Tab. 7609. 



BUDDLEIA tariabilis, Hemsl. 

 Native of China. 



Nat. Ord. Loganiace^. — Tribe Euloganie^. 

 Genus Buddleia, Linn. ; (Benih. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 793.) 



BuddlEia variabilis; frutex polymorpha, ramulis floriferia sub-teretibus 

 tetragonis v. tetraquetris foliisque subtus primum plus minua fulvo- 

 tomentosis, foliis sessilibus v. sub-seaailibuB oppoaitia paribus basi linea 

 elevata aariculave conjuncfcis anguste oblougo- v. ovato-lanceolatis acutis 

 obtusis v. caudato-acuminatis integerrimis crenato-dentatis grosse serra- 

 tisve diacoloribus, floribus in thyrsos elongatos terminales capitulaque 

 axillaria densiflora dispositis brevissime pedicellatis bibracteolatis, calycia 

 brevis glabri v. pnbescentis lobis oblongis obtusis, corollae tubo £- poll, 

 longo gracili recto cylindraceo intus pilosulo, lobis rotundatis sub-crenatis 

 lilacinis ore aurantiaco, antheris medio tubo sessilibus, ovario glabro, 

 stylo brevi, capsula anguste oblongo-clavata glabra, aeminibus compressis 

 anguste alatis basi et apice in caudas productis. 



B. variabilis, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. (1889) p. 120. 



A native of the mountains of the provinces of Hupeli, 

 Ichang Palung, Nanto, and Mts. to the northward, where it 

 was discovered by Dr. Henry. Also found in Mount Omei, 

 in Szechuen, at an elevation of 6000 ft. by Faber, and by 

 Potani, in the Tibetan province of Kam. Mr. Hemsley, 

 from whose description that given above is mainly taken, 

 says of *it that its extreme forms, here treated as one 

 species, are very different in foliage, but connected by 

 every intermediate gradation. From a careful examination 

 of a large number of specimens I can unhesitatingly adopt 

 Mr. Hemsley' s view. The leaves especially are extraordi- 

 narily variable, from a few inches long, broadly oblong- 

 lanceolate and obtuse, to upwards of a foot long, narrowly 

 lanceolate and caudate-acuminate. In a decorative point 

 of view it is a very handsome plant, with rather dark 

 green leaves. The flowers, which have been described as 

 rose-coloured, are in the Kew individual of a clear lilac 

 colour, with the mouth of the corolla orange-yellow. 



The figure here given of Baddleia variabilis is taken 

 from a plant received at the Royal Gardens, Kew, from the 



August 1st, 1898. 



