LI. ASCLEPIADACEZ: PERI/PLOCA 659 
deciduous, twining, glabrous ; natives of the South of Europe; and propa- 
gated by cuttings of the root or shoots, or by layers. 
21. P.era‘ca L. The Greek Periploca. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 309. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 163. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Syn xy P. ita Moench, Schmidt Baum. 1. t.46.; Silk Tree; Apocino serpeggiante, 
tal. 
Engravings. Fi. Grac., t.249.; Bot Reg., t. 803. ; and our figs. 1281. and 1282. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves varying from ovate to lanceolate, 3 in. to 4 in. long. 
Corymbs on long peduncles. Flowers hairy inside. Branches brown. 
Segments of corolla linear, rounded at the 
apex, greenish outside and brownish inside, 
and clothed with copious short hairs. (Don’s 
Mil.) A deciduous twining shrub. South of 
France, Bithynia ; found also about Bursa, and 
on Mount Athos. Stems 20 ft. to 30 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1597. Flowers 
rich velvety brown ; July 
and August. 
The remarkable colour 
and rich velvety appearance 
of the flowers, the elegant & 
form of the leaves, and the 
facility with which the plant 
can be made to cover an 
1981. P. gre'ca. extensive space, render it 1282. P. greetca. 
useful for arbours, &c.; but 
the odour of the flowers is considered unwholesome, and even dangerous to 
those who are long exposed to it. 
% 2. P. ancustiro‘iia Labill. The narrow-leaved Periploca. 
Identification. Labill. Pl. Syr., dec. 2. p. 13. t. 7.; Don’s Mill. 4. p. 163. 
Synonymes. P. rigida Viv.; P. laevigata Vahl. 
Engravings, Labill. Pl. Syr., dec. 2. p. 13. t. 17. ; and our fig. 1283. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves veinless, nar- 
row-lanceolate, glabrous, persis- 
tent. Cymes trichotomous. Flow- 
ers purplish inside, pale yellow 
beneath and round the mouth, 
with a white spot in the middle. 
Leaves lin. long. (Dons Mill.) 
A twining shrub. Tunis, on Mount 
Schibel Jsekel ; and of the Island 
of Lampedosa, at the sea side, 
near Laodicea. Stem 20 ft. to 
30 ft. Introduced in 1800, and 
quite as hardy as P. gre‘ca. 
1285. P. angustifolia. 
Puysia’ntuus dlbens Mart.,(Bot. Reg., t.1759.; and our 
Jig. 1285.), a ligneous climber from Buenos Ayres, has stood 
out against a wall in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and 
in some of the London nurseries, 
during the winter of 1838-1839. It 
is a plant df very interesting and 
uncommon aspect, and not only ey 
flowers freely, but produces its ovate 4 ff‘ \® 
peinted fruit ( fig. 1284.), which, be- H 
ing in clusters and large, has a very wh! 
singular appearance. Introd. 1830. Aaa5, Paine: 
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