STUDIES IN PHILADELPHIA 



Philadelphus inodorus strigosus n. var. 



A shrub i-2 m tall with branching stems clothed with brown, 

 exfoliating bark : leaves ovate or oval, 2~4 cm long exclusive of the 

 short petioles, 8 mm -2 cm wide, or on vigorous shoots larger, even- 

 tually glabrate or with short, appressed hairs on the upper sur- 

 face, thickly and permanently covered beneath by appressed, 

 rather stiff pubescence, prominently 3-nerved, the borders entire 

 or with minute distant teeth ; they are acute at the apex, rounded 

 or slightly narrowed at the base, firm in texture, deep green above, 

 pale green on the lower surface, falling in autumn before or soon 

 after the first frost : flowers solitary or in twos and threes : 

 pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals acute, frequently coated 

 on the exterior surface with pale hairs : stigmas free : capsules 

 9-i2 mm long, 6-9 mm wide, long persistent. 



Philadelphus inodorus strigosus differs from P. inodorus L. 185 by the 

 thick covering of appressed, rather stiff hairs on the lower surface of the leaves 

 and frequently on the exterior of the sepals. The specimens upon which the 

 description is based were collected in central South Carolina, in Lexington and 

 Richland counties. I designate as type a specimen of A. C. Hexamer and 

 F. W. Maier, ex herb. George Thurber, now preserved in the Gray Herbarium 

 of Harvard University. 



Philadelphus gloriosus n. sp. 



A deciduous shrub 2-3™ tall with branching stems, the bark 

 of the previous season's growth dark brown, exfoliating: leaves 

 ovate or elliptic, the blades 4-io cm long, i-5-5 cm broad, acute at 

 the apex, either rounded or narrowed at the base, the margins 

 remotely dentate ; they are prominently 3-nerved, or occasionally 

 5-nerved, at maturity glabrate or with short appressed hairs, 

 thin in texture, bright green above, pale beneath, changing in 

 autumn to tones of yellow and brown : petioles 3-6 mm long : 

 flowers mostly 3-5, 3~4 cm broad, opening about the first of May: 

 pedicels and hypanthium glabrous : sepals acute : stigmas free : 



1 8 5 Sp. PI. 470, 1753. 

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