c IIA1'. XXXIII. CELASTRA X CE.E. NEMOPA'NTHES, ETC. 503 



GENUS III. 



NEMOPA'NTHES Rafin. 



THE NEMOPANTHES. Lin. Syst. Polygamia 

 Dice v cia. 



Identification. Rafin. Journ. Phys., 1819, p.96. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 13. j 



Syiwnymc. Ilicinitles Dum. Cours., 1. voL 4. p. 27. 



Derivation. From nemos, a grove, and anthos, a flower ; it being generally found in groves. 



fli 1. N. CANADE'NSIS Dec. The Canadian Nemopanthes. 



Identification. Dec. Mm. Soc. Gen., 1. p. 44.; PL Rar. Hort. Gen., t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 

 Synonytnfs. /'lex canadensU Michx. Flor. Bar. Amer., 2. p. 299. ; N. fascicularis Rajin. ; /Mex 



dellC&tuttJter*. Fl. I'ir., p. 67. ; ? PrJnos lucidus Ait. Hort. Kew.,2. p. 478. ; Houx du Canade, Fr. 

 Knfifnt'iHffs. Dec. Mm. Soc. Gen., 1. t.3. ; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 49., as /'lex canad^nsis ; 



and OUT fig. 172. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, quite entire, or ser- 

 rated at the apex, smooth. Pedicels usually 

 solitary, 1-flowered, very long. Flowers white. 

 Berries large, beautiful crimson, very ornamental. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) This is said to be a very 

 hardy, ornamental, deciduous shrub, and to be 

 cultivated at Courset, and in the nursery of M. Gels, at Paris. We have 

 only seen a small plant of it, under the name of Prinos lucidus, in the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society, which, in 1834, was 4ft. 

 high, after having been 8 years planted. 



GENUS IV. 



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172 



173 



MAYTEXUS Feuill. THE MAYTENUS. Lin. Syst. Polygamia DiceVia. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. Amer., 7. p. 64. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 10. 



a 1. M. CHILE'NSIS Dec. The Chili Maytenus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 11. : Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1 1702. 



Synonymes. Sen&cfe Maytenus Lam. 111., No. 2712. : Celastrus Mdi/tenus VVilld. Sp., 1. p. 1127. ; ? M. 



boaria Mol. Chit., p. 152. 

 Engravings. Feuill. Obs., 3. p. 39. t. 27. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1702. ; and our fig. 173. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves lanceolate serrated. A hand- 

 some evergreen shrub, a native of Chili, at Coquimbo, 

 and introduced in 1829. In its native country, it is 

 said to form a small tree, 12ft. high; in the garden 

 of the London Horticultural Society, where it has been 

 planted against a south wall since 1830, it forms a 

 handsome, evergreen, branchy shrub, with twiggy branch- 

 lets. It has also been tried there as a standard, and 

 found to be quite hardy. The flowers are in axillary 

 clusters, with a corolla of a yellowish green colour, not 

 showy. (Bot. Reg., 1. 1702.) This desirable addition 

 to our hardy evergreen shrubs will, we trust, soon 

 come into general cultivation. It affords one of the numerous examples 

 which are continually occurring of the utility of trying house plants in 

 the open air, since in published lists it is marked as requiring a green-house. 



GENUS V. 



L. THE CASMXE. Lin. Syst. Pentaiulria Monogynia. 



., ' ; Lain " I1! " l " J10 ' ; G * rt ' FrUCt " 2 ' P ' 7C l ' i Dc ^ Trod., 2. p. 11. ; 



Derivation. The word Casslnc is of American origin, and unknown meaning. 



