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end, heart-shaped base, glaucous and downy below. Fl. -heads up to 



I Hong. South-east United States. (Fig. 97 f.) 

 F. major. 8. May. D. Ls. 4, with a few undulating teeth or entire, glaucous 



and downy below. Fl. -heads up to 2 long. South United States. 



(Fig. 97 G.) 

 F. monticola. 6. May. D. Ls. 4, green and nearly hairless below, remotely 



toothed. Fl. -heads up to 2 long. Virginia and Carolina. 



HAMAMELIS. Witch Hazel. Ls. ov., obov., unequal-sided at base, distantly 

 toothed, prominently straight-veined, star-shaped hairs on both sides, short- 

 stalked. Fls. yellow, in small axillary clusters, petals strap-shaped, yellow, K (4), 

 C4, A4. 



H. japonica. 12. February. D. Ls. 3^, base slightly heart-shaped; downy 

 below at first, becoming nearly hairless and green. Petals f, golden 

 yellow, very crumpled. Japan. (Fig. 97 j.) 



Variety arborea. 15. Ls. larger and firmer. Fls. deeper yellow, sepals 

 purple inside. 



Variety Zuccariniana. Ls. dark green above, tawny down on midrib 

 below. Fls. pale yellow. 

 H. mollis. 12. January. D. Branchlets zigzagged. Ls. 5, deeply heart- 

 shaped base, grey- or tawny-felted below. Petals |, yellow and red. 

 China. (Fig. 97 h.) 

 H. vernalis. 6. January-March. D. Ls. 4, straight or tapering base, green 



below. Petals h, yellow and red. U.S.A. (Fig. 97 K.) 

 H. virginiana. 20. September-November. D. Branchlets crooked. Ls. 5, 

 unevenly and coarsely round-toothed, slightly heart-shaped base. Petals 

 f , bright yellow. East North America. (Fig. 97 l.) 

 LiQUiDAMBAR STYRACiFLUA. Swcct Gum. 95. May. D. Young branchlets corky. 

 Ls. alternate, ov., 6, palmately 5-7-lobed, toothed, long-stalked. Fls. small, 

 unisexual, without petals or sepals, in small terminal heads. East United States. 

 (Fig. 27 c.) 



* LoROPETALUM CHINENSE. 6. February-March. E. Branchlets zigzagged, wiry, 

 covered with brown down. Ls. ov., 2, unequal-sided a_t base, minutely toothed, 

 hairy. Fls. |, white, petals strap-shaped, K (4), C4, A4, G (2). China. (Fig. 97 m.) 



Parrotia persica. Iron Tree. 40. January-March. D. Bark flaky (like plane). 

 Ls. ov., 5, with vague undulating teeth at outer end, midrib usually not in centre 

 of blade, star-shaped hairs on both sides, short-stalked, often in two rows. Fls. 

 small, in small axillary clusters; no petals, stamens bright red enclosed by rough 

 black bracts. Persia. (Fig. 98 b.) 



Parrotiopsis (Parrotia) Jacquemontiana. 20. May-June. D. Ls. alternate, 

 ov., or nearly circular, 3, blunt-ended, toothed, star-shaped hairs below, short- 

 stalked, resembling common alder. Fls. greenish yellow, in small heads surrounded 

 by four large whitish bracts up to 2 across. Fruit h, a capsule covered by woolly 

 star-shaped hairs. West Himalaya. (Fig. 97 n.) 



SiNOWiLSONiA Henryi. 20. May. D. Ls. alternate, broad ov., 6, pointed, 

 heart-shaped or straight base, toothed, star-shaped hairs below. Fls. small, 

 greenish yellow, in drooping racemes. Fruit |, a bristly capsule. West China. 

 (Fig. 98 a.) 



