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822. P. coron&rius. 



almost from the base, not exceeding the stamens 

 in height. (Dec. Prod.) A dense fastigiate bush. 

 Native country uncertain; according to some, the 

 South of Europe, but not common there. Height 

 10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers white, 

 sweet-scented ; May and June. Fruit brown ; 

 ripe in September. Decaying leaves yellowish 

 green. 



Varieties. This species varies', in having its leaves 

 sometimes perfectly glabrous beneath, and some- 

 times slightly pubescent along the nerves ; and, be- 

 sides, as follows : 



& P. c. 1 vulffdris Schkuhr Handb. t. 121., Lam. 111. t. 420., Dec. Prod, 

 iii. p. 205. A shrub of about the height of a man. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, large, and rather distant. 



j* P. c. 2 nanus Mill. Diet. 2. A shrub, 2 ft. high ; its branches and 

 leaves crowded, and its flower-bearing branches incurved. It very 

 seldom flowers. 

 & P. c. 3 fibre plena Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf plant, like the above, but with 



double flowers. 



m P. c. 4f variegatus Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with white or 

 yellow, and is one of the few varieties of deciduous shrubs which 

 preserve, through the summer, a tolerably healthy appearance with 

 their variegation. 



The shoots are clothed with a white bark, and interiorly they have a very 

 large pith. The leaves are rough, and of a deep green above, though they are 

 pale beneath. The flowers come out from the sides and ends of the branches, 

 in loose bunches, before any of the other species of the genus. The flowers 

 smell like those of the orange, and the leaves taste like the fruit of the cucum- 

 ber. It will grow in almost any situation, whether open or shady ; and it is 

 easily propagated by division of the root, and by suckers, layers, or cuttings. 



& 2. P. (c.) INODO V RUS L. The scentless^ow^ra/ Philadelphia, or Mock Orange. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 671. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 329. ; Dec. Prod, 3. 



p. 206. 

 Synonymes. Syringa inodbra Mcench; P. laxus in vaiious English 



gardens ; Silindia senz' odore, Ital. 



Engravings. Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1478. ; and our 

 Jfc.823. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, per- 

 fectly entire, 3-nerved, usually feather-nerved. 

 Flowers singly, or in threes. Style, at the very 

 tip, divided into 4 oblong stigmas. {Dec. Prod.} A 

 large rambling shrub. Apparently of garden 

 origin, or possibly from North America. Height 

 5ft. to 10 ft. Cultivated in 1738. Flowers large, 

 white, scentless ; June and July. Fruit brown ; ripe 

 in September. 



Not altogether so hardy as P. coro- 

 narius ; though it appears to be only a variety of that species. 



& 3. P. (c.) ZEY'HERJ Schrad. Zeyher's Philadelphus, or 

 Mock Orange. 



Identification. Schrad. Diss. Philad. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205.; Don's Mill., 2. 



p. 807. 

 Engravings. Schrad. Diss. Philad. ic. and our ./?. 824. from the Museum 



of the Jardin des Plantes. 



Spec Char., $c. Not so tall as P. c. vulgaris. Leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, serrately denticulate, rounded at the base, 3- 

 824. P. (c.) ze^heri. nerved, hairy upon the veins beneath. Inflorescence some- 



823. P. (c.) inod&rus. 



