CHAP. XLIII. 



CALYCANTHA X CE;E. CHIMONA'NTHUS. 



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rather moist, and in a shady situation. It flowers freely from May to August 

 but seldom produces fruit in England. The varieties differ very slightly from each 

 other. The largest plants of this species in the neighbourhood of London are at 

 Purser's Cross, and at Syon, where there are bushes from 6ft. to 8 ft. high. 



* H. C. (F.) GLAU'CUS Willd. The glaucous-farm/ Calycanthus, or fertile- 



flowered American Allspice. 



Identification. Willd. Enura., 559. ; Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer, p. 357. ; 



Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2. 

 Synonynies. C. fertilia Walt. Car., 151. ; Lindl. Sot. Reg., t. 404., 



Guimp Abb. Holz., t. 5. ; Don's Mill., ii. p. (x} 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 404. : Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 5. ; and our 



fig..m. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches spreading. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous beneath, pubescent. 

 Flowers less odorous than those of C. fl6ridus. 

 {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 2.) A native of Carolina, on 

 mountains. This species, or, as we believe, variety, 

 which was introduced at the same time as C. flori- 

 dus, closely resembles it in general appearance ; and 

 requires the same soil and culture. According to il 660 



Pursh, the flowers are of a lurid purple, like those of C. floridus ; but their 

 scent is not so agreeable, and is more faint. Whether there is much differ- 

 ence between this sort and C. f. 5 glaucus we have not had an opportunity 

 of ascertaining; the plant in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum not having 

 flowered. We have therefore retained the description of this kind as a 

 species, in deference to Pursh, De Candolle, and G. Don, though we 

 strongly suspect that they are identical. 

 Variety. 



at C.g. 2 oblongifolius Nutt. Gen. Amer., i. p. 312., Dec. Prod., iii. p. 2. ; C. 

 oblongifolius Hort. Brit. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, elongated. A 

 native of North Carolina, on mountains. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 2.) 



3. C. L^VIGA^TUS Willd. 



The glabrous-leaved Calycanthus, or American 

 Allspice. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 559.; Willd. Hort. Berol. , t. 80. ; Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 

 Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 312. ; Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 6. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2. ; Don's Mill., 5 



Synonymes.Z C. fSrax Michx, Fl. Bor. Arner., 1. p. 305. ; C. penn- 

 sylv&nicus Lodd. Cat. 



Engravings. Willd. Hort. Berol, t. 80. ; Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 

 6.; Bot. Reg., t. 481.; and our Jig. 661. 



Spec. C/iar., S/-c. Branches strictly upright. Leaves 

 oblong or ovate, and gradually acuminated, slightly 

 wrinkled; the upper surface rough to the touch, 

 the under one glabrous and green. {Dec. Prod., 

 iii. p. 2.) A native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, 

 and Carolina, on mountains; introduced into 

 Britain in 1806, and resembling the two pre- 

 ceding sorts in appearance and culture, but with 

 the leaves more pointed. Very probably the 

 C. f. 4 ferox of the preceding page. 



GENUS II. 



). 358. . 

 p. 652' 



CHIMONA'NTHUS Lindl. THE CHIMONANTHUS, or WINTER FLOWER. 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 404. and 451. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 652. 



9tt*0*ymf*. Meritta Nees Act. Soc. Nat. Bonn., 11. p. 107. ; Calyci'mthi sp. Linn. 



Derivation, tromcheimun, winter, and anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the season of its flowering. 



Description, %c. A deciduous shrub, a native of Japan ; remarkable for the 

 fragrance of its flowers, which are produced from December till March, even 



