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giaorous m Dotn -species;; veins more numerous (up to ZZ pairs), 



forming at their junction with the midrib a more obtuse angle 



than in A, chinensis; seed larger, with the hilum covering about 



one-third; enclosed in a thinner- walled, ovoid to pear-shaped 

 fruit. 



With its more southern distribution this tree may prove not to 

 be quite so hardy as A. chinensis^ and it has been cut back once 

 by winter cold at Kew. But that may have been due to its exces- 

 sive vigour and the unripened state of its wood. Wilson believes 



up to 16 ins. 



be 



trees 



XVI. — A New Japanese Cherhy. 



name of Prunus Mia 



[Rosaccae] 



some 



and has created a good deal of interest because of its flowering 

 from JSTovember onwards. Owino" Drobablv to the excessive mild- 



autumn of 1913, it made a very charming display 



at that time. When it was in flower it was sent to Professor 

 Koehne at Berlin — the leading European authority on this genus 

 and he pronounced it to be a many-petalled form of his P.Tnicro- 

 lepis, originally described in Plantae Wilsonianae, i., p, 256 

 (1912). Normally, P. microlepis has five petals to each flower; 

 for this form, which has 10 to 15, Prof. Koehne suggests the 



name 



M 



— J __-_,,_^^ ., — _ — ^ 



It is a deciduous small tree with ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 



acuminate 



Uto 



3;! ins. long, hairy on both surfaces. Flowers, pale pink, 1 in. 



wide; the petals obovate, often notched at the apex. Stamens 

 white with yellow anthers; style glabrous. Calyx, glossy green, 



glabrous, tubular at the base, with five reflexed, ovate lobes \ in. 



long, toothed, pointed. 



XYII. — New Chinese Species. 

 Rhododendron fastigiatum, Franchet [Ericaceae]. 



There is a considerable demand at the present time for dwarf 

 evergreens suitable for cultivation in the Eock Garden, Several 

 alpine Rhododendrons introduced by Wilson are admirable for the 

 purpose, such as E. flavidum, R. intricatum, and R. nigro-puncta- 

 tum. This new species, introduced by Forrest in 1911, belongs 

 to the same class and is likely to be useful for the same purpose. It 

 is an evergreen shrub 6 to 18 ins. high, the young shoots, leaves 

 and calyx being covered with scales, which give them a dull 

 greyish tinge. The leaves are oval or ovate, averaging about 

 i in. in length, half as wide, the petiole one line long. Flowers 

 slightly fragrant and clustered two or three together at the end 

 of the shoot. Calyx-lobes ^ in. long, ciliate; corolla 1 in. in 

 diameter, pale purple, with five or six ovate lobes spreading hori- 

 zontally; the tube is very short and hairy. Stamens, ten or 

 twelve, hairy at the extreme base, much exserted, purple; anthers 

 ^^,T.r^TrTr>^o>> • af ttI o r>nrnlfi Infip-fir than stamens. 



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