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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BHITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, toothed, cori- 

 aceous, glabrous, shining, pale green ; 

 beautifully spotted with yellow, 

 having the midrib rather prominent, 

 the rest of the leaf reticulately 

 veined. Petioles articulated with 

 the branches, and dilated at the 

 base. (-Don's Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub. Japan. Height 6 ft. to 10ft., 

 and probably much higher in warm 

 sheltered situations. Introduced in 

 1783. Flowers dark blood-coloured ; 

 May and July. Berries red ; ripe 

 in March ; not yet seen in England. 



As hardy as, or hardier than, the 

 common laurel ; and, what is a very 

 valuable property in England, it will 

 endure coal smoke better than 

 almost any other evergreen.' It is readily propagated by cuttings; and 

 grows freely in any soil tolerably dry, advancing steadily by shoots of from 

 6 in. to 9 in. long every season. 



ORDER XL. CAPRIFOLIA CEJE. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla monopetalous ; tube short ; limb 5- 

 lobed ; aestivation valvate. Stamens 5, adnate to the corol!a, and alternat- 

 ing with its lobes. Ovarium 3-celled. Style exserted. Stigmas 3, distinct, or 

 combined. Berry pulpy, rarely dry, crowned by the calyx, 1 or many celled. 

 Seeds solitary, twin or numerous in the cells. Albumen fleshy. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, or compound, generally exstipulate, deciduous, or ever- 

 green. Flowers terminal, corymbose, or axillary. Shrubs or low trees, 

 natives of Europe, North America, and Asia, which may be arranged in 

 two sections as under : 



Sect. I. SAMBU'CEJE Humb. et Kth. 



Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, regular, rotate, with 5 segments only 

 connected a little at the base; rarely tubular. Style wanting. Stigmas 3, 

 sessile. 

 SAMBU'CUS Tourn. Corolla rotate, urceolate. Berry roundish, pulpy, 1-celled, 



3 4- seeded, hardly crowned. 



FIBU'RNUM L. Corolla rotate, subcampanulate, and tubular. Berry 1- 

 seeded, crowned by the calycine teeth. Low deciduous trees or shrubs ; 

 partly evergreen. 



Sect. II. LONICE'RJSJS Brown. 

 Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, more or less tubular, usually irregular 



Style filiform, crowned by three distinct or concrete stigmas. 

 DIERVI'LI^ Tourn. Calyx bibracteate at the base, 5-parted. Corolla 3-cleft. 



Capsule 1-celled, many-seeded. A low deciduous shrub. 

 LOM'CER,* Desf. Tube of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 5-parted, usually irre- 

 gular. Berry 3-celled. Cells few-seeded. Deciduous and evergreen shrubs, 

 many of them twiners. 



SYMPHORICA'RPOS G. Don. (Symphoria Pers.) Calyx 4 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla almost regular. Berry crowned by the calyx, 4-celled, two of them 

 empty, and the other two containing 1 seed each Deciduous shrubs. 



