LIV. SCROPHULARIA^CE^E : PAULO X WN/yf. 671 



as well as the under sides of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 

 crenated, petiolate. Heads of flowers globose, pedunculate. A large, spread- 

 ing, deciduous shrub. Chili. Height 12 ft. to 15ft. Introduced in 1774. 

 Flowers bright yellow, in globe-like heads, fragrant ; May to July. 

 Very ornamental, but, being somewhat tender, it requires, north of London, 

 a warm sheltered situation, and a dry soil. 



GENUS II. 



PAULO'WN/J Sieb. THE PAULOWNIA. Lin. Syst. Didynamia 

 Angiospdrmia. 



Identification. Sieboldt Fl. Jap., t. 10. 



Synonymes. Bignbnw Thun. Fl. Jap. p. 252., Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 290., Pers. Syn. 2. p. 170. ; 



Incarvfllea Sprang. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 836. ; Kirri, Japanese, Kaempf. Aracen. p. 152. ; loo, Hak- 



too, Chinese. 

 Derivation. Named by Dr. Sieboldt in honour of Her Imperial and Royal Highness, the Hereditary 



Princess of the Netherlands. 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Corolla tubularly campanulate, 

 with a 5-eleft sub-labiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous. Stigma trun- 

 cate. Capsule woody, 2-celled, 2-valved. Valves septicidal. Seeds nu- 

 merous, each surrounded by a wing, attached to a fixed placenta on the 

 back of the dissepiment. Albumen fleshy. (Sieb.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; petiolate, entire. Flowers 

 purple or lilac, in terminal panicles. A deciduous tree, with the habit and 

 general appearance of Catalpa syringtefolia ; native of Japan. 



1. P. IMPERIALS Sieb. The imperial Paulownia. 



Identification. Sieb. Fl. Jap., t. 10. 



Synonymes. Bignbmo tomentdsa Thun. Fl. Jap. p. 252., Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 290., Pers. Syn. 2. 



p. 170. ; Incarvillea tomentosa Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 836. ; Kirri, Japanese, Ksmnf. Amcen. 



p. 859., ; Too, Hak-too, Chinese. 

 Engravings. Kasmpf. Amcen., fig. in p. 860. $ Fl. Jap., t. 10. ; and our figs. 1307. and 1308. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, cordate at the base, acute, undivided or 3- 

 lobed, densely clothed with soft hairs beneath. Flowers panicled ; calyx 

 covered with rusty tomentum. (Sieb.) A magnificent deciduous tree ; Japan, 

 in the southern provinces, in exposed places. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft., with a 

 trunk 2 ft. to 3ft. in diameter, in Japan. Introduced in 1840. Flowers pur- 

 plish ; April, in Japan. 



The branches are few, 

 but strong, and proceed- 

 ing from the trunk at 

 right angles. The flowers 

 are in large bunches, 

 which look, at a distance, 

 like those of the horse- 

 chestnut ; while the indi- 

 vidual flowers, in form, 

 size, and colour, resem- 

 ble those of Digitalis 

 purpurea. The tree was 

 introduced into Europe 

 in 1837, and in the Jar- 

 din des Plantes there is 

 a specimen which has 

 stood out three winters, 

 In July, 1840, it was 

 1307. P. imperial*. nearly 1 2 ft. high, and in isos. p. 



