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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III.

Synonymes. L. orientalis Mill. Diet., No. 2.; ? Platanus orientiiiis Pocock. Itin., 2. t. 89. ;L. imberbisSmith in Rees's Cycl.

Engravings. ? Pocock. Itin., 2. t. 89.; and our Jig. 1963.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves palmate-lobed, with the sinuses at the base of theveins ; smooth. ( Willi .) This is a low stunted tree, or large bush, of slowgrowth, with numerous small branches crowded together into an irregularhead. The young shoots are pliant and reddish ; the leaves are much likethose of the preceding species, but smaller, andmore like those of the common maple; becausethey are bluntly notched, while the others areacutely so. See Jig. 1964., in which a is a leaf ofL. Styradflua, and b one of L. imberbe, both tothe same scale. The veins of the leaves, in thisspecies, are naked, while in the other they arehairy at the base of the midrib. The flowers aredisposed like those in the preceding species, andthe (hut is smaller, and more sparingly furnishedwith prickly points. The rate of growth, in theelimate of London, is slow, being not more than5 ft. or 6 ft. in ten years; and the largest treethat we know of in England, which is in th e Mile End Nursery, is only15 ft. 6 in., though it must have been planted 50 years, and probably moreThe tree is a native of the Levant; and was introduced into France, accord-ing to Du Hamel, by M. Peyssonel, consulat Smyrna; and from France sent to Eng-land, to Miller, who raised plants of it in theChelsea Garden in 1759. It has since beencultivated in choice collections; but, fromits only being raised by layers, and not form-ing such a handsome tree, not so generallyas the Liquidambar Styraciflua. We arenot aware that it has ever flowered in Eng-land. It will grow in a soil rather drier thanthe preceding species will; though Du Hamelwas informed that in its native country it grows in moist soil, by water, likethe willow. It is therefore probable, that, if planted in similar soil inEngland, and in a sheltered warm situation, it would attain a much greaterheight than it has hitherto done in this country. Price of plants, in Eng-land, as in the preceding species. It is not in the Bollwyller catalogue,and at New York the price of plants is 1 dollar each.

App. i. Species of Liquidambar not yet introduced.

L. Altingva. Blume Bjdr., 10. p. 527., FI. Jav., t. l.,and our Jig. 1965.; Altlngia excelsa Noronhain Batav. Verhand., 5. p. 1., Pers. Syn., 2. p. 579., Spreng. Syst. Veg., 3. p. 888., Lambert's GenusPinus, 1. t. 39,40.; Lignum papuknumHumph. Herb. Ainb., 2. p. 57.; Alting’sLiquidambar. Leaves ovate-oblong,acuminate, serrated, glabrous. {Blume.)

A tree, with a spreading head, from150 ft. to 200 ft. high ; the trunk straightand thick, especially towards the bot-tom, where there are 4 or mure deepfurrows, seeming as if they had beenhollowed out. The bark externally is ofa whitish ash colour, even or warty, of abrownish red internally; the juice acridand somewhat bitter: when wounded,a honey-like sweetish balsam exudes.

Branches alternate, round, and warty ;young ones furrowed, and smooth.

Leaves alternate, petioled, from 3 in.to 5 in. long, scarcely 2in. broad; lea-thery. Petioles from Ain. to above 1 in.in length, weak, roundish, having atthe base 2 small, subulate, deciduousstipules. Capsules obcordate, somewhat2-lobed. This immense tree can neverescape the eye of the traveller in theforests of the west of Java. It is foundvery plentifully in the provinces ofBantam and Buitenzorq, at an elevation of from 2000 ft. to 3000 ft.; but in the east of Java it is

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