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I PEIll'PLOCA, 



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deciduous, twining, glabrous ; natives of the South of Europe ; and propa- 

 gated by cuttings of the root or shoots, or by layers, 



.J 1 . P. GR^CA L. The Greek Periploca. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 309. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 163. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Si/nonymes. P. maculata Moencfi, Schmidt Baum. 1. t. 46. ; Silk Tree ; Apocino serpeggiante, 



Ital. 

 Engravings. Fl. Grzec., t. 249. ; Bot Reg., t. 803. ; and our figs. 1281. and 1282. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves varying from ovate to lanceolate, 3 in. to 4 in. long. 

 Corymbs on long peduncles. Flowers hairy inside. Branches brown. 

 Segments of corolla linear, rounded at the 

 apex, greenish outside and brownish inside, 

 and clothed with copious short hairs. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous twining shrub. South of 

 France, Bithynia ; found also about Bursa, and 

 on Mount Athos. Stems 20 ft. to 30 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1597. Flowers 

 rich velvety brown ; July 

 and August. 



The remarkable colour 



and rich velvety appearance 



of the flowers, the elegant 



form of the leaves, and the 



facility with which the plant 



can be made to cover an 



extensive space, render it 



useful for arbours, &c. ; but 

 the odour of the flowers is considered unwholesome, and even dangerous to 

 those who are long exposed to it. 



- 2. P. ANGUSTIFO'LIA Labill. The narrow-leaved Periploca. 



Identification. Labill. PI. Syr., dec. 2. p. 13. t. 7. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 163 



tnonymes. P. rigida Viv. ; P. laevigata Vahl. 

 igravings. Labill. PI. Syr., dec. 2. p. 13. t. 17. ; and our fig. 1283. 



pec. Char., $c. Leaves veinless, nar- 

 row-lanceolate, glabrous, persis- 

 tent. Cymes trichotomous. Flow- 

 ers purplish inside, pale yellow 

 beneath and round the mouth, 

 with a white spot in the middle. 

 Leaves 1 in. long. (Don's Mill.) 

 A twining shrub. Tunis, o n Mount 

 Schibel Jsekel , and of the Island 

 of Lampedosa, at the sea side, 

 near Laodicea. Stem 20 ft. to 

 30ft. Introduced in 1800, and 



1282. P. grse^ca. 



1883. P. angustittlia. 



PHYSIA'NTHUS dlbens Mart.,(Bot. Reg., 1. 1759. ; and our 

 fig. 1285.), a ligneous climber from Buenos Ayres, has stood 

 out against a wall in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and 

 in some of the London nurseries, 

 during the winter of 1838-1839. It 

 is a plant of very interesting and 

 uncommon aspect, and not only 

 flowers freely, but produces its ovate 

 pointed fruit (fig. 1284.), which, be- 

 ing in clusters and large, has a very 

 singular appearance. Introd. 1830. 



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1981. T. ilhens. 



