. 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. 182 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETIJM BRITANNICUM. -*» 5. C. oolmV'us Boug. The Hill-side Ceanothus, Iilcnt(/icalion. Doug, in MSS.; Fl. Cab., t. 13. Engravings. Fl. Cab., t. 13. ; and our^g. 275. S^iec. Char., S^c. Branches decumbent, round, and smoothish. Leaves ovate or elliptic, somewhat clam
. 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. 182 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETIJM BRITANNICUM. -*» 5. C. oolmV'us Boug. The Hill-side Ceanothus, Iilcnt(/icalion. Doug, in MSS.; Fl. Cab., t. 13. Engravings. Fl. Cab., t. 13. ; and our^g. 275. S^iec. Char., S^c. Branches decumbent, round, and smoothish. Leaves ovate or elliptic, somewhat clammy, glandular,seiTated, upper surface shining, under surface covered with adpressed hairs, 3- nerved. Stipules awl-shaped. Panicles axillary. (Knowles and Westcott.) A hardy, evergreen, low, decumbent shrub. North America. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1827. Flowers white, produced in great abundance; June and July. Fruit brown; ripe in September. Layers, which root readilv, or seeds. Other Species of Ceanothus. — C. ovatus and C. intermedius, we have seen, on the authority of Torrey andGray,are onlyvarieties of ; and we have no doubt that this will be the case with C. ovalis, C. sanguineus, C. oreganus, and other species described by authors. In short, there \ appears to us no assignable limits to the sports and hybrids that may be produced in this Order XXIII. HOMALINA^CE^. Ord. Char, Calyx funnel-shaped, its tube usually adnate to the ovary, its limb with 5—15 lobes. Petals inserted into the calyx, as many as its lobes, alternate with them, smaller than they, and deemed by some an inner whorl of lobes of the calyx. Glands present in front of the segments of the calyx. Stamens arising from the base of the petals, either singly, or in threes or sixes. Anthers 2-celled, opening longitudinally. Owan/]-celled, with nu- merous ovules. Styles 3—5, simple. Fndt berried or capsular. Seeds small. (Lindl.) — Trees or shrubs ; natives of South America. Leaves s
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