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TRICUSPIDARIA TRIPTERYGIUM 



succeeds it is one of the most attractive of all shrubs. At Kilmacurragh, 

 Co. Wicklow, it is 20 ft. high. It has the curious habit of pushing out its 

 flower-stalks in autumn, but the flowers do not open until the following 

 May. It likes a partially shaded spot ; the leaves are often 4C scorched " and 

 brown at the margins when the plant stands fully exposed to sunshine or 

 wind. This species was long grown in gardens as "T. dependens." The 

 two species are very distinct in shape of leaf and colour of flower. 



TRICUSPIDARIA LANCKOLATA. 



TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDI, Hooker fiL CELASTRACE^. 



A deciduous shrub of rambling or climbing habit, with angular, 

 warted stems, downy when young. Leaves alternate, oval or ovate, 

 broadly wedge-shaped to rounded at the base, tapered at the apex to 

 a long and slender point; 2\ to 6 ins. long, -ij to 4 ins. wide; the 

 margin set with rounded, blunt, incurved teeth ; dark green above, and 

 smooth except for minute down on the midrib when quite young, rather 

 more downy on the midrib and chief veins beneath; stalk \ to f in. long. 

 Flowers yellowish white, about \ in. wide, produced in a panicle at the 

 end of the shoot, supplemented by clusters in the axils of the terminal 

 leaves, the whole forming an inflorescence up to 8 or 9 ins. long and 

 2 or 3 ins. wide; petals five, roundish obovate; calyx small, downy, 



