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Tas. 7638. 
EKLASAGNUS MacropHy.ta. 
Native of Japan and Formosa. 
Nat, Ord. EnxaGNacEz. ; 
Genus E.maenvs, Linn. (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 204.) 
E.zaenvs macrophylla ; frutex v. arbuscula inermis, ramis cortice fusco obtec- 
tis, ramulis fol1is subtus et inflorescentia copiosissime argenteo-lepidotis ; 
foliis 3-4-pollicaribus breviter petiolatis late ovatis obtusis utrinque sub 
6-nerviis, nervis subtus marginibusque undulatis rubro-brunneis, supra 
saturate viridibus sparse argenteo-lepidotis, petiolo ad 4-poll. longo, 
floribus 2 poll. longis confertis nutantibus v. pendulis, pedicellis }-} 
poll. longis, gracilibus decurvis, basi squamis parvis brunneis instructis, 
perianthii tubo anguste ellipsoideo terete, apice constricto et in limbum 
campanulatum obscure tetragonum repente dilatato, limbo intus basi et 
ore annulato, lobis limbo eequilongis triangulari-ovatis obtusis intus 
stellato-puberulis, stylo gracili, stigmate elongato obtuso recurvo, drupis 
% poll. longis ellipsoideis roseis lepidotis limbo perianthii griseo coronatis, 
putamine tenui fibroso-coriaceo sulcato. 
EB. macrophylla, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 67, Schlecht. in DO. Prodr. vol. xiv. 
p- 614. Mawim, in Bull. Acad. Imp. Pétersb. vol. xvi. p. 877; Mél. Biol. 
Pars. vil. p. 560. 
Of the genus Hlxagnus, of which there are upwards 
of twenty-five reported species, only one has previously 
been figured in this work. It is the H. multiflora, 
Thunb. (tab. 7341) also a native of Japan. Hight 
species, including that here figured, are cultivated in the 
Arboretum of the Royal Gardens, Kew, the fruit of one of 
which, H. angustifolia, L., is a favourite ingredient in the 
sherbet of some Eastern countries. on 
Elzagnus macrophylla has a wide, far Eastern distribu- 
tion, from the Korean Archipelago to Japan and Formosa, 
where, according to Mr. Maries, it ascends to seven thousand. 
feet elevation. The specimen here figured was ¢om- 
municated by Messrs. Veitch, from their nursery at Coombe 
Wood, where the plant flowers in October, and fruits in the 
following May. Mr. Veitch informs me that it was im- 
ported from Japan through their collector, Mr. Maries, in 
1879, and that their largest plant is six feet high, and but 
for pruning would have been higher. As with other 
species of the genus, the lepidote scales on the young 
Fexsrvary 1st, 1899, E 
