SAXIFRAGACEAE. 79 
DECUMARIA. 
(Family Saxifragaceae). 
Shrubs, climbing by aerial roots: 
deciduous. Stems terete, rather 
slender, the cortex finally ex- 
foliating: pith rounded, greenish, 
spongy. Buds small, solitary, ses- 
sile, with indistinct scales. Leaf- 
scars opposite, horseshoe-shaped, 
raised, with concave _ surface, 
transversely connected: bundle- 
traces 3: stipule-scars lacking. 
Winter - character references: 
Schneider, f. 190. 
Twigs puberulent: buds very red- 
hairy. D. barbara. 
In addition to those given under 
the genera to which they pertain, 
the following winter-character ~ 
references may be noted:—Phila- 
delphus coronarius, BOsemann, 54; 
Schneider, f. 189; Willkomm, 2, 
3, 2. bi, £933" Zucearmi, 13,-H 7 
P. coronarius Satsumi. Shirasawa, 268, pl. 10.—P. hirsutus. 
Schneider, f. 189.—P. pubescens. Bosemann, 54; Schneider, 
fr Eso. 
