CHAP. LXXV. 



oleaVejE. CHIONA'NTHUS. 



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* 6. P. latifo'lia L. The broad-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 10. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. ; Lodd. Cat., 



ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. P. latifblia /3 serrata Poll. Fl. Ver., 1. p. 7. ; P. latifolia 



j3 Ten. Fl. Neap., 3. p. 6.; P. spinbsa Ten. Syll., p. 9. No. 2.; P. 



latifolia /3 spinbsa Seg. Ver., 2. p. 273. 

 Engravings. Smith Fl. Gra?c, t. 2.; and our^. 1028. 



Sj)ec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, rounded at the base, 

 serrated, veiny. Young leaves sub-cordate at the 

 base. {Don's Mill,, iv. p. 46.) A tree, 23 ft. to 

 30 ft. high, a native of the south of Europe. It 

 was introduced in 1597, and flowers in May and 

 June. This forms a very handsome, large, ever- 

 green bush ; and, with a little management in the 

 way of training, it might be moulded into a very 

 handsome small tree, which, from its fixed rigid 

 shape and limited dimensions, would have a sort 

 of architectural character, well adapted for being 

 placed near the house, on the lawn of a suburban 

 garden. The largest plant that we know of, in the 

 neighbourhood of London, stands in the garden of 

 Earl's Court House, and was, in 1836, upwards of 

 18 ft. high, with a head nearly as much in diameter. 



* 7. P. (l.) l^vis Alt. The smooth Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. P. latifolia var. a. Willd. Sp., 1. p. 43. ; P. latifblia Mill. Diet., No. 1. 

 Engravings. Lob. Icon., 132. f. 2. ; Du Ham. Arb., t. 125. 



Spec. Char., Sj-c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, almost entire, veiny, bluntish ; an inch 

 or more in length, a little narrowed at the base, blunt, and with a small 

 mucro at the point. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 46.) A shrub, from 10 ft. to 

 20 ft. high ; a native of the south of Europe and north of Africa. Intro- 

 duced in 1597, and flowering in May and June. 



* 8. P. (l.) obli v qua Ait. The oblique-leaved Phillyrea. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. 



Syncmymes. P. latifolia y Willd. Sp., 1. p. 43. ; P. foliacea Link Jahrb., 1. p. 54. ; Phillyrea ii. Clus. 



Hist., p. 52. 

 Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, serrated, acute at both ends, veiny, bent obliquely. Leaves 



like those of Myrica. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 46.) A shrub, from 10 ft. to 12ft. high, a native of the 



south of Europe. Introduced in 1579, and flowering in May and June. 



« 9. P. (l.) si»ino v sa Mill. The spiny, or Holly-leaved, Phillyrea. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., No. 3. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 46. 



Synonymes. P. Hicifblia Willd. Enum., 1. p. 13., iLodd. Cat., ed. 1836. ; P. latifblia /3 spinbsa Willd. 



Sp., 1. p. 43. ; P. latifolia longifolia Link Jahrb., 1. p. 54. ; Phillyrea i. Clus. Hist., p. 51. 

 Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 310. f. 4. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, acute, sharply 

 and cuspidately serrated, glabrous, flat, veiny. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 46.) A 

 shrub, from 10 ft. to 20 ft. high ; a native of the south of Europe. It was 

 introduced in 1597, and flowers in May and June. 



Genus III. 



CHIONA'NTHUS L. The Snow-Flower, or Fringe Tree. Lin. Syst. 

 Diandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 21. ; Juss. Gen., 105. ; Gasrtn. Fruct., 1. t. 39.; Lam. III., t. 9. f. 2. : 



Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 308. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 50. 

 Synonymes. Chionanthe, Fr. ; Schneeblume, Ger. 

 Derivation. From chion, snow, and anthos, a flower j in reference to the snow-white flowers of the 



species. 



Gen. Char., fyc. Calyx small, 4-parted, or 4-toothed. Corolla with a short 



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