easily distinguished by the leaves being grey-tomentellous 
beneath and cordate at the base. All three belong to 
the group Longiflorae of the section defined as Nintooa by 
DeCandolle, within the subgenus Chamaecerasus. A 
climber of vigorous growth, L. similis, var. Delavayi, is 
very hardy and, being evergreen, promises to be a useful 
addition to a group of shrubs rather scanty in outdoor 
collections—the hardy evergreen climbers. Another 
useful quality of our plant is the circumstance that it 
flowers as late as August. It thrives very well in a 
loamy soil and can be increased by late summer cuttings. 
Description.—Shrub, climbing, evergreen; branches terete, glabrous. 
Leaves wide-lanceolate, acute at the apex and cordate at the base, up to 23 in. 
long and 2 in. wide, entire, upper surface glabrous, with raised dots, bright green, 
the midrib and lateral nerves slightly impressed, lower surface cinereous- 
tomentellous, the midrib and nerves raised and the lateral nerves anastomosing 
towards the margin; petiole 2 in. long, hirsute with spreading hairs. 
Inflorescences axillary and terminal; bracts lanceolate, acute, zs in. long, 
ciliolate ; bracteoles orbicular, 7, in. in diameter, glabrous. Calyx small, with 
deltoid, acute teeth, zz in. long, ciliolate. Corolla 1% in. long, glabrous, tube 
slender, cylindric, nearly 3, in. wide, hardly gibbose, limb two-lipped, nearly 
3 in. long, the lower lip linear, 1, in. broad, the upper lip shortly 4-lobed, 
= in. broad. Filaments nearly 3 in. long, glabrous; anthers 2 in. long. 
Receptacle (ovary) cylindric, 2 in. long, 7g in. in diameter, glabrous ; style 2} in. 
long, glabrous ; stigma capitate. Berry ovoid, } in. long, } in, wide. 
Taz. 8800.—Fig. 1, a pair of flowers, the corollas removed ; 2and 3, anthers; 
4, stigma; 5, transverse section of ovary; 6, fruit :—all enlarged except 6, 
which is of natural size. 
