5-lobed. Coroxta of 5 petals, spreading. Stamens 5, filaments slen- 
der, anthers two-celled. Ovary surmounted by a single style, stigma 
capitate. 
PopuLarR aND GeograpuHicaL Notice. This hardy ever-green 
shrub is one of those for which we are indebted to the zeal and intre- 
pidity of the unfortunate Douglas, who, by the number of American 
plants he introduced into Britain, has.secured for himself the grateful 
remembrance of all genuine lovers of the sciences of botany and horti- 
culture. From the apparent hardiness of this shrub, and its very free 
production of flowers about the month of May, it promises to become 
a desirable addition to this class of plants. Its height, as far as can at 
present be judged, will be from three to four feet; it is spreading and 
ornamental. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. Seeds of this species 
were forwarded by Mr. Douglas, in 1826-7, to the Horticultural Soci- 
ety of London, by which they were distributed; some having for- 
tunately fallen to the share of Messrs. Pope and Sons of the Hands- 
worth Nursery, by whom the present plant was raised: all the other 
seeds having failed. The cause of their general failure is to be found 
in the peculiarity of the seeds of this, and several other plants, re- 
quiring to be sown immediately after attaining maturity, for if kept 
any considerable time they lose their vegetating power. The long 
voyage proved destructive to the germinating property of the whole 
seeds of the collection, save that above mentioned (see Botanic Garden, 
No. 572, article Ceanothus intermedia.) The venation of the leaves is 
of that peculiar kind which is characteristic of the Rhamnacez. 
DERIVATION OF THE NaMEs. 
CEanotuvs. Keavw0og KEANOTHUs, a name given by Theophrastus to 
thorny plant, which has been transferred to this genus, no species of which 
was known t e ancients. Cocttnvs, from collis, a hill, from its inhabiting 
hilly Aistriets, 
