LIV. SCROPHULARIA CEH: PAULO‘WNIA. 671 
ss well as the under sides of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 
crenated, petiolate. Heads of flowers globose, pedunculate. A large, spread- 
ing, deciduous shrub, Chili. Height 12 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1774. 
Flowers bright yellow, in globe-like heads, fragrant ; May to July. 
Very ornamental, but, being somewhat tender, it requires, north of London, 
4 warm sheltered situation, and a dry soil. 
Genus II. 
a 
PAULO'WNIA Sieb. Tue Pavutownia. Lin. Syst, Didyndmia 
Angiospérmia. 
Tdentification. Sieboldt Fl. Jap., t. 10. 
Synonymes. Bigndnia Thun. Fl, Jap. p. 252., Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 290., Pers. Syn. 2. p. 170.5 
jnearyélica: Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 836.; Kirri, Japanese, Kempf. Amen. p. 152.; Too, Hak- 
Derivation. Named by Dr. Sieboldt in honour of Her Imperial and Royal Highness, the Hereditary 
Princess of the Netherlands. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Corolla tubularly campanulate, 
with a 5-cleft sub-labiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous. Stigma trun- 
cate. Capsule woody, 2-celled, 2-valved. Valves septicidal. Seeds nu- 
merous, each surrounded by a wing, attached to a fixed placenta on the 
back of the dissepiment. Albumen fleshy. (Sied.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; petiolate, entire. Flowers 
purple or lilac, in terminal panicles.— A deciduous tree, with the habit and 
general appearance of Catdlpa syringefolia; native of Japan. 
*% 1. P. mpsria‘tis Sieb. The imperial Paulownia. 
Identification. Sieb. Fl. Jap., t. 10. 
3ynonymes. Bigndnia tomentosa Thun. Fi. Jap. p. 252., Willd. Sp. Pi. 3. p. 290., Pers. Syn. 2. 
p- 170.; Incarvillea tomentisa Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 836.; Kirri, Japanese, Kempf. Ameen. 
p. 859.,; Too, Hak-too, Chinese. 
Engruvings. Kempf. Amen., fig. in p, 860.; Fl. Jap., t. 10.; and our figs. 1307. and 1308. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, cordate at the base, acute, undivided or 3- 
lobed, densely clothed with soft hairs beneath. Flowers panicled ; calyx 
covered with rusty tomentum. (Sieb.) A magnificent deciduous tree ; Japan, 
in the southern provinces, in exposed places. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft., with a 
trunk 2 ft. to 3ft. in diameter, in Japan. Introduced in 1840. Flowers pur- 
plish ; April, in Japan. 
&, The branches are few, 
VES but strong, and proceed- 
ing from the trunk at 
right angles. The flowers 
are in large bunches, 
which look, at a distance, 
like those of the horse- 
chestnut ; while the indi- 
vidual flowers, in form, |) 
size, and colour, resem- | 
ble those of Digitalis 
purpurea. The tree was 
introduced into Europe @ 
in 1837, and in the Jar- 
din des Plantes there is 
a specimen which has 
stood out three winters. 
In July, 1840, it was I. 
nearly 12 ft. high, and in 1508. P. imperidlis. 
