. 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. 836. Detitzia scabra. Identificaiim. R. Br. in Wall. Cat., 3662.; Don's iMill., 2. p. 808. Symmymes. D. 'aa Siebotdt; i'hiladclphuB corjmbbsus Wall Engravings. Royle RliiSt., t. 46. flg. 2.; and om fig. 837. Spec. Char., Sfc. Grlabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminated, cuspidately serra
. 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. 836. Detitzia scabra. Identificaiim. R. Br. in Wall. Cat., 3662.; Don's iMill., 2. p. 808. Symmymes. D. 'aa Siebotdt; i'hiladclphuB corjmbbsus Wall Engravings. Royle RliiSt., t. 46. flg. 2.; and om fig. 837. Spec. Char., Sfc. Grlabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminated, cuspidately serrated. Panicles corymbose, trichoto- mous. Panicle and outside of calyx dotted. Teeth of calyx short and rounded. Teeth of filaments, shorter than the anthers. (Don's Mill.) A sarmentose shrub. Nepal, on mountains. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. in 1830. Flowers white, sweet-scented, produced in abundance; May and June. Fruit'?. Decaying leaves yellowish brown. Naked wood brown. D. staminea R. Br., Philad^lphus stamineus Wall., has entire, scabrous, lanceolate leaves, and white sweet- scented flowers. A native of Nepal, on high mountains ; but not yet introduced. D. Brunoma Wall., Leptospermum scabrum Wall., has ovate leaves, and axillary white flowers. It is a native of Kamaon, but has not yet been introduced. All these are pro- bably only varieties of one + 1 D. (s.) corymbosa. Genus III. .\] DECUMA^RIA L. The Decumaria. Monogynia. Lin. Syst. Dodec4ndria Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 697. i Lara. 111., t. 403.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 808. Synonyme. Forsythm Walt., not of Vahl. Derivation. From decuma, a tenth ; in reference to the prevailing number, in some of the parts of fructification, being ten. In DeCandoUe's description of the genus, it is stated that the teeth and nerves of the calyx, the petals, the stigmas, and the cells of the capsule, are each usually ten. Gen. Char. Calyx tube campanulate; limb 7—10-toothed. Petals oblong, equal in number to the teeth of the ca
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