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axillary branched clusters. Fruit |, round, black and shining. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 96 p.) 



Decum ARIA BARBARA. Climber to 30. June. D. Aerial roots. Buds hairy. Ls. 

 opposite, ov., 5, vaguely toothed in outer half or entire, hairless, slender-stalked. 

 Fls, ^, white, in erect terminal branched clusters, K7-10, C7-10, A cc,G (5-10). 

 Fruit I, urn-shaped, lower part striped with white. South United States. 

 (Fig. 61 M.) 



DEUTZIA. Stems brown, peeling; buds hairless. Ls. opposite, toothed, thin, 

 scurfy with minute star-shaped hairs on both surfaces, wither rapidly. Fls. white 

 or pink, K5, C5, A5+5, G (3-5). Fruit dry, splitting into three to five parts. 



(a) Ls. grey or white below 



D. discolor. 6. June. D. Ls. ov., oblong, 4, finely and evenly toothed, dull 

 green above, grey below. Fls. f , white or pinkish, in branched clusters. 

 China. (Fig. 61 G.) 

 Variety major. Sprays of fl. -clusters on long arching stems. 



D. longifolia. 6. June. D. Ls. lane, 5, long-pointed, finely toothed, greyish 

 green above, greyish white below, prominently veined. Fls. i, pink or 

 purplish, in branched clusters, wings of inner stamens deeply 2-lobed 

 at top. China. (Fig. 61 j.) 



D. setchuenensis. 6. May-June. D. Ls. ov., lane, 4, dull green and rough 

 above, grey and downy below, base rounded, finely toothed. Fls. \, 

 white, in branched clusters wings of longer stamens end in two prominent 

 teeth. China. (Fig. 61 L.) 



D. Vilmorinae. 8. June. D. Ls. oblong, lane, 5, slender-pointed, sharply 

 toothed, dark dull green above, grey-felted below. Fls. i, white, in 

 broad panicles, petals with upturned edges, wings of stamens broad in 

 middle. China. 



{h) Ls. green below 

 D.corymbosa.g. June-July. D. Ls.ov., 5, long-pointed, finely toothed. Fls, |, 

 white, crowded in broad panicles, wings of stamens toothed. Himalaya. 

 D. gracilis. 4. May-June. D. Ls. lane, 3, coarsely and unevenly toothed, 

 deep green, Fls. f , white, in erect racemes. Japan. (Fig. 61 K.) 

 Variety rosea. Fls, pinkish purple. 



D. scabra {D. crenata). 10. June-July. D. Ls. ov., lane, 4, finely toothed, 



teeth standing upwards or inwards. Fls. \, white or pinkish in erect 

 panicles, petals erect. China and Japan. (Fig. 61 H.) 



Y arieiy flore pleno. Fls. i, double. 



Variety Watereri. Fls. i, single, petals pink outside. 



ESCALLONIA. Chilean Gum Box. Ls. alternate, finely toothed, gland- 

 dotted, usually clammy, stalkless or nearly so. Fls. small, white, pink, or red, in 

 panicles or racemes, K (5), C5, A5, G (2-3). Fruit dry, top-shaped, surmounted 

 by persistent style. 



(a) Fls. white 



E. exoniensis. 20. July-October. E. Branches ribbed, downy. Ls. obov., i, 



double-toothed, glossy, hairless except on midrib below. Fls. tubular, 

 in small terminal panicles. Hybrid. (Fig. 96 A.) 



