to pronounce definitely with regard to its propagation, the 
fact that it has fruited within five years of the sowing of 
the seed seems to indicate that this should prove easy, 
Descriprion.— Tree or shrub; branches glabrous, bark 
almost shining, dark chestnut, sparingly lenticelled, ulti- 
mately transversely wrinkled. Lesting-buds ovoid, glabrous ; 
scales tawny hirsute within and with axillary tufts of tawny 
hairs. Leaves elliptic- or obovate-oblong, acute or rarely 
acuminate or at times bluntish, base subacute, margin twice 
serrate-crenate, the notches in which the primary nerves 
end rather larger than the rest, 24-33 in. long, 14-1} in. 
wide, firmly herbaceous, deciduous, quite glabrous and at 
length deep green above, pale beneath, and sparingly hairy 
on the nerves, at least at their points of origin; lateral 
nerves 10-12 on each side, nearly straight and markedly 
parallel, finely impressed above, prominent beneath, trans- 
verse veinlets very slender; petioles § in. long, at first 
loosely hairy, soon glabrous, narrowly channelled ; stipules 
almost filiform, 3-4 lin. long, hairy, soon deciduous, Flowers 
+ in, across, in many-flowered corymbs on short twigs; the 
branchlets, pedicels and the filiform caducous bracts loosely 
pubescent, Receptacle turbinate, somewhat hairy. Sepals 
wide ovate, obtuse, under 1 lin. long, rather hairy. Petals 
white, wide obovate, 24 lin. long. Stamens about 20; 
anthers violet-purple. Styles 5, connate below. Fruit 
globose-pyriform, brown, lenticelled, 4-5 lin. long. 
3 art 1, margin of leaf; 2, vertical section of a flower, the petals removed ; 
» Stamens ; 5, vertical section of a fruit; 6, seed :—all enlarged. 
