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PHILADELPHUS grandiftorus. 
Large-flowered Philadelphus. 
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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Myrti (Myrracem). Jussieu gen. 322. Div. I. Flores in 
foliorum axillis aut in pedunculis multifloris oppositi. Folia plerumque oppo- 
Sita et punctata. 
PHILADELPHUS. Cal. turbinatus 4-fidus. Petala 4. Stigma 4- 
tum. Caps. ovata seminifera 4-locularis 4-valvis polysperma seminibus 
Mnutis, Frutices aut arbuscule ; folia opposita non punctata ; flores termi- 
nales corymbosi aut opposite subspicati, singuli bracteolati, interditm 5-petali 
a a 5-loculart. P. coronarii stylus maturascente fructi, 4-partitus. 
8S. lL. c. 325. 
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P, Grandiflorus, foliis ovatis acuminatis denticulatis, axillis venarum subtis 
fasciculato-pilosis, calycis laciniis acuminatis, stylo staminibus longiore 
Indiviso, stigmatibus 4-linearibus. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 329, 
Philadelphus grandiflorus. Willd. enum. 1.511. Nuttall gen. 1. 301. 
hiladelphus inodorus. Barton’s elem. bot. (ed. lond.) app, 28. t. 18, fig. 1? 
(non aliorum). 
Serer hie Ed aaa 2 She I ieee SNL ESEIE gel i A 
Said by Pursh to grow on river banks in South Carolina 
and Georgia. It has been for some time in our gardens; 
Sut we are not aware of the precise period when introduced. 
_ itis a hardy ornamental shrub. The native samples in the 
anksian Herbarium, under the title znodorus, we suspect 
elong to the present species. 
Grandiflorus has been very generally confounded in our 
8ardens with znodorus, which is a scarcer, less robust, and. 
Nore tender shrub, with a narrow foliage of a lighter green 
Colour than in the present. The leaves in grandiflorus are of a 
Toader shorter ovate form, conspicuously toothed and more 
lly furred underneath than in the other; the very young 
Snes indeed are very thickly furred underneath, so as to look 
Ite, which is never the case in inodorus. The leaves of the 
Young branches, on strong-growing plants, are nearly orbi- 
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