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PFA L. T h e I v a . Lin Syst. Syngenèsia Necessària.
Identification. Lin. Gen. Pl., 1429. ; Ait. Ilo rt. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 5. p 181.
Derivntion. Uncertain. Perhaps from Yua, a name used by the elder botanists.
Gen. Char., 4'C. Flowers monoecious, male and female on the same head :
female ones few on the same head, in a single series around the circumference,
they are tubular or camjianulate ; tlie male flowers are numerous
in the disk, they are tubular and 5-toothed. Involucrum usually 3—5-
leaved, campanulate. Scales ovate, in one series ; rarely imbricate, with
3 or 4 series of scales. Receptacle flat, beset with linear or linear spathulate
paleæ. Styles on the female flowers subulate, exserted, rather hispid;
those of the males shorter, and thickened at top. Achenia of the di.sk
abortive, those of the ray a little compressed, naked, but furnished with
horns. (G. Bon.)
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, serrated.
Flowers in terminal heads, solitary or three together, constituting a folia-
ccous terminal raceme.— Suflfi’utescent deciduous shrubs, with the habit of
zirtemisia, but readily distinguished by the monoecious flowers. Indigenous
in North America, on the banks of rivers. There is only one shrubby
species in British gardens.
JS 1. /. f r u t e ' s c e n s L. The shrubby Iva.
Identification. Lin. Amoen. Ac., 3. p. 25. ; Willd. Sp. P I , 3. p. 2387. ; Pursh
Sept., 2. p. 580.
Synonymes. .^gérato affinis peruviàna frutéscens Pluk. Aim. 12. t. 27. f. 1. ;
Bastard Jesuits’ Bark Tree
Engravings. Pluk. Aim., 12. t. 27. f. 1. ; and o u r /g . 1020.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves lanceolate, deeply serrated, rough
with dots. {Willd.) A sufFruticose deciduous bush, of
little or no beauty in the popular sense of that word. Nevi'
England to Florida, on the sea coast. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft.
Introduced in 1711. Flowers greenish white; August
and September.
In sheltered dry situations it is tolerably hardy ; but, when
freely exposed in inoist soil, it is apt to be killed to the
ground in severe winters. Cuttings. The Fva frutéscens
can, however, hardly be considered a truly ligneous plant. j frut6s«na.
G e n u s IV .
SANTOLI'NA Tourn. T h e S a n t o l i n a , or L a v e n d e r C o t t o n . Lin. Syst.
Syngenèsia Æquàlis.
Identification. Tourn., t. 260, ; Lin. Gen. Pl., 1278. ; Less. Syn. Gen. Compos., p. 259.
Synonymes. Santoline, Fr. ; Heiligenplianze, Ger. ; Santolina, Ital.
Derivation. From sanctus, holy, and linum, flax ; so called from its supposed medical qualities.
Gen. Char., f r . Heads many-flowered, sometimes homogamous, and sometimes
heterogamous. Flowers of the ray few ; female, from abortion ; somewhat
ligulate. Receptacle convex, subhemispherical, furnished with oblong
half-flovver-clasping paleæ. Involucrum usually campanulate, with imbricate
adpressed scales. Tube of corolla usually produced at the base
below into a ring or hollow, which girds the top of the ovarium. Achenia
oblong, subtetragonal, quite glabrous. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, linear, toothed, in
rows. Flowers capitate, bractless; yellow, rarely white. — Diminutive
evergreen undershrubs, natives of the South of Europe, and aromatic in
all theil' parts ; of easy culture, and propagation by cuttings, m anv poor
sandy soil, but of short duration.
H. 1. S. CiiAMÆCYPAïu'ssus L. Tlic Dwarf Cypress Santoliiia, or common
Lavender Cotton.
Identfication. Lin. Sp., UÏS. ; Willd. Sp. PJ., 3. p. 1797. ; Ait. Hort. Kow.,
P etifcfp rC s, Fr. ! Alitotano femrolna, /ini. 1 C jpressenkraut, Ger.
Eneravings. Lam. 111., 671. t. 3. ; and o u r * . 1021.
Sjiec. Char., f r . Branches tomentose.
Leaves hoary, toothed ; the teeth obtuse,
and in four rows. Each peduncle
bearing a single head of flowers, which
has a downy involucre. (WUld.) A
low evergreen bush. South of France,
in poor dry soils. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft.
Introduced in IS73. Flowers yellow;
J u l y .
The lavender cotton was common in gardens
in Gerard’s time, who sais it is acrid, bitter, and aromatic,
and has much the same qualities as southernwood. It
was formerly employed as a vermifuge, but is now disused.
Other Spedes.— S. squarrosa W., S. viridis W., and &
nnmarinißlia L. (our / g . 1022.), are in gardens, but they
are better adapted tor being treated as herbaceous plants
tiiun as shrubs.
G e n u s V .
JRTEMI'SL.f Cass. T h e A r t e m i s i a . Lin. Syst. Svngenesia Superflua.
Identfiction. Cassini, atcm-ding to Lessing in his Synop. Gen. Compos., p. 264. i Ait. Hort. Kew.,
be associated 'with tbe latter etymology.
Gen Char &c JTzw/i cliscoid, homogamous o r heterogamous. Flowers oi ÚiO.
?V in " e rts ru s u a lly female, 3-lobed. bifid, exserted. J t o a r s
of the disk 5.toothed, hermaphrodite, or sterile or ma e ‘A®
tion o fthe ovarium. Involucrum imbricate; scales dry, with scabrous margms.
Reeeptaele chaffless, flattish or convex, naked or hairy Aehenm obovate,
naked, with a minute epigynous d isk .-H e rb s or undershrubs Tlie spe
cies are nearly all dispersed through the northern h™’'®P“®'®;
alternate, variously lobed. Heads disposed in spikes or ra®™®®’ “®
spikes oi racemes usually disposed in panicles. Corollas yellow or puiple.
Plants more or less bitter or aromatic. {G. Don.)
Leaves simple (apparently compound), alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ,
d e t e n t Z d?d"e"d. f Í wctsZ m . - Woodsy or suff utescent evergreen
plants, natives of Europe and Asia ; all of them highly fragiant and
aromatic, and of the easiest ciiitiire in any dry soil.