depicted in our plate; it is a small tree, about 15 ft. high, 
with a single stem. Mr. Chambers informs us that he finds 
the number of bracts in an involucre to vary from 4 to 8. 
Judging by our six years’ experience, the species appears 
to be hardy enough, except that the succulent tips of the 
shoots are sometimes cut back. This seems to expose it to 
fungoid attacks, and in this way a number of young plants 
have been lost at Kew. a 
Description.— Shrub or tree, reaching 50-85 (rarely 100) 
ft. in height ; bark grey and smooth; twigs glabrous except 
when quite young, tawny. Leaves usually obovate or 
obovate-elliptic, shortly or faintly acuminate, 2-44 in. long, 
13-33 in. wide, at first adpressed hairy above but soon 
glabrous, hoary beneath and softly pubescent ; nerves about 
5 on each side; petioles 3-8 lin. long. Bracts of the invo- 
lucre usually 6, obovate, shortly apiculate, rarely acuminate, 
whitish and tinged with yellow or occasionally with pink, 
13-3} in. long, 1-23 in. wide. Sowers in heads 7-10 lin. 
in diameter; the fertile accompanied by sterile flowers. 
Calyx adpressed grey-pubescent externally. Petals greenish- 
white. Drupes few perfect mixed with many smaller abortive 
ones, oblong, red, 4—6 lin. long, tipped by the persistent 
blackish calyx. 
Fig. 1, part of underside of a leaf; 2, flower ; 3, vertical section of calyx and 
pistil :—all enlarged. 
