Tas. 8520. 
SCHIZOPHRAGMA HYDRANGEOIDES. 
Japan. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe HyDRANGEAE. 
SuntzoPHRAGMA, Sieb. et Zucc.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 641. 
Schizophragma hydrangeoides, Sieb. et Zucc. Flor, Jap. vol. i. p. 58, t. 26; 
C.K. Schneider in Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 898, fig. 252; species a ceteris hujus 
generis foliis minoribus dentatis nec integris apte distinguenda. 
Frutex deciduus, radicibus ope subaeriis alte scandens; ramulis primum laxe 
pubescentes demum glabrati. Folia opposita, exstipulata, membranacea, 
late ovata vel suborbicularia, acuta’ vel acuminata, basi truncata vel 
cordata, margine grosse dentata, 5-14 cm. longa, 4-14 cm. lata, supra 
sordide viridia praesertim secus nervos breve adpresse pubescentia, subtus 
pallidiora secus costam et in axillis nervorum pilosa; nervi laterales 
utrinsecus 5-7; petiolus 4-10 cm. longus, parce pubescens. lores in 
corymbum terminalem 10-20 cm. latum cymosim aggregati, perfecti 
perparvi congesti, steriles ad marginem corymbi restricti et in bracteas 
singulas lacticolores membranaceas ovatas cordatasve apice acutas vel 
rotundatas distincte reticulatas 1-5-4°5 cm. longas 1-3 em. latas ramulos 
- primarios terminantes redacti. Calyx turbinatus, 5-lobus, laxe pubescens ; 
lobi triangulares. Peta/a 5, rotundato-ovata, concava 2°5 mm. longa, 
alba. Stamina 10, longe exserta, 6 mm. longa; filamenta glabra; antherae 
luteae. Carpella4—5; styli connati; stigma 4-5-lobum. Capsu/a turbinata, 
10-striata, 6 mm. longa, pedicello pubescente suffulta.—W. J. BEAN. 
The subject of our plate bears a name which is familiar in 
English gardens, where it has fora couple of generations been 
erroneously applied to Hydrangea petiolaris, Sieb. & Zuce., 
another and an allied Japanese climbing shrub. There has 
never been any very valid excuse for this curious misappre- 
hension, because in H. petiolaris the sterile flowers have four 
segments, whereas in the sterile flowers of Schizophragma 
there is but a single bract. Asa matter of fact, in spite of 
the familiar misuse of its name, the true S. hydrangeoides, 
now figured, is a comparatively recent introduction to 
British gardens and appears to have first blossomed in this 
country in 1905 with the late Mr. B. E. Chambers, of 
Grayswood, Haslemere. The spray from which our plate 
has been prepared came from the garden of Miss E. A. 
Willmott at Warley Place, on July 12, 1912, and a few 
days later a second spray was received from Sir Edward Fry, 
from his garden at Failand House, near Bristol. The plant 
at Warley Place grows along with Hydrangea petiolaris on 
the wall of one of the garden offices, where the two flower 
OcrossEr, 19138. 
