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ARBOllETUM ET FflUTICETUM BRITANN1CUM. 



which, and by the singular twisted form of its leaves, it may be known at 

 first sight from any species of Lycium. 



ORDER LIV. SCROPHULAHIA^CE^E. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 4 5 -parted, persistent. Corolla deciduous, irregular, or 

 bilabiate, or regular ; aestivation imbricate. Stamens 2 or 4, usually di- 

 dynamous, rarely equal. Ovarium 2-celled. Style ] . Stigma 2-lobed or 

 undivided. Fruit usually capsular, rarely baccate, 2-celled, 2 4-valved 

 many-seeded. Albumen copious. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; reticulately veined. 



The hardy genera in British gardens are Buddies and Paulown/a, which are 

 thus contradistinguished : 



BU'DDLE^. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla tubular, 4-cleft, regular. Stamens 4, equal. 

 PAULO" WN/^. Calyx 5-cIeft. Corolla sub-bilabiate, 5-cleft. Stamens 4, di- 



dynamous. 



GENUS I. 



BU'DDLE^ L. THE BUDDLEA. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia, 



Identification. Liri. Gen , No. 140. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 596. 



Derivation. Named by Dr. Houston in honour of Adam Buddie, a botanical amateur, who is often 



mentioned in Ray's Synopsis, and whose dried collection of British plants is preserved in the 



British Museum. 



Gen. CJiar., fyc. Calyx 4-cleft, equal. Corolla tubular ; limb 4-cleft, regular. 

 Stamens 4, equal, enclosed. Stigma capitate or clavate. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved ; valves bifid. Placenta 

 central, at length free. 



Leaves as in the Order. Flowers 

 terminal ; capitate, spicate, or pani- 

 cled ; orange - coloured. Shrubs, 

 deciduous or nearly sub-evergreen, 

 rambling, usually with quadrangular 

 branches, natives of South America. 

 Readily propagated by cuttings or 

 layers, in any light rich soil, in a dry 

 sheltered situation, or, in the North 

 of England, against a wall. 



afe 1. B. GLOBO\SA L. The Globe- 

 flowered Buddlea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 150.; Don's 

 Mill., 4. p. 597. 



/mes. Buddleo globifldra N. Du Ham. 1. 

 . t. 25. ; B. capitata Jacq. Col. 2. p. 332. ; 

 Icon. Rar. t. 307. ; Pal- 

 quin Feuillee It., 3. p. 

 51.t.38.; Buddleiaglo- 

 buleux, Fr. ; Kopltra- 

 gende Budleje, Ger. 

 Engravings. Bot Mag. 

 t. 174. ; N. Du Ham., 1. 

 p. 85. ; andour^fes. 1305. 

 and 1306. 



Spec. Charac., Sfc. 

 Branches tetra- 

 gonal, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum, ISOG. B. K iob6sa 



