XXX. PHILADELPHA CEE: PHILADE’LPHUS. 461 
almost from the base, not exceeding the stamens 
in height. (Dec. Prod.) A dense fastigiate bush. 
Native country uncertain; according to some, the 
South of Europe, but not common there. Height 
ld ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers white, 
sweet-scented; May and June. Fruit brown; 
ripe in September. Decaying leaves yellowish 
green. 
Varieties. This species varies in having its leaves 
sometimes perfectly glabrous beneath, and some- 
times slightly pubescent along the nerves; and, be- Bods, ePceovarisias. 
sides, as follows : — 
& P. c. 1 vulgaris Schkuhr Handb. t. 121., Lam. Ill. t. 420., Dec. Prod. 
iii, p. 205. — A shrub of about the height of aman. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, large, and rather distant. 
= P.e.2 nanus Mill. Dict. 2—A ‘shrub, 2 ft. high; its branches and 
leaves crowded, and its flower-bearing branches incurved. It very 
seldom flowers. 
 P. c. 3 fldre pléno Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf plant, like the above, but with 
double flowers. 
& P.c. 4 variegatus Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with white or 
yellow, and is one of the few varieties of deciduous shrubs which 
preserve, through the summer, a tolerably healthy appearance with 
their variegation. 
The shoots are clothed with a white bark, and interiorly they have a very 
large pith. The leaves are rough, and of a deep green above, though they are 
pale beneath. The flowers come out from the sides and ends of the branches, 
in loose bunches, before any of the other species of the genus. The flowers 
smell like those of the orange, and the leaves taste like the fruit of the cucum- 
ber. It will grow in almost any situation, whether open or shady ; and it is 
easily propagated by division of the root, and by suckers, layers, or cuttings. 
& 2. P.(c.) inopo'Rus L. The scentless-flowered Philadelpbus, or Mock Orange. 
ddentiieation: Lin. Sp.,671.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 329.; Dec. Prod., 3. Az 
p- 3 
Synonymes. Syringa inoddra Mench; P. \4xus in various English 
gardens ; Silindia senz’ odore, Itai. 
eer Catesb. Car., 2 t. 84.; Bot. Mag., t. 1478.; and our 
Spec. Char. §c. Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, per- 
fectly entire, 3-nerved, usually feather-nerved. 
Flowers singly, or in threes. Style, at the very 
tip, divided into 4 oblong stigmas. (Dec. Prod.) A 
large rambling shrub. Apparently of garden 
origin, or possibly from North America. Height 
5 ft. to 10ft. Cultivated in 1738. Flowers large, 
white, scentless; June and July. Fruit brown ; ripe 
in September. 
: Not altogether so hardy as P. coro- nna maces 
narius; though it appears to be only a variety of that species. 
« 3. P. (c.) Zey’nerr Schrad. Zeyher’s Philadelphus, or 
Mock Orange. 
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. 807. 
Bhgravi s. Schrad. Diss. Philad. ic.; and our jig.824. from the Museum 
of the Jardin des Plantes. 
Spec Char., &c. Not so tall as P. c. vulgaris, Leaves ovate, 
acuminate, serrately denticulate, rounded at the hase, 3- 
sl. P.(c.) Zeyher. nerved, hairy upon the veins beneath. Inflorescence some- 
