XXX. PHILADELPHA CE^: PHILADE LPHUS. 



461 



S22. P. coronirius. 



111. t. 



420., Dec. Prod. 



Leaves ovate- 



almost from the base, not exceeding the stamens 

 in height. {Dec. Prod.) A dense f'astigiate bush. 

 Native country uncertain; according to some, the 

 South of Europe, but not common there. Height 

 10 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers white, 

 sweet-scented ; May and June. Fruit brown ; 

 ripe in September. Decajing leaves yellowish 

 green. 



Varieties. This species varies in having its leaves 

 sometimes perfectly glabrous beneath, and some- 

 times slightly pubescent along the nerves ; and, be- 

 sides, as follows : 



i^ P. c. 1 vu/ffctris Schkuhr Handb. t. 121., Lam. 



iii. p. 205. A shrub of about the height of a man. 



oblong, large, and rather distant. 

 ji P. c. 2 nanus Mill. Diet. 2. A shrub, 2 ft. high ; its branches and 



leaves crowded, and its flower-bearing branches incurved. It very 



seldom flowers. 

 Jk T?. c. SJlore plena Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf plant, like the above, but with 



double flowers. 

 1 a^ P. c. 4 variegdtus Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with white or 



yellow, and is one of the few varieties of deciduous shrubs which 



preserve, through the summer, a tolerably healthy appearance with 



their variegation. 



The shoots are clothed with a white bark, and interiorly they have a very 

 large pith. The leaves are rough, and of a deep green above, though they are 

 pale beneath. The flowers come out from the sides and ends of the branches, 

 in loose bunches, before any of the other species of the genus. Tlie flowers 

 smell like those of the orange, and the leaves taste like the fi-uit of the cucum- 

 ber. It will grow in almost any situation, whether open oi' shady ; and it is 

 easily jiropagated by division of the root, and by suckers, layers, or cuttings. 



!>i2.P.(c.) inodo^rusjL. The s,ceni\ess-Jioivered Philadelphus, or il/oc^O^-ajige. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 671. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 329. : Dec. Prod., 3. 

 p. 206. J- . f , f , 



Synonymes. Syrtnga inodbra Mcench ; P. h'lxus in various English 

 gardens; Silindia senz' odore, Ital. 



Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1478. ; and our 



Spec. Char., Src Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, per- 

 fectly entire, 3-nerved, usually feather-nerved. 

 Flowers singly, or in threes. Style, at tlie very 

 tip, divided into 4 oblong stigmas. (Dec. Prod.) A 

 large rambling shrub. Apparently of garden 

 origin, or possibly from North America. Height 

 5 ft. to 10 ft. Cultivated in 1738. Flowers large, 

 white, scentless ; June and July. Fruit brown ; ripe 

 in September. 



Not altogether so hardy as P. coro- ''' ^- '^""'"'"'"*- 



narius; though it appears to be only a variety of that species. 



3^3. P. (c.) Zey'her/ Schrad. Zeyher's Philadelphus, 



or 



Identification, 



p. 807. 

 Engravings. Schrad. Diss 



o( the Jardin des Plantes. 



Mock Orange. 



Schrad. Diss. Fhilad. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205., Don's Mill.. C. 

 Philad. ic. ; and our fig. 824. from the Museum 



Spec Char., Sfc. Not so tall as P. c. vulgaris. Leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, serrately denticulate, rounded at the base, 3- 

 p-(c.) Zejheri. nerved, ' ?iry upon the veins beneath. Inflorescence some- 



