. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Philadelphus inodorus L. Scentless Syringa. Fig. 2189. Philadelphus inodorus L. Sp. PI. 470. 1803. A shrub, 6°-8° high, glabrous or very nearly so throughout. Leaves ovate or oval, acute or acu- minate at the apex, rounded or sometimes nar- rowed at the base, 2-5' long, strongly 3-nerved, serrate with small distant teeth, or entire; flow- ers white, inodorous, about l' br
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Philadelphus inodorus L. Scentless Syringa. Fig. 2189. Philadelphus inodorus L. Sp. PI. 470. 1803. A shrub, 6°-8° high, glabrous or very nearly so throughout. Leaves ovate or oval, acute or acu- minate at the apex, rounded or sometimes nar- rowed at the base, 2-5' long, strongly 3-nerved, serrate with small distant teeth, or entire; flow- ers white, inodorous, about l' broad, solitary or 2 or 3 together at the ends of short branches; calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, acute, about as long as the tube; capsule about 3" high. In thickets, Virginia to Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi, principally in the mountains. Escaped from cultivation in Pennsylvania. May. 2. Philadelphus grandiflorus Willd. Large-flowered S\ringa. Philadelphus grandiflorus Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 511. 1809. A shrub, 6°-io° high, resembling the preced- ing species and perhaps not specifically different. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, more or less pu- bescent, especially beneath, s's' long, acuminate at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, sharply dentate, 3-nerved; flowers 1-3 together at the ends of the branches, and sometimes also axillary to the upper leaves, white, inodorous, li'-2' broad; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the tube; capsule about 3" high. In lovf grounds, Pennsylvania to Virginia, Ten- nessee and Florida. April-May.
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