LXTV. evphoubij^cEjE : i?u'xus. 



708 



oval-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, and entire. Male flowers upon verj 



short pedicels. Female flowers ?. Male flowers disposed in spikes, part 



lateral, part terminal, and having a 3-cleft, 



rather flat, calyx, and 3 stamens that have 



kidney-shajjed anthers ; bracteas 1 2-glanded 



and 1-flowered. (^JVutf.) A deciduous shrub. 



Carolina and Georgia, in shady woods. Height 



3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers 



yellowish ; June and July. 



We are not aware that this species is now in 

 jxistence, in a living state, in England. 



Genus II. 



1575. S. Hglistrina. 



^U'XUS Tourn. The Box Tree. Lin. Si/s(. Monce'cia Tetrandria. 



dentificaiwn. Tourn. Inst., t. 345. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 132. 



mnonyjnes. Buis, F?: ; Buxbaum, Buchsbaum, Ger. ; Bossolo, Ital. 



Oerivation. From puk7u>s, dense ; in reference to the hardness and closeness of the wood ; or, 



I perhaps, to the denseness of the foliage. The Greeks called the boxes made of this wood, which 



'were highly esteemed for their durability, pyxides; and hence, probably, arose the vord. pyx, 



\ which is used for the chest containing the Host in the Roman Catholic church. 



'ien. Char. Flowers unisexual, monoecious. Male. Calyx of 4 minute leaves. 

 Stamens 'i, inserted under the rudiment of a pistil. Female. Flowers singly, 

 at the tip of groups of male ones. Calyx as in the male. Styles 3. Stigmas 

 3. Fruit a regnia, leathery, beaked with the styles. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; entire, smooth, stalked. 

 Flowers axillary, aggregate, whitish. Fruit green. t^hrubs or small trees, 

 evergreen, with rigid leaves and whitish buds ; natives of Europe and 

 Asia ; of easy culture in any soil that is tolerably dry ; and propagated freely 

 by division of the plant, by cuttings, or by seeds. 



i ? * 1. i?. sempervi'rens L. The evergreen, or common. Box Tree. 



entification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1394. ; Smith Eng. Flora, 4. p. !33. ; Baxt. Brit. Flow. PI., 2. t. 142. 

 'nonymes. .Buxus Rtiii Syn. 445. ; Buis commun, Bois beni, Fr. ; Buchsbaum, Ger. ; Busso, 

 Bossolo, Ital. 

 ngravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1341. ; and our Jig. 1377. 



vec. Char., Si-c. Disk of leaf ovate, convex ; footstalk slightly downy at the 

 ledges. Anthers ovate-arrow-shaped. (Smith.) A low evergreen tree. Eu- 

 [Tope; in England, on Boxhill in Surrey, Chequers in Buckinghamshire, 

 land other places, apparently wild. Height 15 ft. to 30ft. Flowers whitish ; 

 ! April and May. Fruit greenish; ripe in August. 



irieties and Subvarieties. 



\ 2 B. 5. 1 arboresccns Mill. Diet. No. 1. Buis arborescent, Fr, ; hoch- 

 ; stiimmige Buchsbaum, Ger. Arborescent. Leaves ovate. This is 



i the most common form of the species. 



I i B. s. a. argentea Hort. Arborescent. Leaves ovate, varie- 



gated with a silvery colour. 

 i B. s. a. aiirea Hort. Arborescent. Leaves ovate, variegated 



with a golden colour. 

 1 B. s. a. margindta Hort. Arborescent. Leaf ovate, with a 

 margin of a golden colour. 

 t B. s. 2 angustifdtia Mill. Diet. No. 2. Ai-borescent. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate. 



1 B. s. a. variegata Hort. Arborescent. Leaves lanceolate, 

 variegated. 



