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SAXIFRAGACE^E. XV. HYDRANGEA. XVI. CORNIDIA. XVII. CIANITIS. 



Thunberg's Hydrangea. Shrub cl. 



16 H. VI'RENS (Sbld. 1. c. p. 690.) leaves ovate-oblong, acu- 

 minated, serrated at the apex, hispid above (Thunb.) ; cymes 

 stinted : flowers diffbrmed ; corolline segments 2-3, unequal, 

 white. Jj . F. Native of Japan, on the higher mountains, 

 among Azalias, Euryas, Andromedas, &c. H. scandens, D. 

 C. prod. 4. p. 15. Viburnum virens, Thunb. fl. jap. 128. 

 Viburnum scandens, Lin. fil. suppl. 184. Shrub 2 to 6 feet 

 high, rarely climbing. It is called by the Japanese Janratoosin. 



Green Hydrangea. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



17 H. PANICULA'TA (Sbld. I.e. p. 691.) leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minated, glandularly toothed, scabrous, tern on the floriferous 

 branches ; panicle branched, rather secund ; flowers diffbrmed, 

 very numerous ; corolline segments 3-4, obovate, white. Jj . F. 

 Native of Japan. Shrub climbing, 5 feet high. The plant is 

 called Tsurudemari by the Japanese, and Too-sinkjine by the 

 Chinese. There is a variety with very pale red flowers, culti- 

 vated near the town of Posaka, very like the species, but does 

 not climb, called Jamademai by the Japanese. Perhaps Vibur- 

 num plicatum, Thunb. is only a variety of H. paniculata. 



Panicled-fiovtered Hydrangea. Shrub 5 feet. 



18 H. INVOLUCRA'TA (Sbld. 1. c. p. 691.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, glandularly serrated, reticulately veined, hispid on both 

 surfaces; cymes involucrated before flowering (involucrum ca- 

 ducous, 2-3-leaved), crowded ; flowers diffbrmed ; corolline 

 segments 8, nearly orbicular. Tj . F. Native of Japan. Plant 

 suffruticose, hardly a foot high. 



Far. a; corolla lilac. Gimbaisoo of the Japanese; culti- 

 vated near the town of Oosaka. 



Far. ft ; corolla yellow. Kinbaisoo of the Japanese. 

 Involucrated Hydrangea. Shrub 1 foot. 



19 H. ALTERNIFOLIA (Sbld. 1. c. p. 692.) leaves alternate; 

 flowers cymose, polyandrous, diffbrmed; corolline segments 2-6, 

 3 of which are constantly ovate and acute. T? . F. Native of 

 Japan, where it is called by the natives Kusasimots-Ke. 



Alternate-leaved Hydrangea. Shrub 1 foot. 



20 H. SITSITAN (Sbld. 1. c. p. 692.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, acutely serrated, with the veins pubescent beneath ; 

 flowers cymose, diffbrmed, double ; corolline segments elliptic, 

 of a fine rose-colour. Tj . F. Native of Japan. Shrub 2 feet 

 high. Cultivated about the town of Miako, where it is called 

 Sitsitan by the natives. Perhaps only a double flowering variety 

 of H. Hortensia. 



Sitsitan Hydrangea. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



{ Species natives of Japan, but hardly known, 



21 H. MACROPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 15.) branchlets rather 

 pilose ; leaves obovate, acuminated, sharply serrated, rather 

 pilose on both surfaces ; umbels terminal, compound, radiating. 

 Tj . F. Native of Japan. Viburnum macrophyllum, Thunb. 

 fl. jap. 125. 



Long-leaved Hydrangea. Shrub. 



22 H. HI'RTA (Sbld. ex flora, 1828. nov. 21.) leaves ovate, 

 serrated, villous ; petioles and peduncles hairy ; umbels terminal, 

 not radiating ; stigmas 2-lobed. ^ . F. Native of Japan. Vi- 

 burnum hirtum, Thunb. fl. jap. 124. 



Hairy Hydrangea. Shrub. 



Cult. The hardy species, or those natives of North America, 

 are dwarf shrubs, and therefore proper for the front of shrub- 

 beries. H. quercifolia does best against a south wall. Those 

 species natives of Asia will require protection in winter, either 

 by placing them in a frame or green- house. Cuttings of all the 

 species root readily if planted under a hand-glass. H. Hortensia 

 is in general cultivation for the sake of its showy flowers ; the 

 blue-flowered variety is in greatest request, which may be ob- 

 tained by planting out the common pink variety in a bed of peat 



soil, and letting it remain there 2 or 3 years ; for the longer it 

 remains the deeper blue the flowers will become : the plants 

 may then be potted before the buds begin to burst, and they will 

 then flower in perfection, and the flowers will be of a beautiful 

 blue colour. 



