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country to which he was ever warmly attached. There appear 
to be feveral varieties, though perhaps none of them are fufh- 
ciently marked to form diflin&t fpecies. The one here figured is 
alow fhrub; the younger leaves, when minutely examined, have 
a {cattered pubefcence, colleGed in little bunches; in form they 
frequently vary between obovate and wedge-fhaped, and with 
- ferratures at the upper part more or le{s deep. 
Flowers in April and May, frequently, but not always, be- 
fore the leaves appear. Quite hardy, Our drawing was made 
at Meffrs. Wuircey and Brame’s, Old-Brompton. 
Variety 8 acuta, as figured by Jacquin, has ovate fpikes; 
leaves a little undulated towards the point, but fcarcely 
ferrate. The third variety is the next article. The fourth, 
Jevotina, was fhown us feveral years ago, by Mr. Wuit ey, 
who obferved that it never produced its bloffoms till Auguft, 
long-after the fhrub was clothed with leaves, which are 
oblong, {mooth, and when frefh, green on both fides, though 
in drying the under {urface grows much paler, 
