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the enlarged leaves were made, but the young earlier branches push- 

 ing out from the cuttings, gave the true radicant form of Siebold, 

 but eventually stronger branches pushed out with an erect habit. 

 Fig. 1, 2, 3, are all graduated leaves from one of these plants. 

 Fig. 3 will be seen to have reached very nearly the size and form 

 of a true E. Japonicus, Fig. 4, but it is not quite so thick and 

 shining. 



As the two species are not distantly related, it is certainly inter- 

 esting to note that the dimorphic one is of the same relative character 

 in each case, the climbing habit being still wanting in the American 

 species. 



