Schizophragma
(from schizo, to cut, and phragma, an inclosure or wall; the portions of the wall between the ribs of the fruit fall away when it is ripe). ORD. Saxifrageae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy shrub, allied to Hydrangea, which it much resembles in its flowers. It will thrive in any garden soil, but succeeds best when planted against a wall. Propagation may be effected by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in slight bottom heat; or by seeds.
S. hydrangeoides (Hydrangea-like). Climbing Hydrangea. fl. white or flesh-coloured; calyx tube turbinate, the limb five-toothed; petals five, valvate; cyme corymbose, nearly flat at top, terminal, upwards of 6in. in diameter. Autumn. l. deciduous, opposite, often reddish, 2in. to 4in. long, ovate-cordate, deeply toothed, long-acuminate, long and slenderly petiolate. A tall climber. Japan, 1879. (R.H.1881,p.313; S.Z.F.J. 26.)