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flowering and barren shoots entire, usually obovate. not clasping, J-| inch long 

 by ^-| inch broad, more glaucous than in the type ; withered leaves persistent 

 in winter. Flowers as in type, save that the pedicels are longer and slenderer, 

 and the carpels rather larger, equalling the stamens. 



A curious little plant, found in gardens under the name of S. cyaneum, 

 but quite different from 5. cyaneum Rudolph. I was at first inclined 

 to treat it as a distinct species, but its flowers are practically identical 



Fig. 46. — S. Ewersii Ledeb. var. homophyllum nov. 



with those of S. Ewersii, and its leaves with those of the barren shoots 

 of that species. It is a dwarf form of Ewersii, in fact, in which the 

 characteristic elongate flowering shoots with long internodes and 

 clasping leaves are not produced, the flowers (to use an Irish bull) 

 being borne on the barren shoots. It differs also from typical Ewersii 

 in being a very shy flowerer, 



" Var, turkestanicum " is a garden name found in many nurserymen's 

 lists, sometimes as a species. None of the plants which I have seen 

 under the name were in any way distinct, or worthy of varietal rank. 



