FIGEA 105 



P. excelsa, var. pseudo-Maxwelli. 



Syn. : var. Maxwdli, Hort (not Maxwell or Beissner); 

 var. mucronata, Hort. 



Buds. — Conical, acute, light brown. Terminal bud 

 almost concealed by uppermost ranks of leaves. 



Branches. — Close-growing — in almost horizontal planes. 



Branchlets. — Slightly ascending; annual growth J inch 

 to if inches; stout; hght orange-brown. 



Leaves. — Yellow-green or green; mostly radial; very 

 crowded on upper side and at tips of branchlets; bases 

 of leaves somewhat appressed to branchlet; tips of leaves 

 usually recurving, tapering from middle to acute apex 

 with either a sharp point or with the long hair-Hke point 

 of var. Maxwelli. Leaves about t\ to f inch, rather flat 

 than round; about three stomatic Hnes on each side. 



At first a low round cushion-Uke plant, developing with 

 age into a round or beehive- shaped bush with branches in 

 almost horizontal layers. In its young state it is not 

 unlike var. Maxwdli, but differs in shape of buds and size 

 and shape of leaves. This is frequently received from 

 French nurseries as var. mucronata, and from Dutch and 

 German nurseries as many other varieties. 



P. excelsa, var. capitata, Croux {Revue Horticulturale, 1889, 

 p. 393). 

 Syn. : var. dumosa of Kew (not Carr. and Beissner). 



Buds. — Broadly conical, obtuse; about J inch; brown; 

 non-resinous. Bud scales large and all ciliate at edge, the 

 lower scales being darker than those on apex. Terminal 

 bud completely covered by uppermost ranks of leaves, 

 which in some cases apparently grow up the sides of the 

 bud. 



Branches. — Thick, flexible, ascending, pale yellow; 

 glabrous. Branchlets irregular in size, but almost uniform 

 in thickness, mostly growing in crowded tufts or heads at 

 ends of secondary branches. Very crowded and narrowly 

 ascending. Annual growth J inch to 2 J inches. Shiny 



