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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



CHAP. XXVIII. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER 

 ZYGOPHYLLA'CEJE. 



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£ Melidnthus mcLjor L. {Bot. Beg., t. 45., and our fig. 153.) is a 

 well-known suffruticose green-house plant, admired for the 

 beauty of its glaucous leaves, and the sharp and remarkable notch- 

 ing of its leaflets. It has stood out in many 



situations in the neighbourhood of London, 



at the base of a wall, protected only during the 



most severe weather. It has even flowered 



in the open air in some situations. In the 



Oxford Botanic Garden, this plant has stood 



out for many years at the base of a south wall, 



and also at the base of an east wall, and has 



flowered in both situations, the last time in 



1834. In Devonshire, at Kingsbridge, in the 



garden of the Moult, it has stood out for many 



years as a bush ; and, in November, 1835, was 



between 10 ft. and 1-2 ft. high. 

 «. Zygophyllum sessilifblium L. (figured in 



Bot. Mag., t. 2184. and our fig. 1540, a native of 



the Cape of Good Hope, and Z. Morgsana L., 



also from the Cape, both green-house plants, 

 which have been upwards of a century in this eountry, and which are interesting for their peculiar 

 foliage and yellow flowers, may, with other ligneous Cape species, deserve a trial in favourable 

 situations against a conservative wall. 



CHAP. XXIX. 



OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 

 ORDER 7JUTA v CEiE. 



In this order there are two genera, i^uta and Aplophvllum, which contain 

 some undershrubs, hardy or half-hardy. They are thus contradistin- 

 guished : — 

 i?u v TA L. Calyx 4- parted. Stamens 8. Styles 4, connected. Ovary 



almost stalked. Capsule 4-lobed, 4-celled. (Don's Mil/., i. p. 775.) Leaves 



compoundly divided. 

 Aplophy'llum Andr. Juss. Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 10. Styles 5, 



connected. Capsule 5-lobed, 5-celled. (Don's Mill., i. p. 775.) Leaves 



undivided. 



Genus I. 



RXT TA L. The Rue. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 133, ; Lin. Gen., 523. \ Dec. Prod., 1. p. 709. ; Don's Mill., 1 p. 778. 

 Synunymes. Hue, I'r ; Haute, ' 





