LIV. SCROPHULARIA^CE^ : PAULo\vN7^. 



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SL5 well as the under sides of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 

 crenated, petiolate. Heads of flowers globose, pedunculate. A large, spread- 

 ing, deciduous shrub. ChiH. Height 12ft. to loft. Introduced in 1774. 

 Flowers bright yellow, in globe-like heads, fragrant ; May to July. 



Very ornamental, but, being somewhat tender, it requires, north of London, 

 4 warm sheltered situation, and a dry soil. 



Genus II. 







PAULO'WN/J Sieb. 



Lin. Syst. Didynamia* 



The Paulownia. 



Angiosp^rmia. 



Identification. Sieboldt Fl. Jap., t. 10. 



Synonymes. Bignbuw Thun. Fl. Jap. p. 252., Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 290., Pers. Syn. 

 Incairvdlea Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 836. ; Kirri, Japanese, Keempf. Amoen. p. 152. 



p. 170. ; 

 . . Too, Hak- 



too, Clihiese. 



Derivation. Named by Dr. Sieboldt in honour of Her Imperial and Royal Highness, the Hereditary 

 Princess of the Netherlands. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Corolla tubularly campanulate, 

 with a 5-cleft sub-labiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous. Stigma trun- 

 cate. Cajisule woody, 2-celled, 2-valved. Valves septicidal. Seeds nu- 

 merous, each surrounded by a wing, attached to a fixed placenta on the 

 back of the dissepunent. Albtaiien ^eshy. (Sieb.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exsti|)ulate, deciduous ; petiolate, entire. Flowers 

 purple or lilac, in terminal panicles. A deciduous tree, with the habit and 

 general appearance of Catalpa syring<E'ioX\'a. ; native of Japan. 



I 3f 1. P. imperia'lis Sieh. The imperial Paulownia. 



Identification. Sieb. Fl. Jap., t. 10. 

 . iynonymes. Bignbni'a tomentfisa Thun. Fl. Jap. p. 252., 

 j p. 170. ; Incarviliea tonientusa Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p 

 i p. 859., ; Too, Hak-too, Chinese. 



Engravings. Ktempf. Amoen., tig. in p. 860. j Fl. Jap., t. 10. ; and onr Jigs 



Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 290., Pers. Syn. 2. 

 836. ; Kirri, Japanese, Kampf. Amcen. 



1307. and 1308. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, cordate at the base, acute, undivided or 3- 

 iobed, densely clothed with soft hairs beneath. Flowers panicled ; calyx 

 covered with rusty tomentum. (^Sieb.) A magnificent deciduous tree ; Japan, 

 in the soutliern provinces, in exposed places. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft., with a 

 trunk 2 ft. to 3 ft. in diameter, in Japan. Introduced in 1840. Flowers pur- 

 plish ; April, in Japan. 



The branches are few, 

 but strong, and proceed- 

 ing from the trunk at 

 right angles. The flowers 

 are in large bunches, 

 which look, at a distance, 

 like those of the horse- 

 chestnut ; while the indi- 

 vidual flowers, in form, 

 size, and colour, resem- 

 ble those of Digitalis 

 purpurea. The tree was 

 introduced into Europe 

 in 1837, and in the Jar- 

 din des Plantes there is 

 a specimen which has 

 stood out three winters. 

 In July, 1840, it was 

 nearly 12 ft. high, and in i3o. p. imperiiiu. 



