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dry rather than moist, and a warm situation. It is
propagated by division of the root, by suckers, or by
seeds, which are sometimes received from North America.
-i 2. A. (s.) TOMENTO'SA Sims. The tomentose Birthwort.
Ideniification. Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 1369.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.
Engravmgs. Bot. Mag., t. 1369.; Bot. Cab., t. 641.; and our fig. 1374.
Spec. Char., f r . Stem twining. Leaves cordate, downy
beneath. Peduncle solitary, without a bractea. Corolla
with its tube twisted back, and much more deeply
divided than in A. sipho, expanding flat, and yellow,
with^ the mouth of the tube of a deep purple. A
twining deciduous shrub. North America. Height
10 ft. to 20 ft. Introd. 1799. Flowers as in A. sipho. 1374. A, tomentósa.
O r d e r L X I V . E V PH O KB IA 'CEÆ .
O r d . C h a r . Floiuers unisexual. Perianth lobed or wanting, furnished inside
with liypogynous glandular or scale-formed appendages. Stamens definite
or indefinite, free or monadelphous. Ovarium superior, 2 3-celIed. Styles
equal in number to the cells. Stigmas many, distinct or combined. Capsule
of 2—3, or more, 2-valved cells or cocci. Seeds solitary or in pairs,
arillate, suspended. Albumen fleshy. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, stipulate or exstipulate, deciduous
or evergreen ; quite entire. Fkwers solitary, aggregate, terminal, lateral,
or axillary. — Shrubs or small trees, natives of Europe and North Arne!
nca, which are thus contradistinguished : —
S t i l l i ' n g j a Garden. Flowers monoecious, in spikes. Style 1. Stigmas 3.
rtu'xus Tourn. Flowers monoecious, in heaps. Styles 3. Stigmas 3.
G e n u s I .
STILLFNGLÍ Garden. The S t i l l i n g i a . Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia
Monadélphia.
Gen. Char. Flowers unisexual; males in a spike, females at the base of the
same spike ; ? dioecious. — Male. Flowers seven together. Calvx like a
m its margin jagged. Stamens 2 - 3 , prominent,
ffie Maments slightly connected at the base. — Female. Involucre
w l T n ®"Pre>or, shaped as in the male. thread-shaped.
Stigmas 3. Frmt a regma, surrounded at the base by the involucre a little
enlarged, somewhat turbinate, 3-lobed.
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; entire. Flowers in spikes
terminal or lateral.—Shrubs, deciduous, milky ; natives o f North America.
Z* 1. S. AIGU'STEINA JVilld. The Privet-leaved Stillingia.
Identification. Willd, Sp. PI., 4. p. 688. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p
Engramng. Ourfig. 1376. from a specimen in Sir W. J. Hooker's -h.e Ȕ'.l 608.
herbarium.
Spec. Char., f r . Shrubby. Leaf consisting of a petiole, and a disk that is
ovEil-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, and entire. Male flowers upon very
short pedicels. Female flowers ?. Male flowers disposed in spikes, part
lateral, part terminal, and having a 3-cleft,
rather flat, calyx, and 3 stamens that have ’
kidney-shaped anthers ; bracteas 1—2-glanded
and 1-flowered. (N u tt.) A deciduous shrub.
Carolina and Georgia, in shady woods. Height
3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers
yellowish ; June and July.
We are not aware that this species is now in
existence, in a living state, in England. 1375. s. «giistrina.
G e n u s J I .
RU'XUS Tourn. The Box Tree. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Tetrandria.
Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 345. ; Eng. Flora, 4. p. 132.
Synonyines. Buis, Fr. ; Buxbaum, Buchsbaum, Ger. ; Bossolo, Ital.
which istased for the chest contaiuing the'Host in the Roma£"catho?ic ch’urch.”
Gcn. Char. Flowers unisexual, monoecious.—iilofe. Calyx of 4 minute leaves.
Stamens 4, inserted under the rudiment of a pistil.— Female. Flowers singly,
at the tip of groups of male ones. Calyx as in the male. Styles 3. Stigmas
3. Fruit a regma, leathery, beaked with the styles. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; entire, smooth, stalked.
Flowers axillary, aggregate, whitish. Fruit green.—Shrubs or small trees,
evergreen, with rigid leaves and whitish buds ; natives of Europe and
Asia ; of easy culture in any soil that is tolerably dry ; and propagated freely
by division ofthe plant, by cutting.s, or by seeds.
Î • 1. rt. s e m p e r v i ' e e n s L . The evergreen, or common. Box Tree.
Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1394. ; Smith Eng.ig. Flora, 4. p.
133. ; Baxt. Brit. Flow. P l , 2. t 142
Synonymes. Duxus R a ii Syn.I. 445. ; Buis commun. Bois béni,
Fr. : Buchsbaum. Ger. : Busso.
Bossolo, Ital. J . .
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1341. ; and o u r /g . 1377.
Spec. Char., S/c- Disk of leaf ovate, convex ; footstalk slightly downy at the
edges. Anthers ovate-arrow-shaped. (Smith.) A low evergreen tree. Europe;
in England, on Boxhill in Surrey, Chequers in Buckinghamshire,
and other places, apparently wild. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers whitish ;
April and May. Fruit greenish; ripe in August.
Varieties and Subvarieties.
i B. Í. 1 arboréscens Mill. Dict. No. 1. Buis arborescent, Fr. ; hochstämmige
Buchsbaum, Ger. — Arborescent. Leaves ovate. This is
the most common form of the species.
1 B. s. a. argentea Hort— Arborescent. Leaves ovate, variegated
with a silvery colour.
Î B. s. a. aurea Hort. — Arborescent. Leaves ovate, variegated
with a golden colour.
1 B. s. a. marginàta Hort. — Arborescent. Leaf ovate, with a
margin of a golden colour.
Í B. 5. 2 angustifòlia Mill. Dict. No. 2. — Arborescent. Leaves lanceolate.
Î B. 5. a. varwgata Hort. — Arborescent. Leaves lanceolate,
variegated.
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