T. dependens does not occur, to Hugenia planipes, Hook. et 
Arn. The wood of H. planipes is of no use except for 
charcoal, and Gay states that supplies of it have at times 
been ordered by merchants, who were misled by its bearing 
the same native name as 7’. dependens. 
T’. lanceolata was introduced in 1848 by William Lobb 
for Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, and was successively rein- 
troduced for the same firm by Pearce and Downton (see 
The Garden, November 27th, 1880). It flourishes out 
of doors in Cornwall, the south of Ireland, and the west of — 
Scotland, and a specimen 18 ft. high was noticed by Mr. 
W. Watson during a recent visit to Ireland. The maximum 
height given by Reiche for 7’. lanceolata in Chiliis 5 metres 
Mr. Watson has observed that wasps rob 7. lanceolata 
of its honey by biting a hole at the base of the corolla. __ 
The introduction of T. dependens is due to Mr. H. J. 
Elwes, F.R.S., who brought back seeds of it from Chili in 
1902. It is of rapid growth, and one of the specimens in — 
the Temperate House at Kew has already attained a height 
of about 10 ft. 1’. dependens may be readily propagated 
by cuttings. The flowering branch figured was from a 
cutting of the original plant. 7 
Descr.—A small, compact tree, attaining a height of — 
20-30 ft. in its native country. Branches very numerous, 
rather spreading; young branchlets reddish. Leaves obo- 
vate or elliptic, more rarely ovate, }-24 in. long, $-1i in. © 
broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, serrate, thi 
coriaceous. Flowers 1-8 together in the axils, borne 
long curved peduncles. Calyw cup-shaped, with five small 
teeth, soon splitting and falling off, or remaining as a 
loose ring round the peduncle. Petals oblong, 3-toothed 
at the apex, about { in. long, white. Stamens 15-18. { 
Ovary 3—4-celled ; style subulate.-—T. A. Spracue. 4 
Fig. 1, a flower with petals removed ; 2, petal; 3, anther :—all enlarged. 
