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STACHYURACEAE. 
STACHYURUS. 
(Family Stachyuraceae). 
Shrubs, with some inflorescence- 
branches developed the first year: 
deciduous. Twigs glabrous, mod- 
erate, rounded: pith relatively 
large, round, continuous, white. 
Buds rather small, sessile, soli- 
tary, ovoid, appressed, with 2 
more or less pointed scales. Leaf- 
scars alternate, narrowly cres- 
cent-shaped, somewhat _ raised, 
rather small: bundle-traces 3: sti- 
pule-sears short. 
Winter-character references to 
Stachyurus praecox: — Schneider, 
f. 87; Shirasawa, 242, pl. 3. 
The family Stachyuraceae in- 
cludes only the one genus, Stachy- 
urus, and was known until re- 
cently only through one _ species 
from Japan and one from the 
Himalayan region. Of recent 
years, several Chinese species have been discovered. Those 
that have been brought into cultivation, like Forsythia, some 
of the bush honeysuckles, and the Asiatic magnolias, are 
prized because they flower early, before their foliage expands. 
Twigs and buds rather glossy brown: Japan. S. praecox. 
Twigs green or dull brown: China. S. chinensis. 
