CHAP. XXXIII. CELASTRA CEM. NEMOPA NTHES, ETC. 



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Genus III. 



. 478. ; Houx du Canade, Fr. 

 t. 49., as Flex canadensis ; 



NEMOPA'NTHES Rafin. The Nemopanthes. Lin. Syst. Polygamia 



Dice^cia. 



Identification. Rafin. Journ. Phys., 1819, p.96. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 17. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. j. 



Si/nonyme. Ilicioldes Bum. Cours., 1. vol. 4. p. 27. 



Derivation. From nemos, a grove, and anthos, a flower ; it being generally found m groves. 



sis 1. N. canadensis Dec. The Canadian Nemopanthes. 



Identification. Dec. Mem. Soc. Gen., 1. p. 44.; PI. Rar. Hort. Gen., t. 3. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 

 Synonymes. Tlex canadensis Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 299.; N. fasciculans liajin. ; 1 lex 



delicatulaZtor/f. Ft. Fir., p. 67. ; ? Prinos lucidus Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 Engravings. Dec. Mi5m. Soc. Gen., 1. t. 3. ; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer 



and our fig. 112. 



Spec. Char., eye. Leaves ovate, quite entire, or ser- 

 rated at the apex, smooth. Pedicels usually 

 solitary, 1-flowered, very long. Flowers white. 

 Berries large, beautiful crimson, very ornamental. 

 (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) This is said to be a very 

 hardy, ornamental, deciduous shrub, and to be 

 cultivated at Courset, and in the nursery of M. Cels, at Paris. We have 

 only seen a small plant of it, under the name of Prinos lucidus, in the 

 garden of the London Horticultural Society, which, in 1834, was 4 ft. 

 high, after having been 8 years planted. 



Genus IV. 



MA^YTENUS Feuill. The Maytenus. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Dice Via. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth. Nov. Gen. Amer., 7. p. 64. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 10. 

 & 1. M. chile'nsis Dec. The Chili Maytenus. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 11. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1702. 



Synonymes. Senacm Maijtenus Lam. 111., No. 2712. ; Celastrus Maytenus Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1127. ; ? M. 



boaria Mol. Chil., p. 152. 

 Engravings. Feuill. Obs., 3. p. 39. t. 27. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1702. ; and our^g. 173. 



Spec. Char., Syc. Leaves lanceolate serrated. A hand- 

 some evergreen shrub, a native of Chili, at Coquimbo, 

 and introduced in 1829. In its native country, it is 

 said to form a small tree, 12ft. high; in the garden 

 of the London Horticultural Society, where it has been 

 planted against a south wall since 1830, it forms a 

 handsome, evergreen, branchy shrub, with twiggy branch- 

 lets. It has also been tried there as a standard, and 

 found to be quite hardy. The flowers are in axillary 

 clusters, with a corolla of a yellowish green colour, not 

 showy. (Bot. Reg., 1. 1702.) This desirable addition 

 to our hardy evergreen shrubs will, we trust, soon 

 come into general cultivation. It affords one of the numerous examples 

 which are continually occurring of the utility of trying house plants in 

 the open air, since in published lists it is marked as requiring a green-house. 



Genus V. 



CASSPNE L. The Cassine. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 371. ; Lam. 111., t. 310. ; Ga-rt. Fruct., 2. p. 72. t. 92. ; Dec. Prod.. 2 d 11.: 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 12. 

 Derivation. The word Canute is oi" American origin, and unknown meaning. 



