. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 702 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 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. -J 2. A. (s.) TOMENTO'SA Sims. The tomentose Birthwort. lientmcation. Sims in Bot. Mag


. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 702 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 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. -J 2. A. (s.) TOMENTO'SA Sims. The tomentose Birthwort. lientmcation. Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 1369.; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1369.; Bot. Cab., t. 641. ; and our^. 1^74. Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem twining. Leaves cordate, downy beneath. Peduncle solitary, without a braclea. Co- rolla 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. 1374. A. tomentbsa. Order LXIV. £UPH0RB/^^C£^. Ord. Char. Flowers unisexual. Perianth lobed or wanting, furnished inside with hvpogynous glandular or scale-formed appendages. Stamens definite or indefinite, free or monadelphous. Ovanimi superior, 2—3-celled. 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 pau-s, arillate, suspended. Albumen fleshy. (<?. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, stipulate or exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen; quite entire. Flowers soUtary, aggregate, terminal, lateral, or axillary. — Shrubs or small trees, natives of Europe and North Ame- rica, which are thus contradistinguished : — Stilli'ngJ.^ Garden. Flowers monoscious, in spikes. Style 1. Stigmas 3. Bv'yivs Tourn. Flowers monoecious, in heaps. Styles 3. Stigmas 3. Genus I. STILLI'NG/./^ Garden. The Stillingia. Lin. Si/st.


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