that the petiole of his plant is often considerably less 

 than one-fourth the length of the leaf -blade it appears 

 probable that some other species is in question. The 

 material for our plate has been provided by a plant 

 purchased for Kew in 1891 from Mr. Dieck of Zoeschen, 

 which is now about ten feet high and as much across, 

 with a graceful habit due to the slender ultimately 

 pendulous branches. Unfortunately E. Bungeanus does 

 not bear fruit at Kew so regularly as most of its cultivated 

 congeners ; in the autumn of 1914, however, it made a 

 very pleasing display owing to the abundance of its 

 capsules, whose colour is unusual among the hardy 

 members of the genus. The plants at Kew promise to 

 assume eventually a tree-like form ; they are perfectly 

 hardy and grow vigorously in loamy soil. The foliage 

 dies off yellow in autumn. In the absence of seeds, 

 which are only available in certain seasons, cuttings may 

 be used for propagation. 



Description.— Shrub or small tree, about 15 ft. high ; 

 twigs slender ; winter buds oblong-ovoid, their scales 

 ciliate. Leaves deciduous, long-petioled, elliptic, caudate- 

 acuminate, base cuneate, 2-3 in. long, j-lj in. wide; 

 petiole f-1 in. long. Cymes arising from the axils of 

 deciduous bracts along the lower portion of the twigs, 

 once to thrice forked. Flowers tetramerous. Sepals 

 suborbicular, very small, spreading, at length deflexed. 

 Petals spreading, ultimately slightly deflexed, their 

 margins turned back, whitish-green with reddish base, 

 wide ovate, small. Disk 4-lobed, bright green. Stamens 

 inserted on the lobes of the disk ; filaments stout, very 

 short, anthers reniform, purple-crimson. Ovary pyra- 

 midal, 4-angled, 4-celled ; style short ; stigmas 4, minute. 

 Ovules 2 to each cell, ascending. Capsule 4-lobed, pale 

 rose. Seeds dull rose; aril bright red, rising from the 

 raphe and enveloping the greater bulk of the seed, 

 leaving an aperture on the side away from the raphe. 



Fig. 1, a flower; 2 and 3, seed with its aril, seen from behind and from one 

 sule ; 4, seed m section, showing the embryo -.—all enlarged. 



