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saxifuagej:. 



Thc leaves of oiir plant are 



miich smaller than tliose of 



the Hiraalayan. Since tlie 



Chinense plant is iirovcil to 



l)e (lifferent from the Hini- 



alayan, it is very likely 



that our plant shoiild also 



be difterent from tlic Littcr, 



as is couiectured from its c- io . r. • ■ j u 



•' Fig. la — A, i^nmepia scandens Hayata ; a, a flower ; I), 



diflferent liaLit of the tree the same, seen from back ; c, a petal ; d, vertical section of a 



1 , , , . ,,, , . j, . 1 flower ; e, another vertical section of the same, ovarv and disc 



and tlie ditterent size ot the , , , „ , .... , ,.„. , ., ■' i, . , 



sliauea ; i, g, li, pistil, seen from amerent sides; i, coUateral 



leaves. ovnles ; j, one of the same oviiles, much more magnified. 



Saxifragese. 

 Mydrangea Lixn. 

 Hydrangea integi-a Hayata F1. Mont. Formos. p. 90, t. 7 ; Ic. Pl. 

 Formos. III. p. 107, tig. 17. 



Hab. Mt. Arisan inter Ximandaira ct Heisliana, lcg. B. Hayata ct Takeu 

 Ito, Mart. 1D14. 



The specimens which \ve coUected in the mountains are wanting marginal 

 flowers. Yet in everv 



resjicct they are iden- 

 tical witli H. integra. 

 It may Le a.scribahle 

 to the season of flow- 

 ering, whether the 

 plant has marginal 

 flowers or not. Calyx 

 tuhes are fresh-green, 

 tlie lobes gTeenish 

 white, wliile petals 

 and stamens are 

 purely wliite. 



Fig. 13, Loropetalum chinense DC.; a, a leaf; b, aflower; c, 

 tlie same, seen from side ; d, the same, seen from front ; e, a petal ; 

 f, g, h, stamens, seen from different sides ; i, ovary ; j, k, a stellate 

 liair, seen from different sides ; a, uatiu-al size, others variously 

 magnitied. 



