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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Ovarium free. Styles straight. Stigma trifid. Capsule girded by the calyx, 

 3-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; cells many-seeded. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate,' deciduous ; serrated. Flowers in 

 racemes, terminal, solitary, or panicled, bracteate, with white corollas. 

 Shrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America. From the appearance of 

 the plants in British gardens, we are strongly inclined to think that all the 

 sorts may be referred to one species. Peat soil kept moist. 



ji 1. C. y^LNiFo^LiA L. The Alder-leaved 

 Clethra. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 5C6. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. S41. ; Pursh 



Sept., 1. p. 301. 

 Synonyme. C. nlnifdlia yar. at denudata Ait. Hurt. Ketc. 2. 



p. 73. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., t. 47. ; and oar fig. 1095. 



Sjiec. Char., Sj-c. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, 

 coarsely serrated above, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, and of the same colour. Racemes 

 spicate, simple, bracteate, clothed with hairy 

 tomentum. (Dmis Milt.) A deciduous shrub. 

 New England to Virginia, in swamps. Height 



3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 

 white ; July and September 



The downy Clethra 



1731. Flowers 



1095. C. alnifoUa 



j 2. C. (a.) tomento^sa Lam 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 46. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 842. ; Pursh 



Fl. Auier. Sept. 1. p. 301. 

 Synonymes. C. nlnifblia /3 pubescens Ait. Bort. Kew. 2. p. 73. ; C. 

 ' incana Pers. Ench. 1. p. 482. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 39. ; and our^^. 1096, and 1097. 



Spec. Char., S)-c. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, finely 



serrated at top, clothed with white .. 

 tomentum beneath. Racemes spi- ^ ' 

 cate, simple, bracteate, villously to- 

 mentose. (Don's Mill.) A decidu- 

 ous shrub. Virginia and Carohna, 

 in swamps. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1731. Flowers white ; 

 July to October. 





1096. C. (a.;tomenl&sa. 



1097. C. {a.jtomentisB. 



3. C. (.1.) panicula'ta Ait. 



The panided-Jloivered Clethra. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 73. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 842. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 302. 

 Engraving. Out fig. 1098. from a specimen in the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves narrow, cuneate-lanceolate, acute, 

 acuminately serrated, glabrous on both sui-facefe. Panicle 

 terminal, elongated, composed of racemes, and clothed with 

 white tomentum. (Don's MilU) A deciduous shrub. Ca- 

 rolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 

 in 1770. Flowers white ; July to October. 



St 3C 4. C (a.) acumina^ta JSIichx. The acu- 



m\wd.teA-leavcd Clethra. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor., Amer. 1. p. 2fi0. ; Don'^s 



Mil"!., 3. p. 842. ; Pursh Sept., ). p. 302. 

 Syminyme. C. montana Bartr. Cat. 

 /ingrarings. Bot. Cab., t. 1427.; audoairfig. 1099. 



Spec. Char., c^c. Leaves oval, acuminated, 

 bluntish at the base, serrated, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, rather glaucous beneath. Ra- 

 cemes spicate, almost solitary, bracteate, 

 clothed with white tomentum. Flowers resembling those 

 of C. alnifolia. (Don's Mill.) A large shrub or low 1099. c. (.-. cuiiu*t, 



109S. 

 C. (a.) paniculkta. 



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