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quite round (not angled) branches. There is also an intermediate form 

 known in gardens as S. PULCHELLA, Kunze (bella x expansa). 



S. BRACIIYBOTRYS, Lange. 

 (S. luxuriosa, Lavallee ; S. pruinosa, ZaLel.") 



A vigorous shrub, up to 8 ft. high, branches gracefully arching; young 

 wood downy, ribbed. Leaves oblong or ovate, f to if ins. long, ^ to f in. wide, 

 with a few teeth at the apex only; upper surface dull dark green, and slightly 

 downy, lower one pale and felted with fine grey down. Flowers bright pink, 

 small, and crowded densely in stout panicles i^ to 3 ins. long and about 

 the same wide ; they are borne at the end of leafy twigs, 3 to 12 ins. long, 



BRACTEATA. 



that spring from the branches of the preceding year, expanding in June and 

 July; flower-stalks and calyx hairy. 



A hybrid between canescens and probably Douglasii, inheriting much of 

 the grace and vigour of the former. This is, indeed, one of the best of the 

 taller summer-flowering kinds, the long shoots made one year branching 

 copiously towards the top the following one, when each twig carries its 

 terminal panicle, the whole forming a fine sheaf of brightly coloured 

 blossom. 



S. BRACTEATA, Zabel. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 7429 ; S. nipponica, Maximowicz.} 



A deciduous shrub of rounded, bushy habit, growing 4 to 8 ft. high ; the 

 branches, leaves, and flower-stalks quite smooth ; young wood reddish. 

 Leaves very broadly obovate or oval, sometimes nearly round, | to i in. 

 long, sometimes entire, but usually with a few broad teeth at the rounded 

 apex ; stalk i to ^ in. long. Flowers pure white, in. across, crowded 

 densely in rounded or conical clusters, i to i^ ins. wide. Each cluster is 

 borne at the end of a leafy twig, ii to 3 ins. long, springing from the wood of 



