964. 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETfJM. 



PART III. 



M. tomatidsa Ait., 31. cam'scens Lout:, {Bot. Mag., t. 2/30. ; and our fig. 707. ;) 

 is a nati\ e of China, Cochin-China, and the Neelgherry Mountains, in the East 

 Indies, with rose-coloured flowers, which appear in June and July. It was 

 introduced in 1776, and grows to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft. This very hand- 

 some plant is not unfrequent in collections, though it has been seldom tried 

 against a wall, except in the south of England ; where, in Pontey's Nursery 

 at Plymouth, and in other places, it has been found quite hardy. In the 

 neighixuirhood of London, it might be grafted on the common myrtle; and 

 surely some interesting hybrids might tie originated between this and the 

 common species. There is a variety of M. tomentbsa in some nurseries, with 

 loaves less downy than the species, which is known as M. afffnis. 



M. tenutfblia Smith in Lin. Trans., ii: p. 380., Don's Miller, ii. p. 836., is 

 a native of New Holland, with leaves an inch long and one line broad ; and 

 with white flowers one half smaller than those of M. communis. It was in- 

 troduced in 18-4 ; but, as its fruit and seeds have not been examined by 

 botanists, it may probably belong to some other genus. Some other green- 

 house species of 3/yrtus are described in Don's Miller, and particularly M. 

 nummularia, a creeping species from the Straits of Magellan, and M. wyrsi- 

 noides from the colder parts of Peru j but both of which will probably prove 

 half-hardy, and neither of which have yet been introduced. 



Sect. IV. Cham,elaucie\e. Stamens free, or somewhat polya- 

 delphous. Fruit d?y, with 1 cell. Ovules erect. 



Chamcelaucium cilia turn Desf. Mem. Mus., v. p. 40. t. 3. f. B., is a 

 native of New Holland, at King George's Sound, a very singular shrub, 

 with opposite, crowded, linear, triquetrous leaves, and axillary white 

 flowers on short pedicels. The flower is girded by two concave bracteas 

 before evolution, each terminating in a dorsal mucro, which afterwards 

 separates transversely. This very singular shrub is not yet introduced. 



Ca/i/lhru glubra R. Br. (Bot. Cub., t. 581. ; andour^.7()S.) is a shrub, 

 a native of New Holland,. with small cylindrical leaves, and pale-reddish 

 flowers, which are produced from April to June. It was introduced in 

 1818, and grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. / 



C ericoides Cunningh., Don's Mill., ii. p.|812., is a handsome heath-like \ 

 shrub, a native of New Holland, in pine ridges at Bathurst, where it 

 grows to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. It was introduced In 1824, and „ 

 there are plants of it in the Kew Garden. { 



Darwima. fascicularis Rurige in Lin. Trans., xi. p. 299, t. 22., is a de- 

 cumbent shrub, a native of New Holland, with red flowers. Introduced j 

 in 1820, but not very common in collections. 



CHAP. L. 



709 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER PAS- 

 SI FLORA V CEjE. 



The common passion flower (Passiflora cscrulea) is so hardy in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, as to flower freely against a wall, in most years, without 

 any protection whatever during winter. In very dry sheltered situations, it 

 will even endure the open air as a trailing hush ; but as, in this state, it is liable 

 to be killed by winters of unusual severity, unless protected, we have decided 

 on treating the genus as only half-hardy. It is propagated by cuttings or 

 layers, and grows freely in common garden soil. 



Passiflora cccrulca L. {Bot. Mag., t. 28. ; and our 

 fig. 709.) is a well-known climbing green-house plant, 

 which will also grow and flower freely on garden walls, 

 and on the sides of houses with a southern exposure. 

 It is a native of Brazil and Peru, and has been in cul- 

 tivation since 1099. The prevailing colour of the 

 flower is blue; and that of the fruit, which is egg- 

 shaped, and about the size of a Mogul plum, is yellow. 

 In fine Summers, the fruit ripens in the open air, in the 

 neighbourhood of London, both against a wall, and 

 n the plant is treated as a bush, and allowed to trail 

 along the surface of the ground. It ripened fruit in 

 the last state, in the (ioldvvorth Nursery, in 1835. 



