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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



which, and by the singular twisted form of its leaves, it may be known at 

 first sight from any species of Lycium. 



Order LIV. SCROPHULARlA^CEiE. 



Ord. Char. Calyx 4 3-parted, persistent. Corolla deciduous, irregular, or 

 bilabiate^ or regular ; {estivation imbricate. Stamens 2 or 4, usually di- 

 dynamous, rarely equal. Ovarium 2-celled. Sti/le ]. Stigma 2-lobed or 

 undivided. Fruit usually capsular, rarely baccate, 2-celled, 2 4-valved 

 many-seeded. Albumen copious. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; reticulately veined. 



The hardy genera in British gardens are Buddlea and Paulowuia, which are 

 thus contradistinguished : 



Bu'ddle^. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla tubular, 4-cleft, regular. Stamens 4, equal. 

 Paulo^vn/.:!. Calyx 3-cIeft. Corolla sub-bilabiate, 5-cleft. Stamens 4, di- 

 dynainous. 



Genus I. 



M. 



BU'DDLEi/ L. The Buddlea. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia. 



(dentification. Lin. Gen,, Ko. 140. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 596. 



Derivation. Named by Dr. Houston in honour of Adam Buddie, a botanical amateur, who is often 



mentioned in Ray's Synopsis, and wliose dried collection of British plants is preserved in the 



British Museum. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calyx 4-cleft, equal. Corolla tubular ; limb 4-cleft, regular. 

 Stamens 4, equal, enclosed. Stigma capitate or clavate. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved ; valves bifid. Placenta 

 central, at length free. 



Leaves as in the Order.! Flowers 

 terminal ; capitate, spicate, or pani- 

 cled ; orange - coloured. Shrubs, 

 deciduous or nearly sub-evergreen, 

 rambimg, usually with quadrangular 

 branches, natives of South America. 

 Readily propagated by cuttings or 

 layers, in any light rich soil, in a dry 

 sheltered situation, or, in die North 

 of England, against a wall. 



Si 1. B. GLOBo\sA L. The Globe- 



flowered Buddlea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 150.: Don's 



Mill., 4. p. .597. 

 Synonymes. Biiddlen! s\ob\S.hxA N. Du Ham. 1. 

 p. 85. t. 25. ; B. capitals Jacq. Col. 2. p. 332. ; 

 Icon. Rar. t. 307. ; I'al- 

 qvin Feuillee It., 3. p. 

 51. t. 38. ; Buddleia glo- 

 bulenx, Fr. ; Kofltr.i- 

 gende Budleje, Ge)\ 

 Engravini[S. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 174. ;"N. Du Ham., 1. 

 p. 85. ; .nndour,%s. 1305. 

 and ISOfi. 



Spec. Cliarac, Sfc. 

 Branches tetra- 

 gonal, clothed with 

 i.-)05. B. giobosa. hoary tomentuni, isnc. b. Kictos.i 



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