THE SAXIFRACIA FAMlLV. 225 



ROUGH SYRINGA. flOCK ORANGE. {Plate LX VII.) 

 PhihxdclpJius Jiirsittus. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Siixi/rage. Crcain-iohitc. I'la^rant. Alaluiiiia to North Curolina. May. 



FUnvers : large; one to three growing on short lateral branches. Calyx : top- 

 shaped ; persistent with four sharply-pointed, pubescent lobes. Corolla : witli four 

 rounded petals. FilamLiits : linear. Leaves: simple; opposite; with siiort 

 pubescent petioles; ovate to lanceohite, pointed at the apex and pointed or 

 rounded at the base ; sh;irp]y serrate; dark green and hairy above ; pale below and 

 covered with rather stiff white hairs. A shrub with grey or reddish bark. 



Beautiful indeed are the creamy white blossoms of this shrub which re- 

 semble SO much those of the orange tree and have a fragrance equally 

 sweet. The people know it well for it is common, and that their senses are 

 not dulled to its loveliness is proved by the numbers seen planted about their 

 cabins. Seldom two plants more dissimilar in general appearance could be 

 chosen from the same order than this one and the little saxifrage Michauxii 

 with which we began our acquaintance with the family. They are, how- 

 ever, first cousins at least, showing in their innermost parts the same blood. 



P. graiidiflbrtis, large-flowered syringa, unfolds large, rounded petals and 

 makes an unusually fine showing as it occurs in low country from Florida 

 to Virginia. One to three of the blossoms grow from the axils, or ends of 

 the branches and their rare charm is only lessened by their lack of fra- 

 grance. 



THE GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. 



Grossiilaridccce. 



Including a solitary genus of spreading shrubs luith simple^ alternate, 

 petioled leaves 7vhich are mostly lobed ; and bearing flowers with bracted 

 pedicels growing in axillary race?nes or being subsolitary. 



DROOPING GOOSEBERRY. (Plate IX F/ 1 1) 



Rlbes citr7'atuiii. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Gooseberry. White. Faintly fragrant. Georgia. -'/''«', May. 



Flmuers : small, growing on bracted, twisted pedicels from the sides of the 

 branches. Calyx : adnate to the ovary, with five white, spreading lobes. Corolla : 

 included in the' calyx, the five petals, small, scale-like. Stamens : five ; e.\sertcd ; 



