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DEUTZIA GRACILIS. 
DEUTZIA GKACILIS. 
Nat. Order.— Philauelimiace.e. 
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Generic Character. — Deutzia, Thunberg. — Cuhjr with a 
bell-shaped tube, adherent to the ovary ; limb inferior, five- 
toothed. Corolla of five petals inserted beneath a fleshy epigy- 
nous disk, alternately with the teeth of the calyx, obovate-ob- 
long, induplicately valvate in aestivation. Stamens ten, inserted 
with the petals, the alternate ones opposite to the petals, shorter; 
filaments compressed flat, subulate or shortly three-lobed, the 
middle lobe bearing the anther ; anthers introrse, two-ceiled, 
sub-globosely didymous, bursting longitudinally. Ooary infe- 
rior, three- or four-celled ; ovules numerous, on fleshy placentas 
projecting from the central angles of the cells, imbricated in 
many rows, ascending ; styles three or four, threadlike, erect, 
at length elongated ; stigmas decurrently club-shaped, fleshy. 
Capsule leathery, the calyx forming a husk, the epigynous disk 
forming an umbilicus ; three- or four-celled, splitting into 
three or four cocci, the cocci cohering at the base and apex ; 
placentas at length hollow, parting into two longitudinally. 
Heeds numerous, ascending, imbricated in many rows, oblong, 
compressed; the testa membranous, reticulatcly veined, the 
base loosely tubular around the hilum, split irregularly, the 
summit produced into a short wing. Embryo orthotropous in 
the axis of horny albumen, sub-cylindricaUy club-shaped ; coty- 
ledons very short, obtuse; radicle near the hilum, inferior. — 
Low shrubs, natives of Upper India and Japan; scabrous with 
stellate hairs ; branches lax, frequently pendulous ; leaves op- 
posite, without spots, shortly stalked, simple, crcnate, or ser- 
rate, stipules absent ; flowers in tlryrses, showy. — [Endlieher 
Gen. Plant., 6107.) 
Dectzia gracilis, Zuccarhu. — Slender Deutzia. — Leaves 
acuminated from a wedge-shaped lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 
base, sharply serrate, stalked, with very minute stellate hairs 
scattered over both faces ; flowers arranged in simple racemes ; 
lobes of the calyx [acute or] acuminate; filaments tlirce- 
toothed, anthers glabrous. 
Syn. — D. gracilis, Zuccarini in Sieb. Ft. Jap. Planchon va 
Flore des Sevres, t. 611. Morren in La Pely. Hurt., t. 54. 
BESCLMPTION. — A shrub, growing naturally about 6 to 7 feet high. The branches are elon- 
gated, flexible, attenuated, especially the flowering shoots, which are usually pendulous ; 
when young they are slightly angular, from the decurrence of the petioles. Leaves opposite, 
wedge-shaped-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, finely dentate at the margins, clothed 
on both faces, more especially the upper, with very minute stellate hairs ; the longest leaves 
about 1 to 1 j inch long ; the petioles scarcely a quarter of an inch long with a minute scaly bud 
in the axil. The panicles of flowers are terminal on the branches, simple or rarely divided 
(only at the bases of the branches) ; about 12 to 18 flowers in a panicle, the lower opposite 
or somewhat whoiied, the upper usually alternate. The tube of the calyx is urceolate, with 
ovate-lanceolate teeth, simply pointed, not acuminate in the cultivated plant. Petals obovatc- 
oblong, obtuse, somewhat hooded at the summit, with hairs like those on the leaves on the 
outer face. Stamens ten, in two rows, three-lobed ; anthers ovate, four-celled. Disk five- 
lobcd, rather fleshy. Styles three, persistent, glabrous, threadlike, longer than the stamens. 
Stigmas thickened at the summit, decurrent laterally upon the style, and covered with minute 
hairs.— A. H. 
Histokt, kc. — This charming hardy shrub is a native of Japan, and was introduced to 
Belgium by the indefatigable Dr. Von Siebold, whose importation was, wo believe, purchased by 
M. Joseph Baumann of Ghent, by whom the plant has been exhibited as a novelty during 1850 
and 1831, in several of the Belgian cities, as well as at London and Paris, — on each occasion 
taking the first prize. The same species was produced by Messrs. Yoitch of Exeter, at the 
Loudon May exlribitions of the present year. Our figure was made from specimens communi- 
cated by M. Baumann. Deutzia gracilis blooms freely in the spring months. 
Though in Japan, according to Siebold, it grows six feet or more high, the cultivated 
plants have not attained more than a height of from two to two and a half feet, with a natural 
tendency to become half pendent, a feature which will suggest many ornamental appliances to 
which the species will be found adapted. Professor Morren remarks that the generic character 
ought to be modified in respect to the stamens, " which are really neither introrse nor extrorse, 
for their dehiscence takes place laterally." 
Culture. — This is one of the most valuable novelties of the season, both for the shrubbery 
border and for pot cultivation, whether to decorate the conservatory or for cutting for bouquets. 
Being a slender plant, however, it will be better adapted for pot, or wall culture, than to be 
grown as an exposed bush. It will grow in any good free loam, well enriched and lightened 
by decaying vegetable matter, and is increased readily by cuttings. The wood must be pro- 
perly matured in autumn, to ensure its blooming freely when forced; ami by judicious stopping 
it may be trained into a very graceful and elegant bush. — A. 
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