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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



shrub, introduced in 1815, growing to the height of 3 ft., and producing its yellow flowers in abun- 

 dance in June and Jul y. It is almost hardy, having stood in the Kew Garden, against a wall, 6 years, 

 without any protection whatever ; and in various other gardens about London, where the soil is dry, 

 as a border shrub. 



CHAP. LXXXV. 



OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER 

 SCROPHULARIA N CEjE. 



THIS order, which is nearly allied to *Sblanaceae, consists chiefly of herba- 

 ceous plants, the only hardy ligneous genus being Buddlea. 



GENUS I. 



1124 



BU'DDLEJ L. THE BUDDLEA. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia. 



identification. Lin. Gen., No. 140.; Reich., 146.; Schreb., 184.; Houst Phil. Trans, et Reliq 

 Houst., t. 3. ; Ga?rtn., t. 49. ; Jus., 118. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 292. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 596. 



Derivation. Named by Dr. Houston, in honour of Adam Buddie, a botanical amateur, who is often 

 mentioned in Ray's Synopsis, and whose dried collection of British plants is preserved in the 

 British Museum. 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx 4-cleft, equal. Corolla tubular ; limb 4-cleft, regular. 

 Stamens 4, equal, enclosed. Stigma capitate or clavate. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-valved ; valves bifid. Placenta central, at length free. Shrubs, with oppo- 

 site branches, the young shoots quadrangular. Natives of South America, 

 Asia, and Africa ; but of which only one species, a native of China, is 

 decidedly hardy in the neighbourhood of London. 



st 1. B. GLOBO X SA L. The globe-flowered Buddlea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 150. ; Hope 



in Act. Harlem., vol. 20. pt. 2. p. 417. t. 11. ; 



Curt. Bot, Mag., t. 174. ; Don's Mill, 4. p. 597. 

 Synom/mes. B6ddle globiflora N. Du Ham., 1. 



p. 85. t. 25. ; B. capitata Jacq. Col., 2. p. 332., 



Icon. Rar., t. 3U7. ; PAlquin Feuillee It., 3. p. 51. 



t. 38. ; Buddleia globuleux, Fr. ; Kopftragende 



Budleje, Ger. 

 Engravings. Act. Harlem., vol. 20. pt. 2. p. 417. 



t 11. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., L 174. j N. Du Ham., 



1. p. 85. ; Feuillee It, 3. t. 38.; and our Jigs. 



1123. and 1124. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches tetragonal, 

 clothed with hoary tomentum, as 



well as the under 



sides of the leaves. 



Leaves lanceolate, 



acuminated, cre- 



nated, petiolate. 



Heads of flowers 



globose, peduncu- 

 late. A shrub, a 



native of Chili, 

 growing to the height of 12 ft. or 

 15 ft. in the climate of London, and 

 producing its bright yellow globe- 

 like heads of flowers, which are fra- 

 grant, from May to July. It was 

 introduced in 1774, and is frequent 

 in collections. North of London, it 



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