beauty, its leaves at that season turning to soft, rich 
shades of red. It may be described as one of the 
best hardy shrubs for autumnal colour, and when, as in 
1917, to this is added the colour effect of its purple and 
scarlet capsules it becomes very attractive indeed. 
From all other cultivated Spindle-trees Z. alatus is very 
distinct by reason of the conspicuous corky wings of the 
branches. From its nearest ally, /. verrucosus, it is well 
distinguished by this character, also by its shorter cymes 
and more deeply lobed capsules. £. alatus is very 
hardy, even in Central Europe, and likes a_ position 
exposed to full sunlight. It thrives in either a loamy or 
a peaty soil and, failing seeds, can be propagated by 
cuttings. 
Description.— Shrub of stiff, open habit, 6-10 ft. high, usually wider ‘than 
its height ; branchlets glabrous, at first 4-angular and square, but afterwards 
developing along two or along all four angles a thin, flat, corky wing which 
becomes ultimately {-} in. wide. Leaves opposite, narrowly oval or obovate, 
apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate, margin very finely serrate, 1-2 in. 
long, }-1 in. wide, glabrous, dark green in summer, but changing to rich rosy 
red before falling in autumn; petiole 1 in. long. Cymes axillary, usually 
3-flowered, }-} in. long; pedicels glabrous, slender. Flowers '4-merous, 
greenish-yellow, } in. in diameter. Calyx 4-lobed, the lobes shallow, rounded, 
minutely dentate. Petals 4, obovate-orbicular, 3; in. long. Stamens 4; 
filaments scarcely as long as the anthers, Ovary flat, 4-celled; style very 
short, glabrous. Capsule 4 
D -lobed, purple, smooth; the lobes 1 in. long, 
ho only at the base. Seeds brown, ovoid, } in. long, enclosed by a scarlet 
arillus, 
Tas. 8823,—Fig. 1, part of stem; 2, part of leaf margin; 8, part of in- 
florescence; 4, calyx and pistil; 
5 d 6, st . i : 
8, section of seed :—all enlarged, and 6, stamens; 7, section of ovary 
