164 THE SHRUBS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



but a single locality of it, which is in Hickory Nut 

 Gap ; though it is doubtless to be found along other 

 streams in the upper part of the State. It is 6 to 10 

 feet high, the. leaves about 2 inches long, pointed, 

 with few distant teeth, rather soft and hairy, and 

 tasting somewhat like Cucumbers. The flowers are 

 an inch or more broad. 



>^ 2. Rough Syringa. (P. hirsutus, Nutt.) — Every 

 way smaller than No. 1, the leaves quite rough on 

 the upper side and whitish-downy beneath. This 

 grows on the French Broad River, a few miles below 

 Asheville. 



1. Mock Orange. (Styrax grandifolia, Ait.) — A 

 very beautiful shrub, 3 to 12 feet high, with rather 

 large leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, and of a grayish 

 aspect from the presence of a whitish down on their 

 underside. The flowers are from 15 to 20 on loose 

 nodding racemes, white, very fragrant, in size and 

 form very similar to those of the Orange. It grows 

 on light rich soils in the Lower and Middle Districts, 

 as far west as Lincoln. This is well worthy of a 

 place in shrubberies, but has received but little 

 attention. 



< 2. (S. Americana, Lam.) — Distinguished from No. 

 1 by its smooth, green leaves, 1 or 2 inches long, and 

 smaller flowers, only 3 or 4 on a raceme. It is 4 to 

 8 feet high, not inelegant, but of inferior beauty to 

 the other, and grows on the borders of swamps in 

 the Lower Distiict. 

 r 1. Bush Honeysuckle. (Diervilla trifida. 



