494° ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
fine, large, nearly white corymbs of flowers, which are sterile, and appear 
from June till they are destroyed by frost. Culture as in the other species ; 
but it is essential that the situation be sheltered, and the soil kept some- 
what moist, otherwise the leaves are not perfectly developed, and the branches 
are apt to be broken off by high winds. 
B. Species Natives of Asia. 
xu 5. H. werzroma’/tia D. Don. The diverse-haired-leaved Hydrangea. 
Identification. D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., 
p. 211.3; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 238. 
Engraving. Our jig. 903. from a specimen in 
the Linnzan herbarium.. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves oval, acu- 
minated, sharply serrated, to- 
mentose beneath, 5in. long, and 
nearly 3in. broad, Corymbs su- 
pra-decompound, diffuse, pilose. 
Sepals of sterile flowers roundish 
oval, quite entire. Flowers white. 
(Dons Mill) A shrub. Ne- 
pal, at Gossainthan. Height 4 ft. 
to 6ft. Introduced in 1821. 
Flowers white ; ? July, August. 
A very vigorous-growing plant 
in its native country, and probably 
as hardy in British gardens as some i 
of the North American species. ‘0g, He heteramnalta. 
x 6. H.axri’ssima Wall. The tallest Hydrangea. 
Ideal fearon: Wal. Tent. Fl. Nep., 2. t. 50. ; Don’s Mill. 
Beprarten: Walkloe, f ia-aud our fig. 904. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 
serrated, smoothish. Corymbs flattish. Ste- 
rile flowers few, on pilose peduncles; alabas- 
tra, or fertile flowers, conical. (Don’s Mill.) 
A rambling shrub, which, according to Dr. 
Royle, climbs lofty trees. Nepal, on moun- 
tains. Height ?. Introduced in 1839. Flow- 
ers white; ? July, August. 
Other Species of Hydréngea.—H. Horténsia 
Sieb., H. horténsis Smith, a well-known. orna- 
ment of gardens, is suffrutescent and hardy in 
the S, of England. Even in the climate of Lon- 
don it lives in sheltered situations in the open 504 
garden, because, though frequently killed to the 
ground, it always springs up again, and even flowers. — H. vestita Wall., a 
native of Nepal, is probably as hardy as H. altissima, and would be a most 
desirable introduction. 
» H. altfssima. 
Orpen XXXV. UMBELLA’CES. 
OD. Car. Calyx entire or toothed. Petals 5, entire, emarginate, or 2- 
lobed, each usually drawn out into a replicated vr involuted point. 
Stamens 5. Ovarium 2-celled. Styles 2. Fruit of 2 separating pericarps, 
adhering by their faces to the carpophore. Fruit ribbed or winged, Peri- 
