Sargent from the Arnold Arboretum, near Boston, U.S.A., 
in 189]. It flowered in the open air in July, 1901. 
Deser.—A stout, erect shrub, covered with glandular 
hairs and a minute stellate pubescence. Leaves two inches 
to three inches long, scattered or crowded towards the 
ends of the branchlets, sessile, linear-oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, very closely pinnatisect, rhachis stout ; pinnules 
linear, obtuse, very dark green above, pale beneath, pinna- 
tifid; lobes short, obtuse, pale green beneath. Stipules 
linear, quite entire. Flowers crowded in erect, terminal, 
branching panicles, the lower branches of which are sub- 
tended by leaves, very shortly pedicelled, one half to 
two-thirds of an inch broad. Calyz-tube hemispheric or 
turbinate; lobes ovate, obtuse or sub-acute. Petals orbi- 
cular, white. Filaments short, anthers yellow. Carpels 
hairy, with glabrous styles, six- to eight-ovuled. Seeds 
about one-tenth of an inch long.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, unexpanded flower and bracteoles ; 2, stellate hairs; 3 and 4, stamens ; 
5, pistil :—all enlarged, 
