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PART III.

shrub, introduced in 1815, growing to the height of 3ft., and producing its yellow flowers in abun>dance in June and July. It is almost hardy, having stood in the Kew Garden, against a wall, 6 years,without any protection whatever ; and in various other gardens about London, where the soil is dry,as a border shrub.

CHAP. LXXXV.

OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER

SCROPHULARIA'CEjE.

This order, which is nearly allied to Solanacese, consists chiefly of herba-ceous plants, the only hardy ligneous genus being Buddlea.

Genus I

BU'DDLE.4 L. The Buddlea. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia.

Identification. Lin. ben., No. 140.; Reich., 146.; Schreb., 184.; Houst. Phil. Trans, et ReliqHouse, t. 3.; Gtertn., t. 49. ; Jus., 118.: Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 292.; Don’s Mill., 4 . p. 596.

Derivation. Named by Dr. Houston, in honour of Adam Buddie, a botanical amateur, who 13 oftenmentioned in Kay’s Synopsis, and whose dried collection of British plants is preserved in theBritish Museum.

Gen. Char., Sfc. Calyx 4-cleft, equal. Corolla tubular; limb 4-cleft, regular.Stamens 4, equal, enclosed. Stigma capitate or clavate. Capsule 2-celled,2-valved; valves bifid. Placenta central, at length free. — Shrubs, with oppo-site branches, the young shoots quadrangular. Natives of South America,Asia, and Africa; but of which only one species, a native of China, isdecidedly hardy in the neighbourhood of London.

as 1. B. globo'sa L. The g\obe-flowered Buddlea.

Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 150.; Hopein Act Harlem., vol. 20. pt. 2. p. 417. t. 11. jCurt. Bot. Mag., t. 174.; Don’s Mill, 4. p.597.

Synonymes. Bftddlea globiflftra N. Du Ham., 1.

p. 85. t. 25.; B. capitata Jacq. Col., 2. p. 332.,Icon. Rar., t. 307.; Pdlquin Feuillfce It., 3. p. 51.t. 38.; Buddleiaglobuleux, Fr. j KopftragendeBudleje, Ger.

Engravings. Act. Harlem., vol. 20. pt. 2. p. 417.t 11.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t 174. j N. Du Ham.,1. p. 85.; Feuillfce It, 3. t. 38. j and our figs.1123. and 1124.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches tetragonal,clothed with hoary tomentum, as

well as the undersides of the leaves.Leaves lanceolate,acuminated, ere-nated, petiolate.Heads of flowersglobose, peduncu-late. A shrub, a

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II ll-o native of Chili,

growing to the height of 12 ft. or15 ft. in the climate of London, andproducing its bright yellow globe-like heads of flowers, which are fra-grant, from May to July. It wasintroduced in 1774, and is frequent

in collections. North of London, it

imm.

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