502 DORYCNIUM DRIMYS 



leaflets with scarcely any stalk. Leaflets obovate, f to I in. Jong, % to I in. 

 wide ; hairy, especially beneath. Flower-heads ij ins. across, produced on 

 hairy stalks I to 2 ins. long, from the leaf-axils and at the ends of the shoots. 

 Flowers f in. long, six to ten in a head, white ; calyx ^ in. long, five-lobed, 

 very hairy. Pod ^ in. long, smooth, oblong, containing about four seeds, the 

 calyx persisting at the base. 



Native of S. Europe ; cultivated ir. England in 1683. It has recently 

 reappeared and spread in gardens as "Cytisus Lotus." When in bloom it 

 has a resemblance to some brooms of the Cytisus supinus group, but is, of 

 course, very distinct in the smooth pods and axillary inflorescence. It flowers 

 from June to September, and produces seed abundantly ; these afford the best 

 means of increase. 



D. SUFFRUTICOSUM, Villars. 

 (Lotus Dorycnium, Linnceus.") 



A deciduous shrub, 2 to 3 ft. high, of thin, elegant habit. Stems very 

 slender, much-branched, slightly ribbed, furnished when quite young with 

 grey appressed down. Leaves of five leaflets, stalkless ; leaflets linear-obovate, 

 to | in. long, greyish, with silky hairs. Flowers produced in numerous 

 rounded heads, ^ in. or so across, from the leaf-axils near the top of the branch, 

 each head being borne on a slender stalk I to i\ ins. long. Flowers pinkish 

 white, in. long, ten to twelve in a head ; calyx \ in. long, with five narrow, 

 pointed lobes, silky grey. Pod rounded, about \ in. long, containing one seed. 



Native of S. Europe, known in gardens since the middle of the seventeenth 

 century, but not much grown now. The base only of the plant is shrubby, the 

 upper part being semi-herbaceous, and dying back in winter. It is a graceful 

 but not showy plant, flowering from June to September. Occasionally it ripens 

 a good crop of seed, by which, and by soft wood-cuttings placed in bottom 

 heat, it can be propagated. 



DRIMYS. MAGNOLIACE.E. 



A small genus of fragrant aromatic shrubs, two of which are grown 

 out-of-doors in the mildest parts of the British Isles. Leaves alternate, 

 entire, glabrous. They thrive in a warm, loamy soil, and can be 

 propagated by cuttings or layers. D. Winteri is the hardier shrub ; tbe 

 other, D. AROMATICA, F. Mueller, is a tender evergreen suitable only 

 for Cornwall and similar places; there it is already 15 ft. high. Leaves 

 ij to 3 ins. long, J to f in. wide, oblanceolate, obtuse; both the leaf- 

 stalks and the young shoots suffused with rich red. Flowers. numerously 

 produced during April and May in fascicles from the leaf-axils and at 

 the ends of the branchlets ; unisexual, white, J in. across ; petals linear ; 

 flower-stalk slender, J in. long. The leaves have a pungent, peppery 

 taste, and the dried fruit has been used as a substitute for pepper. 

 Native of Tasmania, where it is very abundant, and of Victoria. 



D. WINTERI, Forster. WINTER'S BARK. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 4800 ; Wintera aromatica, Murray?) 



A handsome evergreen shrub, rather tender, and really satisfactory only in 

 the milder parts of the kingdom ; young shoots smooth, often tinged with red. 

 Leaves lanceolate, 5 to 10 ins. long, smooth, bright rather pale green, very 



