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wliat racemose. Flowers fewer and larger than in P. c. vulgaris, and scent-
less. Lobes of the calyx long, acuminate. Style deeply L-cleft. It differs
from P. c. vulgàris, chiefly in its leaves being rounded at the base, and
in its flowers being fewer, larger, and scentless. (Dec. Prod.) North America.
P . verrucosus.
Horticultural Society’s Garden,
tt 4 P VEREUCO'SUS Schrad. The warted Philadélphus, or Mock Orange.
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Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 670. ; and oar Jig. 825.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves elliptic-ovate,
acuminate, denticulate, pubescent with -
hairs beneath, and bearing beneath,
upon the midrib and primary veins,
warts at the base o f the hairs. Similar
warts are, also, on the peduncles,
pedicels, and calyxes. Inflorescence
racemose. Lobes of the calyx acuminate.
Style, at the very tip, 4-cleft.
(Dec. Prod.) A large vigorous-growing
somewhat fastigiate shrub. North
America, or possibly a garden production.
Height 8 ft. to 10ft. Cultivated
in 1800, or before. Flowers
white ; May and June. Fruit brown;
ripe in September.
Young shoots twice the thickness of those of P . coronàrius, and having a
somewhat more fastigiate habit. When in flower, this sort and the two following
make a splendid appearance , the plants, in fine seasons, being so
entirely covered with bloom as scarcely to show the leaves.
tt 5. P . fv.) l a t i f o ' l i u s Schrad. The broad-leaved Philadélphus, or Mock
Orange.
Identificatiim. Schrad. Diss. Fhilad. i Dec. Prod., 3. p. 206. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 807.
Synonyme. P. pubéscens Cels. H o r t, Lots.
Herb. Amat. t.2QS.
Engravings. Lois. Herb. Aniat., t. 208. ; and
o u rjig . 826.
Spec. Char., f r . Bark whitish.
Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate,
toothed, nerved with about 5
nerves, and pubescent with hairs
beneath. Flowers in racemes.
Lobes of the calyx acuminate.
Style 4-cleft at the very tip. (Dec
Prod.) A large rambling shrub,
but still somewhat fastigiate, and
crowded with branches. North
America, or probably a garden production.
Height 10 ft. Cultivated
in 1815, or before. Flowerswhite;
May and June. Fruit brown ; ripe
in September.
Distinguishable by its bark being
whitish ; and by its leaves, especially
those of the younger branches, being
more broadly ovate; and by the
hairs they bear not being based by
warts. A tolerably distinct variety, .splendid when in flower.
i6. P. (v.) latifòlius.
. p p fv i FLORIBU'NUUS Schrad. T h e abundant-flowered Philadélphus,
® or Mock Orange.
m e n tm tio n . Sci,rad Diss. P h ila d ., Dec. Prod,, 3. p .206.,
l . - , S S » T ’' S d /'a d Diss. Philad., ic. , and our fig . 827. from
á specimen in DeCandolle’s herbarium.
Socc Char., 4-0. Leaves ovate-oval, and with a
Ion« acuminate tip, serrate ly to o th ed , 3-nerved,
pubescent with hairs beneath. Inflorescence
lbraceino.se. Flowers S—7 , showy, slightly
scented. Lobes o f th e calyx long and acuminate
Style 4-cleft a t th e very tip . (Dec. Prod.)
A shrub like th e preceding. Of unce rtain origin.
Cultivated in 1815 o r before.
a 7 P spEOio'sus Schrad. The showy-/ow-
er'ed Philadélphus, or Mock Orange.
Identification. Schrad. in Dec. P rod., p floritundus.
3. p. 206. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 807-;
? -g™ id ilih ru s of German gardener. ; P . grandidhrus láxus
sfieT ch a r f r . Leaves ovate, rarely oval-ovate, long
' " a cm S n a té d ! sharply serrate , to o th ed , clothed with hairy
pubescence beneath. Flowers solitary o r b j
Style deeply 4-cleft, exceeding th e J fmens. Lohes oi
calvx with very long acumens, tu b e nea,rly te rete.
(Doris MiU.) A vigorous-growing shrub, with ascending
branches gently bending " f o ® J / ’‘‘/ “ ' f t ; ’
loSded with snow-white “ “ / « ‘f t ? ‘/ f t / f t ® /
S28. p. su.oi5.a.: and sccntless. Origin uncertain. Height 10 ft. to 14 ft.
Cultivated in 1815 or before. Flowers white , June.
The handsomest species o f th e genus, and a t p re sen t rare
gardens. H o rticu ltu ra l Society s Garden,
tt 8. P . Gordonia'SUS Lindl. Gordon’s Philadélphus or Mock Orange.
Svec Char. Ite. Branches pendulous, scaly, th e young
shoots pubescent. Leaves ovate, acute, coarsely dentate
hairv beneath. Racemes terminal, compact, 5 - 9 -
flowered Ovary h a lf superior. Style 4-cleft. Calyx spread-
ingfromthefmit. (UnM.) A hardy vigorous-growing shrub
having a weeping appearance in consequence
numerous slender side shoots. America on ‘be " o r t -
west coast on th e C o lum b ia River, in woods. H e ig b t» it.
to 10ft. In’tro d u c e d in l8 2 3 . F'®*®‘ f t ? hairy; end of July. F r u i t la rg e , smooth ;‘.£p®e mf o Oe cI tbobee7r k o » ì » u„ ..
The leaves are bright F®®"’ f t * " !™ ‘®’ P " / ¿ t e , and produced
base, and coarsely J i ? P : £ d U y known" by its deeply ‘ serrated
m great profusion. T h e specie soreadincr calyx, and tlie compact
leaves, ius nearly superior frmt, its p a . ^ - flowering o f all
m a n n i in which its flowers are arranged « - ™
the apecies an d one of th e mo t J - readily insevere
winter o f >837-8. I t gio half-ripened shoots in August. I t
creased from seeds o r by “ ‘/ “J Gordon, foreman o f th e arboretum.
rn“ o t e c T & ? h o ¿a s paid great a tten tio n to this genus.
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