. 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. 582 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, Ovarium free. Styles straight. Stigma trifld. Capsule girded by the calyx, 3-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; cells many-seeded. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipnlate, deciduous; serrated. Flowers in racemes, tei'minal, solita
. 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. 582 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, Ovarium free. Styles straight. Stigma trifld. Capsule girded by the calyx, 3-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; cells many-seeded. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipnlate, deciduous; serrated. Flowers in racemes, tei'minal, solitary, or panicled, bracteate, with white corollas. — Shrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America. From the appearance of the plants in British gardens, we are strongly inclined to think that all the sorts may be referred to one species. Peat soil kept moist. M 1. C. ^LNiFo^LiA L. The Alder-leaved Clethra. Idmtf/icaUon. Lin. Sp., 566.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 84J.; Pursli Sept., 1. p. 301. Syrumyme. C. rtlnif&lia var. x denndlita Att. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 73. EngrapiTigs. Schmidt Baum., t. 47. i and our Jig. 1095. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, coarsely serrated above, glabrous on both surfaces, and of the same colour. Racemes spicate, simple, bracteate, clothed with hairy tomentum. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous shrub. New England to Virginia, in swamps. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1731. Flowers 1095. white J July and September. j» 2. C. (a.) tomento^sa Lam. The downy Clethra. Idenliflcation. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 46.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 842.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. SynonyTnes. C. nlntf&lia ^ pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 73.; C. incana Pers. Ench. 1. p. 482. Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 39. ; and our^j. 1096, and 1097. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, finely serrated at top, clothed with white tomentum beneath. Racemes spi- cate, simple, bracteate, villously to- mentose. (Don's Mill.) A decidu- ous shrub. Virginia and
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