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FOTHERGILLA ALNIFOLIA, Ua. ys MAJOR. . 
BROAD-LEAVED FOTHERGILLA. 
Clafs and Order. 
PoLyaNpDRIaA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéer.—Vid, N™- 1341. 
Specific Name. 
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FOTHERGILLA alnifolia. Vide N™ 1341. 
y. major; foliis fuperne ferratis obtufifimis quandoque cum 
acumine : juntoribus fubtus tomentofis. 
This is the handfomeft variety we have feen, being con- 
fiderably larger in all its parts, as well as in its foliage. The 
leaves, when older, are more or lefs white underneath; the 
younger ones are quite tomentofe and a little ferruginous; 
fome of them have a broad obtufe termination, and in others 
the terminal tooth projeéts far forward; the ferratures are fome- 
times very large. The {pike of flowers is larger and longer 
than in the other varieties. 
Known in fome nurferies by the name of /peciofa. Flowers 
in May and June, a month later than ob¢u/a. Drawn at Meflrs. 
Wuitrey and Brame’s, Old-Brompton, 
