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Leaves. — In twos, about J inch barely perceptibly 

 serrulate ; some slightly twisted, but most pressed tightly 

 face to face by disproportionately long (about J inch) leaf- 

 sheath, which is white to pale brown. 



A very thickly- growing densely branched httle bush; 

 branchlets almost at right angles to branches. Its ajjpear- 

 ance suggests a " witches' -broom " to have been its origin. 

 Beissner (i. 232) states that plants of this form twenty- 

 five years old are scarcely J metre high. He also states 

 (ii. 434) that it originated in the nurseries of Transon 

 Freres at Beauvronne, near Orleans. 



My best specimen is about 9 inches by 1 8 inches. 



P. sylvestris, var. pygmaea, Beiss. 



Syn. : var. glohosa nana, Hort. 



Buds. — Oval; pointed; i^ inch; tips of scales free; red; 

 resinous. 



Branchlets. — Annual growth 1 inch to IJ inches; 

 crowded; shiny red; glabrous. 



Leaves. — In twos, about J to 1 inch; stiff, thick, very 

 twisted; margins serrulate, not so glaucous as var. pumila. 

 Leaf-sheath under J inch ; dark brown. 



A dense round bush of very slow growth. I have a 

 specimen 3 feet by 3 feet 6 inches. 



P. sylvestris, var. tabulaeformis. 



A plant under this name appears, without description, 

 in an old catalogue of Barron of Borrowash, dated 1 875. 



P. sylvestris, var. umbraculifera, Beiss. (i. 233). 



Buds. — Oval, pointed; i to J inch; tips of scales free; 

 light red-brown; non-resinous. 



Branches. — Few, spreading, and sUghtly ascending. 



Branchlets. — Few, nearly at right angles to branches, 

 and shghtly ascending; hght brown; fairly thick; annual 

 growth 2 to 3 inches. 



Leaves. — IJ to 3 inches long; stout; twisted; in twos. 



Margins serrulate: those at base of branchlets shortest 



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