins beneath ; flowers race- 

 mose ; lobes of calyx acumin- 

 ated ; styles almost distinct from 

 the base, not exceeding the sta- 

 mens, fj . H. Native of the 

 south of Europe. Curt. bot. 

 mag. 391. The leaves have the 

 taste of cucumbers. The flowers 

 are white, and have a strong 

 scent, which, at a distance, re- 

 sembles that of orange flowers, 

 but near it is too powerful for 

 most persons. The primary 



flowers are 5-cleft, but the rest are 4-cleft. 



Var. a, vulgaris (D. C. prod. 3. p. 205.) shrub strong ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, large, rather distant. J? . H. Schkuhr. handb. 

 t. 121. Lam. ill. t. 420. 



Far. ft, nanus (Mill. diet. no. 2.) shrub 1-2 feet high ; leaves 

 and branchlets crowded ; flower-bearing branches incurved. 

 h . H. Native country unknown. This variety is sometimes 

 to be found in gardens with double flowers. 



Var. y,Jlbre-plenus ; flowers double. 



Var. S, variegdtus ; leaves edged with white or yellow. 



Garland or Common Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. May, 

 June. Clt. 1596. Shrub 2 to 10 feet. 



2 P. ZEYHE'RI (Schrad. diss. with a figure, ex D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 205.) leaves ovate, acuminated, serrately denticulated, rounded 

 at the base, triple-nerved, hairy at the veins beneath ; flowers 

 somewhat racemose ; lobes of calyx long-acuminated ; style 

 profoundly 4-cleft. J? H. Native of North America. This 

 species is of more humble habit than P. coronarhis, and differs 

 chiefly from it in the leaves being rounded at the base, and in 

 the flowers being fewer, larger, and scentless. 



Zeyher's Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 P. FLORIBU'NDUS (Schrad. diss. with a figure, ex D. C. 1. c.) 

 leaves ovate-oval, long-acuminated, serrate-toothed, triple-nerved, 

 clothed with hairy pubescence beneath ; flowers somewhat race- 

 mose ; lobes of calyx ending in a long acumen each ; style 4- 

 cleft at the apex. 17 . H. Native of North America. Flowers 

 white, 5-7, showy, sweet-scented. 



Bundle-flowered Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. May, June. 

 Clt. ? Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



4 P. VEURUCOSUS (Schrad. diss. with a figure, ex D. C. 1. c.) 

 leaves elliptic-ovate, acuminated, denticulated, clothed with 

 hairy pubescence beneath ; flowers racemose ; lobes of calyx 

 acuminated ; style 4-cleft at the apex. J; . H. Native ot 

 North America. Philadelphus grandiflorus, Lindl. bot. reg. 

 570. Pursh, fl. sept. amer. but not of Willd. The leaves on 

 the ribs and primary veins beneath, as well as the peduncles, 

 pedicels, and calyxes, are beset with hair-bearing warts. Flowers 

 large, white, scentless. 



Jl'arted Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. May, June. Clt.? 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



5 P. LATH-OLIUS (Schrad. diss. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 506.) 

 leaves broad-ovate, acuminated, toothed, somewhat quintuple- 

 nerved, clothed with hairy pubescence beneath ; flowers race- 

 mose ; lobes of calyx acuminated ; style 4-cleft at the very 

 apex. T? . H. Native of North America. P. latifolius, Hortul. 

 P. pubescens, Cels. hort. Lois. herb. amat. t. 208. This 

 species is known by its white bark, and by the leaves being 

 broad -ovate, beset with hairs, which are naked at the base, not 

 with warts, as well as the young branches. 



Broad-leaved Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. May, June. 

 Clt. ? Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



6 P. TOMENTOSUS (Wall. cat. 3653.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 denticulated, tomentose beneath ; raceme terminal ; pedicels 

 opposite ; lobes of calyx ovate, acute. T; . H. Native of 

 Nipaul and Kamaon. P. Nipaulensis, Loud. hort. brit. p. 196. 



Tomentose Syringa or Mock-orange. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 

 to 6 feet. 



2. Stems more slender, twiggy, loose. Flowers solitary 

 3 together. 



7 P. GRANDIFLORUS (Willd. enum. 1. p. 511.) leaves ovate, 

 long-acuminated, denticulated, triple-nerved, hairy at the veins 

 beneath , and with fascicles of pili in the axils of the veins ; 

 flowers solitary, or by threes ; lobes of calyx long-acuminated ; 

 styles joined in one, longer than the stamens, crowned by 4 

 linear stigmas. Tj . H. Native of North America. Guimp. 

 abb. holz. t. 44. Schrad. diss. with a figure. P. inodorus, 

 Hortul. Branches covered with a castaneous blood-coloured 

 epidermis. Flowers large, scentless. 



Great-flowered Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1811. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



8 P. SPECIOSUS (Schrad. diss. with a figure, ex D. C. 1. c.) 

 leaves ovate, rarely oval-ovate, long-acuminated, sharply ser- 

 rate-toothed, clothed with hairy pubescence beneath ; flowers 

 solitary, or by threes ; lobes of calyx with very long acumens ; 

 style deeply 4-cleft, exceeding the stamens. Ij H. Native 

 of North America. P. grandiflorus of German gardeners. P. 

 grandiflorus ft, laxus of other gardeners. Tube of calyx nearly 

 terete. Capsule 8-valved, ex Schrad., but more likely 4-valved, 

 with the valves becoming 2-parted at maturity. Flowers large, 

 white, scentless ? 



Showy Syringa or Mock-orange. Fl. June. Clt. ? Shrub 

 10 to 14 feet. 



9 P. LA'XUS (Schrad. diss. with a figure, ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves 

 oval-ovate, long-acuminated, toothed, clothed with hairy pu- 



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