XXVII. CALYCANTHA'CEE: CALYCA/NTHUS. 453 
Synonymes. Calycinthi sp. Lin., Lam., Willd. ; Biittnér‘a Du Ham. Arb., 1. P. 114., not of Lin.; 
Beurréria Ehret Pict. t.13.; Bastéréa Adans. Fam. 2. p. 294.; Pompadotira Buchoz; Caly- 
canthe, Fr. ; Gewiirzstrauch (spice shrub), Kelch Blume, Ger. ; Calicanto, Ital. 
Derivation. From kalux, a calyx, and anthos, a flower; the calyx is coloured, and resembles a 
corolla. The name allspice was given to it by the inhabitants of Carolina, from the strong aro- 
matic smell of the bark. 
Gen. Char, Lobes of calyx disposed in many series, imbricate, lanceolate, 
all somewhat coriaceous and coloured. Stamens unequal, deciduous, 
12 outer ones fertile. Achenia numerous. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; entire, coriaceous. 
Flowers axillary, rising after the leaves, of a lurid purple colour, and 
sweet-scented, as well as the bark and leaves. 
Deciduous shrubs, natives of North America ; propagated, in England, by 
layers. DeCandolle states that the removal of the terminal leaf bud of a 
shoot causes the production of two new flower buds ; and that by this practice 
a succession of flowers, during the whole summer, may be obtained when 
desirable. (Dec. Prod.) 
@ 1. C. FLo’Ripus L. The flowery Calycanthus, or Carolina Alispice. 
Adentifleation. Lin. Sp., 718.; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p.312.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2.; Don’s Mill., 2- 
o) 
Spsonnies: C. stérilis Walt. Car. 151.3; sweet-scented Shrub, %m Carolina; common American 
Allspice ; Calycanthe de la Caroline, Fr. ; Carolinische Kelch Blume, Ger. ; Pompadur, Ital. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 503.; Du Ham. Arb., 1. t. 45.; Lam. Ill., t. 445.'f.1.; Guimp. Abb. 
olz., t.4.; our fig. 810. ; and fig. 811. showing the fruit. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Wood 
of the trunk, and es- 
pecially of the root, ~>\ 
intensely = camphor- “~“#” 
scented, Branches 
spreading ; branchlets 
tomentose. Leaves 
oval, tomentose be- 
neath. Flowers mostly 
abortive. Fruit top- 
shaped. (Dec. Prod.) 
A dense _ orbiculate 
bush. Carolina,on the 4 
q shaded banks of rivu- 812. C. flondus. 
SLD ha Tenants Aguas lets. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. 
Introduced in 1726. Flowers dusky, purple, scented ; May to August. 
Fruit brown, rarely seen in England. General aspect of the foliage, in 
summer, dark brownish green. Decaying leaves bright yellow. Naked 
young wood dark brown. 
Varieties. DeCandolle gives two forms of this species : — 
% C. f. 1 obléngus, leaves oblong a Hort, Kew., ed. 2.,3. p. 282.); and 
% C. f. 2 ovatus, leaves roundishly ovate (Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 3. 
. 282.). 
The nee varieties are in Loddiges’s Catalogue for 1836; and plants 
of most of them are in their arboretum, and in that of the Horticultural 
Society : — 
% C. f. 3 asplenifolius has cut leaves. 
C. f. 4 ferax has fertile flowers. 
© 5 glatcus has leaves somewhat glaucous. 
° 6 imodorus has flowers nearly scentless. 
Sf. 7 longifolius has elongated leaves. 
2 C. f. 8 variegdtus has variegated leaves. 
RAN 
Sk 
The flowers grow singly on short peduncles at the extremity of the 
branches ; they have two series of narrow thick sepals, which spread open, 
and turn inward at the top, like those of the anemone or clematis. It thrives 
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