tt 1. L. FORMo'sA Wall. Tlie beautiful Leycesteria.
¡dentijicamn W.ill. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 2. p. 182.; Doc. Rrod., 4. p. 3J8. ; Uon’s Mill , 3. p. s f ,
St/mmpme. Ilainob« conniica Pucrari MSS. '
Engravings. Plant. As. Ran, 2. t, 120. ; and o u r * . 1014,
Spec. Char., 4e. As in Gen. Char. A large, ramhling, sub-evergreen shrub
NepiJ, on moimtains ; between GOOO ft. and 8000 ft. higli, among forest,s
of pine and oak. Height in England, against a wall, 0 ft. to 8 ft. Introduceil
m 1824. Flowers white, with a tinge of purple; August to October. Fruit
pur[)le ; ripe in October,
Trained against a wall, this shrub has proved quite hardv, but in our cloudy
atmosphere It has rather disappointed expectation in the colour of its bracteas
wliich are much less brilliant than they appear to be in the Himalayas. Oul!
tings or seeds, which are ripened freely, in common soil.
O r d e r XLI. iïUBIA'CEÆ.
Oe d . Ch a r . Calyx with a variable limb. Corolla monopetalous with a
variable limb, but generally 4—5-lobed ; æstivation twisted or valvate
Stamens equal m number to the segments of the corolla, and more or less
adnate to its tube. Anthers introrse. Ovarium 2- or many-celled, crowned
by the hmb of the calyx. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit baccate or capsular.
Cells 1 - 2 - or many-seeded. Albumen horny and fleshy. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, opposite, or 3 In a whorl, stipulate, deciduous. Sti-
pules short, distinct, or a little combined. Flowers on peduncles, naked
rising from the axils of the leaves, or from the tops o fth e branches ; heads
globose, in consequence of the flowers being sessile, and seated on a sessile
piliferous receptacle.
This order includes a great number of genera; but there is only one of
these that contains any ligneous species truly hardy in British gardens.
G e n u s I.
C EPHALA'NTHUS L. T h e B u t t o n -iv o o d . Lin. Syst. Tetrândria
Monogynia.
Identification U o . Oen., No. 113. ; Gærtn. Fruct., 2. t. 86. Lam 111 t 60 ■ l,,.. ar
0. p. 402. ; R,ch. Dlsa., with a flg. ; Dec. P ro d , 4. m.Tboof’mtl:; I '?610 “T .Æ c'aiftS;
S ^qm jm c s . Cephalante, Fr. ; Kuopflaum Ger. ; Cefalanto, Hal.
ta Z ° u “ ar L Z . “fr ' “ “ > »o»'«» »do g disposed
Gen. Char.fr. Calyx with an obversely pyramidal tube, and an angnlar
5-toothed limb. Corolla with a slender tube, and a 4-cleft limb • fobcs
erectish Stamem 4, short, inserted in th e upper p a rt o f th e tube, hardly
exserted. much exserted. Sfrgma capitate, inversely pvrlmMal,
crowned by tlie hmb o f th e calyx, 2 celled, and separatmg into
I re"®; fr 1-secded, indehiscent, and sometimes eniptv by
abortion. 5aads oblong, terminating in a little callous bladder. (Don’s dWlj)
— A shrub, vyith te rete branches ; native o f North America.
Leaves and IHowers as in th e order.
a I. C. OCCIDENTA'LIS L. The AVestern Button-wood.
Identifleatton. Inn. Sp., 138. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 538. ; Don’s Mill. 3 p 610
Smonymes. G opnositlßlms Moench Meth. p 487. ; Sw.omp Globï î l L e r Amer
f-ngravoms. Du iSam. Arb., 1. 1. 64. ; Schmidt Arb., 1. t. dk ; a id o ! ,r * .'. foTd'and 1016.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves opposite, or 3 in a wliori, ovate or oval, acuminated.
Peduncles much longer than the
heads, usually by threes at the
toj)s of the branches. Petioles
reddish next the branches. Meads
of flower.s globular, size of a marble.
Stipules deciduous. (Don's
1015. Cciihaifiiuhus cccIdentiiUs. 1016.
MUl.) A bushy shrub. Canada to Florida, in marsh} places. Height
3ft. to Gft. Introduced in 1735. Flowers yellowish white ; July and
August. Fruit brownish ; ripe in October.
Variety.
* C.O. 2 brachypodus Dec. Prod. iv. p. 539.— Leaves elliptic-oblong,
3 in a whorl, on short petioles. Petioles 3—4 lines long. There are
varieties of this, with either glabrous or downy branches. North of
Mexico, near Rio de la Trinidad and Bejar.
It will grow in common garden soil, but jirefers peat kept moist; and is '
propagated chiefly by seeds, but will also grow by cuttings and layers. It is
an interesting shrub, from its curious round heads of flowers, and from the
lateness of the season at vhich these appear.
O r d e r XL ÏI. COMPO^SITÆ.
O r d . C h a r . Calyx limb membranous or wanting; or divided into bristles,
paleæ, or hairs. Corolla 5-toothed or 5-lobed, tubular, ligulate, or bilabiate
on the top of the ovarium. Anthers combined, rarely free. Ovarium 1-
celled, 1-seeded. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit an achenium, crowned by
the limb of the calyx. Albumen none. Characterised by the cohesion of
the anthers, and the arrangement of the flowers in involucrated heads on
a common receptacle. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, or compound, stipulate or exstipulate, deciduous or ever
green. Flowers grouped in heads ; those in each head so disposed, and so
environed by an involucre composed of bracteas that corresponds to a
calyx, as to seem to constitute but one flower.
The genera that include hardy ligneous species are mostly natives of Europe
and North America : they are all of the easiest propagation and culture
in any common garden soil, and are thus contradistinguished : —
Stæheli'nxiî Lessing. Flowers bisexual. Receptacle with chaffy projections.
/ / a 'c c i i a r i s 7?. Br. Flowers dicecious, all tubular. Receptacle naked. Pappus
pilose.
J T a L. Flowers monoecious, ail tubular. Receptacle flat paleaceous. Achenia
naked, but horned.
S a n t o l i 'n a L. Receptacle furnished with somewhat flower-clasping paleæ.
Achenia naked.
.4rtî:iMi' s/z4 Cass. P^eceptacle chaffless. Achenia nuked. Heads discoid.
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