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to that species. The young shoots are purplish and hairy ; 
the leaves obovate-elliptic, abruptly acuminate at the apex, 
cuneate at the base, sparingly toothed, 2 to 6 in. long, 1 to 24 in. 
wide, dull green above with short scattered hairs and a bristly 
midrib, paler green beneath and more conspicuously hairy there, 
especially on the midrib and veins, The veins are in 12 to 20 pairs ; 
petiole } to 3 in. long. Panicles terminal, pendulous, 4 to 8 in. 
jong, scarcely as wide, carrying many small, fragrant, white 
flowers each about 3 in. wide. Sepals five, roundish ovate, 
minutely ciliate; petals five, concave. Fruit globose, about 
the size of peppercorns, black when ripe. 
eliosma pendens was discovered during 1907 by Wilson in 
Western Hupeh, China, where it grows in woodlands at 3,000 to 
4,000 ft. altitude. A plant was obtained from the Coombe 
Wood Nursery for Kew in 1913 and is evidently perfectly hardy, 
It has flowered a few times in July, but not so freely yet as 
M. cuneifolia ; nor does it promise to grow quite so freely. Its 
chief attraction is the hawthorn-like fragrance of its flowers. 
From M. cuneifolia it is distinguished by its pendent, narrower 
panicles and by the absence of tufts of hairs in the vein-axils 
of the leaf—so conspicuous in that species. 
Salix Matsudana, Koidzumi. [Salicaceae.| 
The species and hybrids of willow exist in bewildering numbers, 
but the great majority.of them are shrubs. Of genuine trees 
there are not many in cultivation, not so many at any rate as 
to preclude a welcome to this new species. It is a deciduous tree 
growing 40 ft. high and was introduced from China by the late 
. Purdom, and from Korea by J. G. Jack, to the Arnold 
Arboretum, thence to Kew in 1913. Two trees are growi 
the “‘ Seven Sisters Lawn’”’ near the fine Quercus castanaefolia 
and they promise to develop into elegant trees. At first minutely 
pubescent and yellowish, the slender young shoots become 
brownish grey and glabrous later. The leaves are linear, 
acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, $ to 2 in. wide, bright green above, 
glaucous beneath and glabrous. Both the trees at Kew are 
female, and their cylindrical flowerspikes about 1 in. long. The 
flower is sessile in the axil of an ovate bract two-thirds as long 
as the ovary which is } in. in length, glabrous, surmounted by 
a dark stigma. The male aments are described as # in. long, 
each flower having two stamens. iM 
This willow is a native of the provinces of Kansu and Chi-li, 
but is generally cultivated in North China and probably in Korea. 
Wilson says it is “planted everywhere between Tientsin and 
Pekin.” Its nearest ally is Salix babylonica, but its comparat- 
ively erect habit makes it quite distinct. 
Tilia intonsa, Wilson. Syn. 7. tonsura, Veitch. [Tiliaceae. | 
This interesting and distinct new lime was discovered by 
Wilson in 1903 in Western Szechuen up to altitudes of 10,000 ft., 
and was introduced by him the same year to Messrs. Veitch’s 
nursery at Coombe Wood. It was obtained for Kew in 1913 
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