XVI. CORNI'DIA (in honour of Joseph Cornide, a Spanish 

 naturalist). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 43. Sarcostyles, Presl, 

 in reliq. Haenk. 2. p. 53. t. 6. D. C. prod. 4. p. 15. 



LIN. SYST. Octandria, Trigynia. Calyx superior, 4-toothed, 

 equal, deciduous. Stamens 8 ; filaments linear : anthers ovate, 

 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally inside. Ovarium inferior, 

 nearly globose, 3-celled, rarely 4-celled, many ovulate. Styles 

 3, rarely 4, thick, fleshy, at length divaricate ; stigmas obtuse, 

 oblique. Capsule nearly globose, crowned by the permanent 

 calyx and styles, dehiscing between the styles, 3-celled, rarely 

 4-celled, many seeded ; dissepiments entire, placentiferous. 

 Seeds cylindrical. Shrubs, with glabrous opposite serrated 

 leaves, and involucrated cymes or corymbs of white flowers, with 

 the habit of Hydrangea. 



1 C. PERUVIA'NA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. I.e..) leaves oval or 

 obovate, acuminated or obtuse, coriaceous, serrated at the apex ; 

 corymbs terminal, many rayed, involucrated by 4 large decidu- 

 ous bracteas. ^ . F. Native of Peru, on the mountains. 

 Sarcostyles Peruviana, Presl, in Haenk. reliq. 2. p. 54. t. 60. 



Peruvian Cornidia. Shrub. 



2 C. INTEGE'RRIMA (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 254.) 

 leaves roundish-elliptic, glabrous, hardly acute at the base and 

 apex ; corymbs numerous, disposed in a terminal raceme, which 

 much exceeds the leaves. lj . F. Native of Chili, about Val- 

 paraiso, and near Bustamente. Hydrangea scandens, Poepp. ex 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 666. 



Entire-leaved Cornidea. Shrub cl. ? 



3 C. SERRATIFOLIA (Hook, et Arn. 1. c.) leaves obovate-ob- 

 long, acute, obtuse at the base, serrated upwards ; floral ones or 

 rameal ones smaller, ovate, with a few denticulations ; corymbs 

 numerous, disposed in a terminal raceme, which hardly exceeds 

 the leaves. ^ F- Native of Chiloe. Closely allied to the 

 last species, but apparently distinct. Both, but especially the 

 present, have several decussate, patent, concave, stiff bracteas, 

 along the stalks of the corymbs. 



Saw-leaved Cornidia. Shrub. 



Cult. The culture and propagation of the species of Cornidia 

 are the same as that recommended for the species of Hydrangea. 

 They require to be protected in winter by placing them in a 

 frame or green-house. 



XVII. CIANPTIS (from Kvaveos, kyaneos, blue ; colour of 

 berries). Reinw. in Blume, bijdr. p. 921. D. C. prod. 4. p. 16. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Tri-Penlagynia. Tube of calyx ad- 

 hering to the ovarium : limb 5-toothed. Petals 5, rather fleshy, 

 inserted in an epigynous disk. Stamens 10; anthers oblong, 

 erect, dehiscing at the sides. Styles 3-5, spreading : stigmas ob- 

 tuse, adnate. Berry crowned by the teeth of the calyx, half 

 3-5- celled, many seeded ; dissepiments incomplete, inflexed, 

 fleshy, seminiferous. A subshrub, with opposite, petiolate, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, smoothish leaves, which are serrated from the 

 middle to the apex ; and panicled terminal cymes of flowers, 

 with trifid branches. 



1 C. SYLVA'TICA (Reinw. 1. c.) cymes nearly undivided, on 

 short peduncles, disposed in a coarctate panicle. Tj . S. Native 

 of Java, on the mountains, where it is called by the natives 

 Tiaere-gil-gil. Flowers probably white. 



Var. (3, paniculata (Blum, mss.) cymes branched, on long 

 peduncles, disposed in an elongated panicle. Vj . S. Native of 

 Java, Perhaps distinct from the species. 



