. 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. Genus V. I I SYMPHORICA'RPOS Bill. The St. Peter's Wort. Lin. St/st. Pentandria Monogynia. Identification. Dill. Elth., p. 371.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 338. \ Don's Mill, 3. p. Synonymes. Syraphoric&rpa Jfec*. JS/ctk. p. 220.; Sympht)ria Fcr&. Ench. 1. p. 214.; AnisSnthus WiUd.
. 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. Genus V. I I SYMPHORICA'RPOS Bill. The St. Peter's Wort. Lin. St/st. Pentandria Monogynia. Identification. Dill. Elth., p. 371.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 338. \ Don's Mill, 3. p. Synonymes. Syraphoric&rpa Jfec*. JS/ctk. p. 220.; Sympht)ria Fcr&. Ench. 1. p. 214.; AnisSnthus WiUd. Bel. ; Lonicera ep. Lin. ; Derivation. FTOtn sumphoreo, to accumulate, and karpos, fruit; species bearing the fruit in groups. How it obtained the name of St. Peter's Wort we have not been able to ascertain. Gen. Char. Calyx tube globose; limb small, 4—5-toothed. Corolla funnel- shaped, almost equally 4—5-lobed. Stamens 5, hardly exserted. Stigmas semiglobose. Ovarium adnate. Berrt/ 4-celled. {Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous; oval, quite entire. Flowers on short peduncles, axillary or many together, bibracteate, small, white or rose-coloured, on short pedicels.—Shrubs erect, bushy, oppositely branched; natives of Europe and North America; of the easiest culture in common garden soil; and readily increased by suckers, which they throw up in abun- dance. js I. S. vulga'ris 2Iichx. The common St. Peter's Wort. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 100.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 339.: Don's Mill., 3. p. 451. Synonymes. Lonicero Symphoricarpos Lin. Sp. 249.; S. parvifldra Vesf. Cat. ; SymphBna conglo- merata Pers. Encfi. 1. p. 214. ; Symphbria glomerMa Puisli Sept. p. 1G2. Engravings. Schmidt Baum., ; and our.^g. 1010. Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers disposed in axillary capitate clusters, composed of nearly sessile racemules. Corolla white. Berries red, size of hempseed ; but, in America, according to Pursh, the flowers are small, red and yellow,
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