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CHAP. LXXV1II.

OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THEORDER ASCLEVlADA'CEJi.

Genus I.

PERFPLOCA L.

The Periploca. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia.

Identification. It. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc., I. p. 57- ; Lind!. Nat. Syst. Bot., edit. 2., p. 305.; Don’sMill., 4. p. 163.

Synonymes . Periploca Fr.\ ScMinge, Ger.

Derivation. From peripleko, to wrap about j in allusion to the twining stems.

Gen. Char., fyc. Corolla rotate. Throat furnished with 5 awned scales, whichalternate with the segments of the corolla. Filaments distinct. Antherscohering, bearded on the back; pollen masses applied to the dilated tops ofthe corpuscles of the stigma, solitary, or composed of 4 confluent ones.Stigma almost mutic. Follicles cylindrical, much divaricate, smooth. Seedscomose. {Don's Mill., iv. p. 163.) — The hardy species are natives of thesouth of Europe , the north-west of Asia , or the north of Africa . Twiningglabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, shining. Flowers subcorymbose, inter-petiolar; of easy culture in common soil, and propagated by cuttings of theroot or shoots, or by layers.

-& 1. P. gr.l'ca L. The Greek Periploca.

Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 309.; Don’s Mill., 4.p. 163.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836.

Synonyme. P. macu&ta Mtxnch , Schmidt Baum., 1. t. 46., Da Ham. Arb., 2. p. 104. t. 21., Hort.Angl., 115.

Engravings. Jacq. Misc., 1. p. 11. 1.1. f. 2.: FI. Grffic., t. 249. ; Bot. Reg., t. 803. ; Schkuhr Hand!).,t. 53.; and our figs. 1087. and 1088.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves varying from ovate to lanceolate. Corymbs on longpeduncles. Flowers hairy inside. Branches brown. Segments of corollalinear, rounded at the apex, greenish outside,and brownish inside, and clothed with copiousshort hairs. Leaves deciduous, 3—4 in. long.(Don’s Mill., iv. p. 163.) A hardy twiningshrub, a native of the south of France , and ofBithynia , found also aboutBursa, and on Mount Athos ; flowering in Julyand August. It was in-troduced in 1597, and isfrequent in gardens. Theremarkable colour andrich velvety appearanceof the flowers, the elegantform of the leaves, andthe facility with which the 1088

plant can be made to cover an extensive space, render it useful for arbours,&c.; but it is mentioned in the At. Du Hamel that the odour of the flowers

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