. 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. Botany. 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,
. 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. Botany. 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. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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