is capable of attaining. Maximowicz states that it had 
been reported to him that it may reach a large size: 
“arbor dicitur altissima, 4 pedes usque crassa.” In 
spite of this, however, we believe it will never become 
more than a small tree in this country. It seems to be 
quite hardy both at Leonardslee and at Kew, and like 
its allies will no doubt thrive well elsewhere in either 
loamy or peaty soil. In the absence of seeds it may be 
propagated by cuttings made of fairly firm wood in July 
or August. The nearest ally of S. serrata is probably 
S. sinensis, Rehd. et Wils., a Chinese species first dis- 
covered by Professor A. Henry, and first introduced to 
cultivation by Mr. E. H. Wilson in 1901. This species, 
however, is readily distinguished from S. serrata by its 
pilose ovary, its monadelphous stamens and its leaves 
without pubescence in the axils of the veins on the 
undersurface. 
DrscripTion.—Tree, as cultivated in this country of small size; young 
shoots pilose, finally glabrescent. Leaves deciduous, elliptic or obovate, acute 
to acuminate, base cuneate, margin serrate with the teeth incurved, 14-3 in. 
long, {-1} in. wide, dull dark green and glabrous above, paler and pilose on the 
midrib and in the axils of the veins; petiole }-} in. long, glabrous. Flowers 
showy, cup-shaped, 2-23 in. wide, solitary in the leaf-axils of the young shoots, 
opening in June; peduncles 3-1 in. long, tomentose. Sepals 5-6, leafy, ovate, 
minutely and sparingly serrate, 4~ in. long, ciliate on the margin but else- 
where glabrous, recurved and persisting on the fruit. Petals 5, cream-coloured, — 
stained with red on the outside, cucullate and jagged on the margin, imbricate, 
lin. wide. Stamens many, free; filaments silky at the base; anthers yellow. 
Ovary ovoid, quite glabrous; style simple, glabrous; stigmas very short. 
Capsule woody, ovoid, rostrate, } in. long, 5-valved, opening loculicidally. 
Seeds compressed, winged. 
Tas. 8771.—Fig. 1, portion of undersurface of a leaf, showing pubescence ; 
2, stamens; 3, pistil; 4, fruit; 5 and 6, seed :—all enlarged except 4 and 5, 
which are of natural size, 
