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PART III,

shrub, introduced in 1815, growing to the height of 3 ft., 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 ORDERSCROPH ULARIA'CE.ZE.

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

Genus I.

BU'DDLLLl L. The Buddlea. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia.

Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 140. j Reich., 116-; Schreb., 184. j Houst. Phil. Trans, et ReliqHoust., t. 3 .5 Geertn., 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 is oftenmentioned in Ray’s Synopsis, and whose dried collection of British plants is preserved in theBritish Museum .

Gen. Char., §c. 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 .

36 1. B. globo'sa L. The globe-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. Bflddlea globiflbra N. Du Ham., 1.p. 85. t. 25. ; B. capit&ta Jacq. Col., 2. p. 332.,

Icon. Bar., t. 307.; Pdlquin Feuillbe It., 3. p. 51.t. 38.; Buddleia globuleux, Fr. j KopftragendeBudleje, Ger.

Engravings. Act. Harlem., vol. 20.pt. 2. p. 417.t. 11.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 174. y N. Du Ham.,

1. p. 85.; Feuillee It., 3. t. 38. j and our Jigs.

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Spec. Char., fyc. Branches tetragonal,clothed with hoary tomentum, aswell as the undersides of the leaves.

Leaves lanceolate,acuminated, cre-nated, petiolate.

Heads of flowersglobose, peduncu-late. A shrub, anative of Chili,growing to the height of 12 ft. oi-ls 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 frequentin collections. North of London , it

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