. XXX. PHILADELPHA‘CEE: DEUTZIA. 455 
several times that distance by its long shoots, which oy i 
sometimes grow from 6 ft. to 10 ft. ina season. Intro- S\Y 
duced in 1820. Flowers white, scentless; middle of , 
July. f 
Very hardy, uninjured by the 
winter of 1837-8, and striking 
readily from half-ripened cut- 
tings planted in sandy loam in 
shady situations and covered 
with a hand-glass. Grafted 
; standard high, it would form a 
~ $52. P. hirsitus. very ornamental object. 833. P. hirsttus. 
g J2. P. romento‘sus Wall. The woolly-leaved Philadelphus, or Mock 
Orange. 
Identification. Wall. Cat., 3658. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 807. 
Si P. nepalénsis Lodd. Cat. edit. 1836; ? P. trifldrus Royle. 
Engravings. Royle Tilust., t. 46. f. 1.5 our fig. 834. from Royle; and fig. 835. from a specimen in 
the Linnzan herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 
ovate, acuminated, denti- 
culated, tomentose be- 
neath. Racemes terminal. 
Pedicels opposite. Lobes 
of calyx ovate, acute. 
(Don’s Mill.) A rambling 
shrub. Nepal and Kamaon. 
Height 5ft. to 6ft.  In- \ 
troduced in 1822. Flow- ee. Bs domentiaiias 
ers white; July. 
334. P. tomentdsus. 
P, triflorus, Royle observes, is, probably, only P. tomentdsus in a less 
advanced state. According to Mr. Gordon, P. triflérus is very distinct from 
P. tomentoésus, and quite hardy. 
P. mezicdnus Schlecht. in Linnea 13. 418., Plant. Hart. 61., and Bot. Reg. 
Chron. 1840, No. 70., was raised from seeds in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden in 1840, and is probably hardy. 
Genus II. ‘ 
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DEU'TZIJA Thunb. Tue Deurzia. Lin. Syst. Decandria Trigynia. 
Identification. Thunb. Nov. Gen., 19.; Jap. p. 10., Juss. Gen., 431. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 808. 
@, Philadel - 5 rt 
Pp in part, Leptospérmu' art. 
Derivation. Named in honour of John Deutz, a Dutch naturalist. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tube campanulate, tomentose; limb 5—6-cleft. Petals 
5—6, oblong. Stamens 10. Filaments tricuspidate. Styles 3—4, longer 
than the corolla. Stigma simple, club-shaped. Capsule globular, truncate, 
perforated, somewhat 3-cornered, scabrous ; 3—4-valved, 3—4-celled. 
Seeds several in each cell. (Don’s Mill.) : 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; petiolate, ovate, acumi- 
nated, serrated, wrinkled, and veined; scabrous from stellate fascicles of 
down. Flowers white, in compound panicles; peduncles and pedicels 
tomentose and scabrous. — Much-branched shrubs, with the branches 
purplish and villous ; natives of Asia ; of the same culture as Philadélphus. 
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