582 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 841. ; Pursh 

 dcnuclata Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 



Ovarium free. Styles straight. Stigma trifid. Capsule girded by the calyx, 

 3-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; cells many-seeded. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; serrated. Flowers in 

 racemes, terminal, solitary, or panicled, bracteate, with white corollas. 

 Shrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America. From the appearance of 

 the plants in British gardens, we are strongly inclined to think that all the 

 sorts may be referred to one species. Peat soil kept moist. 



j 1. C. ,*LMFO V LIA L. The Alder-leaved 

 Clethra. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 566. 



Sept., 1. p. 301. 

 St/nonyme. C. alnifolia var. 



p. 73. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 47. ; and our fig. 1095. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, 

 coarsely serrated above, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, and of the same colour. Racemes 

 spicate, simple, bracteate, clothed with hair/ 

 tomentum. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. 

 New England to Virginia, in swamps. Height 

 3ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1731. Flowers 

 1095. c. ainifolia white ; July and September. 



ji 2. C. (A.) TOMENTO^SA Lam. The downy Clethra. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 46. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 842. ; Pursh 



Fl. Amer. Sept. 1 . p. 301 . 



Synonymes. C. rclnifolia/S pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 73. ; C. 

 ' incana Pers. Ench. 1. p. 482. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 39. ; and our Jigs. 1096, and 1097. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, finely 

 serrated at top, clothed with white 

 tomentum beneath. Racemes spi- 

 cate, simple, bracteate, villously to- 

 mentose. (Don's Mill.) A decidu- 

 ous shrub. Virginia and Carolina, 

 in swamps. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1731. Flowers white ; 



1096. 



1097 . c . (a . , tomentisa . 



jt 3. C. (A.) PANICULA'TA 



The panicled-flowered Clethra. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 73. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 842. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 302. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1098. from a specimen in the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, acute, 

 acuminately serrated, glabrous on both surfaces. Panicle 

 terminal, elongated, composed of racemes, and clothed with 

 white tomentum. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. Ca- 

 rolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 

 in 1770. Flowers white ; July to October. 



4. C. (A.) ACUMINA V TA Michx. The acu- 

 minated-/^'^ Clethra. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor., Amer. 1. p. 260. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 842. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 3C2. 

 Rynonyme. C. tnontana Bartr. Cat. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1427. ; and our fig. 1099. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oval, acuminated, 

 bluntish at the base, serrated, glabrous on 

 k tn surfaces, rather glaucous beneath. Ra- 

 cemes spicate, almost solitary, bracteate, 

 clothed with white tomentum. Flowers resembling those 

 of C. aluifolia. (Don's Mill.) A large shrub or low 1099. c. (.> 



