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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Synonymes. P. ilicifblia H'lihl. Enurn. 1. p. 13.; P. latifblla (S spiuusa Uilld. Sp. \. p. 43. ; P 



latifOlia longifdlia IJnk Julirb. 1. p. 54. ; Phill^-rea i. Clus Hist. p. U\. 

 Engravings. Pluk. Phyt., t. 310. f. 4. ; and oavfig. 1234., from a specimen in the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, acute, sharply 

 and cuspidately serrated, glabrous, flat, veiny. (Do7i's Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub. South of Europe. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1597. 

 Flowers greenish white ; May and June. 



Genus III. 



ll. 



CHIONA'NTHUS L. 



The Snow-Flower, or Fringe Tree. Lin. Syst. 

 Diandria Monogjnia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 21. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 50. 

 Synanymes. Chionanthe, Fr. ; Schnoeblume, Ger. 



lierivation. From cliion, snow, aud anihos, a flower ; in reference to the snow-white flowers of the 

 species. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. C/j/^' small, 4-parted, or 4-toothed. Corolla with a short 

 tube and a 4-parted limbj segments of the limb long and linear, ^/y/e hardly 

 any. Stigma 2.1obed. Anthers almost sessile. Drwpe baccate, containing 

 a striated nut. Seeds albuminous. {Doit's Mill?) 



Leaves .simple, exstipulate, deciduous ; opposite, entire. Flowers in ra- 

 cemes, simple or compound, terminal or axillary, snow-white. Trees or low 

 shrubs, natives of North America. 



This genus differs from O'lea, principally in the figure of the segments of 

 the corolla, and in its leaves being decitiuous. The only hardy species is a shrub 

 or low tree, a native of North America. 



at I' 1. C. virgi'nica L. The Virginian Snow-Flower, or Fiingc Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 11. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 7. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. .50. 

 Synonijmes. Snowdrop Tree. Atner. ; Arbre de Neige, Fr. : Schnoeblume, Ger. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1204. ; the portrait of a plant in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, to a 

 scale of 1 in. to 4 ft. ; in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., p. 1206. ; and our^'g. 1235. 



Spec. Char., (Sfc. Racemes terminal. Pe- 

 duncles 3-flowered. Flowers pedicellate. 

 Leaves lanceolate, glabrous, resembling 

 those of a deciduous magnolia. Dru^e 

 purplish. (Do?i\s Mill.) A large deciduous 

 shrub or low tree. Pennsylvania and 

 Carolina, in boggy woods. Height 10 it. 

 to 30 ft. Introduced in 1796, Flowers 

 white ; May to July. 



Varieties. 



^ It C. V. 2 kitifblia Catesb. Car. t. 69., 



Kern. Abbild. t. 607. C. v. montana 



Pursh Sept. 1 . p. 8. Has the 



leaves oval-lanceolate, coriaceous, 



glabrous ; panicles dense; drupes 



oval. Carolina. Introduced in 1736. 

 fit Y C. V. 3 angustifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. cd. 2. vol 



Moench. Has the leaves lanceolate and glabrous. 



Society's Garden. J 



^ t C.v. 4 mnritima Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 8. C. maritima Lodd: 



Cat. ed. 1836. A native of North America, in boggy woods by thej 



sea side ; having the leaves obovate-hinccoJate, membranous, anc 



pubescent ; the panicles very loose ; and the drupes elliptic. 



1S35. C. Tirginjcs. 



p. 23. C. trifula 

 Horticultural! 



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