CAROLINA ALLSPICE. 



CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS. 



CALYCANTHIDE^:. ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Calycanthus is derived from two Greek words, signifying calyx 

 and flower ; some persons considering the petals of the blossom as 

 mere calycine leaflets. French, calycanth, lepampadour. Italian, 

 pampadurra. 



IN its native country this shrub will grow nine or ten 

 feet high, but in England its height seldom exceeds 

 four feet. It divides near the ground into many slender 

 branches, covered with a brown aromatic bark, with t 

 leaves placed opposite at every joint. The flowers grow 

 on short footstalks at the ends of the branches; their 

 colour is a dingy purple, and their scent by no means 

 agreeable: they blow in May. 



The inhabitants of Carolina gave it the name of Caro- 

 lina Allspice, from the aromatic scent of its bark. It 

 was introduced here by Mr. Catesby, in 1726, but was 

 very scarce till the year 1757. 



There are two varieties, the long-leaved, and the 

 round-leaved. 



