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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1313. r. jl'^us castus. 



Africa, and Egypt. Height 3 ft. to G ft. Introd. 1570. 

 Flowers white, bluish white, or reddish white ; Sept. 

 Vaiiety. 



m V. A. 2 latifolia Mill. (N. Du Ham., vi. p. 1 16.) 

 has the leaflets broader and shorter than 

 those of the species. The spikes of flowers 

 are shorter, and th-e flowers are always blue. 

 South of France and Italy. 



Its flowers have an agreeable odour ; but the leaves 

 have an unpleasant smell, although aromatic. No 

 seeds are produced in England. The plant grows 

 freely in any soil that is tolerably dry ; and it is 

 readily propagated by cuttings, put in in autumn, and 

 protected with a hand-glass. In the Paris nurseries it 

 is frequently raised from seeds received from Italy, 

 and both in France and England the plant sometimes 

 produces suckers. 



The cvX-leaved Chaste Tree 



a^ 2. V. (^.) iNCi'sA Lam. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 612. ; Willd. Sp., 3. p. 392. : N Du Ham., 



6. p. 116. 

 Synonijmo. V. Kegnndo Bot. Mag. t. 364. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 364. ; and our fig. 1314. 



Spec. Char., Src. Leaves digitate, composed of five leaflets, 

 subpinnatifid. (Lam.) A deciduous shrub. China. 

 Height 4 ft. to .5 ft. Introduced in 1758. Flowers 

 bluish, purplish, or whitish ; July to September. 



This supposed species, though not common in British 

 gardens, is quite hardy in the Jardin des Plantes, where it 

 grows with great vigour, and flowers profusely. Distin- 

 guished at a glance from the preceding and following 

 .species, by its long linear fine deep green leaflets. 



sk 3. V. arbo'rea Rox. The arboreous Chaste Tree. 



Identification. Rox. Flor. Ind., vol. 3. 



p. 73. ; Royle Illust, vol. 1. p. 292. 

 Engravings. Ourfig. 131.5. from a living 



specimen in the Jardin des Plantes. 



Sper. Char., SfC/ Leaves digitate; leaflets ovate, I 

 acuminate, dentate. A large shrub ; in its native ^ 

 country a small tree. India. Height 30 ft. ; in j 

 the Paris Garden 5 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers! 

 purplish ; July and August. ! 



Readily known from the preceding sorts by its} 

 much broader leaves, shorter, and of a paler green.' 

 According to Royle, this species in the Himalayas) 

 yields a hard and durable timber, much used and' 

 esteemed. The plant, in the Paris Garden, grows 

 with great vigour, and is quite hardy, but does 

 not flower freely. 



Subdivision II. MONOCHLAMY'DEiE. 



Perianth simple. 



Order LVII. CHENOPODIA^CEiE. 



Ord. Char. Perianth deeply divided, and persistent ; sestivation imbricate; 

 Stamens equal in number to the divisions of the perianth, or opposite then 





