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 . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Hydrangea cinerea SmalL Ashy Hy- drangea. Fig. 2188. iraiigea cinerea Small, Bull. Torr. Club 25: 148. A shrub 6°-8° high, the twigs finely pubescent or glabrate. Leaves slender-petioled, ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, acute or acumi- nate at the apex, 3'-6' long, slightly thicker tlian those of the preceding species, green and nearl
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 . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Hydrangea cinerea SmalL Ashy Hy- drangea. Fig. 2188. iraiigea cinerea Small, Bull. Torr. Club 25: 148. A shrub 6°-8° high, the twigs finely pubescent or glabrate. Leaves slender-petioled, ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, acute or acumi- nate at the apex, 3'-6' long, slightly thicker tlian those of the preceding species, green and nearly glabrous above, tomentose Ijeneath; marginal flowers, or at least some of them, sterile and con- spicuous; capsule longer than wide. Missouri to Tennessee and North Carolina, south to Georgia. Snowy-hydrangea. June-July. Con- fused in our first edition with Hydrangea radiata Walt., of the southeastern states which has leaves silvery-white beneath. 2. PHILADELPHUS L. Sp. PI. 470. t753- Shrubs, with opposite petioled simple deciduous leaves, and no stipules. Flowers large, terminal or axillary, corymbose, racemose or solitary, white or cream-colored. Calyx-tube top-shaped, adnate to the ovary, 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, convolute, rounded or obovate. Stamens 20-40, inserted on the disk; filaments linear. Ovary a-S-celled; styles 3-5, filiform, distinct, or united at the base; ovules «. Capsule top-shaped, 3-5-celled, at length loculi- cidally dehiscent by 3-5 valves, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, the testa membranous, pro- duced at each end. [Named after King Ptolemy Philadelphus.] About 50 species, natives of North America, Mexico. Asia and central Europe. Besides the following, about 25 others occur in the southern and western parts of North America. Called Mock Orange from the orange-like blossoms of the various species. The common name Syringa is unfortunate, being the generic name of the Lilac. Flowers inodorous, solitary or few. Calyx-lobes about equalling the tube. '• P- t
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