PHOTINIA PHYGELIUS 145 



or tapering at the base, shallowly toothed, perfectly smooth on both surfaces , 

 the stalk, however, which is from i to i^ ins. long, is clothed with whitish 

 hairs which also extend up the midrib when young. Flowers white, in. 

 in diameter, produced in April and May in large, terminal corymbose 

 panicles 4 to 6 ins. through. Fruit about the size of common haws, red. 



Native of China ; first introduced by Captain Kirkpatrick of the East 

 India Co., in 1804. Where it thrives, this is undoubtedly one of the 

 finest evergreens ever introduced, but is only seen at its best in the south- 

 western counties of England, etc. At Kew it is hardy in all but exceptional 

 winters, but every plant was cut to ground-level by the frosts of February 

 1895, springing up again a few months later. It thrives remarkably well, 

 in Cornwall, where at Enys and at Pengreep there are trees 35 ft. high. 

 It is also very fine at various places in Co. Cork, Ireland. It is most 

 beautiful in spring, when the white flowers are associated with the rich 

 brownish red, shining young leaves, but near London the latter are apt 

 to be spoilt by late spring frosts. 



Var. ROTUNDIFOLIA has shorter, proportionately broader leaves. 



P. VILLOSA, De Candolle. 



(P. variabilis, Hemsley.) 



A deciduous shrub or a small tree. Leaves obovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 i^ to 3^ ins. long, f to i| ins. wide ; the apex drawn out into a long fine 

 point, tapered at the base., finely and regularly toothed, each tooth gland- 

 tipped. Flowers white, in corymbs i in. long and ij ins. wide, produced in 

 May ; stalks conspicuously waited ; each flower about in. in diameter. 

 Fruit the size and shape of common haws, red. The foliage, too, is often 

 a beautiful red in autumn. 



Native of Japan, China, and Corea. It is a variable plant especially 

 in- the amount of down on the leaves, young shoots, and flower-stalk. In 

 the typical villosa the leaves are, as a rule, more obovate, and all the 

 younger parts of the plant hairy ; the flower-stalk is felted with grey 

 down, and the fruit is about ^ in. long. In 



Var. UEVIS, Dippel (P. laevis, De Candolle), the leaves are usually longer 

 pointed, and like the branchlets and flowers, smooth or only slightly downy ; 

 the brilliant red fruits are \ in. long. These two forms, whilst distinct 

 enough in themselves, are united by various intermediate forms. 



This Photinia is sometimes met with as " Pourthisea arguta," but the 

 true plant of that name is not, so far as I know, in cultivation, and is possibly 

 not hardy. It is from the Khasia Hills, India. 



PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS, E. Meyer. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



A shrub up to 6 or 7 ft. high in the warmest parts of our islands 

 but of semi-herbaceous habit near London ; shoots erect, stout, angled, 

 very pithy, smooth. Leaves opposite, smooth, ovate; i j to 5 ins. long, 

 f to 1 1 ins. wide; finely blunt-toothed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped 

 at the base, tapered but blunt at the point ; stalk f to ij ins. long, 

 winged at its junction with the stem. Flowers in a terminal, erect 

 panicle 12 ins. high and 6 ins. through ; corolla tubular, i to \\ ins. 

 long; \ in. wide, five-lobed at the mouth, scarlet, yellowish in the 

 throat 



