TREES AND SHRUBS DECIDUOUS 



of the blade, and the nerves on the under surface pubescent, bearded in 

 the axils ; the wings of the fruit erect with converging tips. 



ACER PICTUM, Thunb., var. MONO, Pax. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1905, vol. xxix. pts. i., ii., and iii. 



A form of the type introduced from the Province of Hupeh, Central 

 China, through Wilson. 



The leaves three to five lobed, with attenuated apices ; the upper surface 

 shining green and the under covered with a soft velvety pubescence. 



From seed sown in February 1901. 



ACEE EUFINEEVE, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 42 ; Flora Japonica, vol. ii. t. 158. 



Introduced from the mountains of the Central Island of Japan through 

 Charles Maries. 



A large tree with leaves variable in size and outline, resembling in 

 habit the common Sycamore. The specific name refers to the reddish 

 hairs which clothe the veins on the under surface of the leaf, and to the 

 red colour of the peduncles and petioles. 



ACEE SINENSE, Pax., var. CONCOLOE, Pax. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxix. p. 348, fig. 92. 



A new form of the type with leaves of a large size coloured green on 

 both surfaces, detected by Wilson in South Wushan on the sides of 

 streams, raised at Coombe from seed sown in April 1901. 



The leaves are somewhat as those of Acer pictum, five-lobed with 

 acuminate apices, reddish in colour when first produced, when mature 

 bright green. 



ACEE SUTCHUENENSE, Franch. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxix. p. 353, figs. 93, 96. 



Discovered by Dr. Augustine Henry in the Province of Szechuan, close 

 to the border of Hupeh, and introduced to cultivation through Wilson. 



It is closely allied to Acer Henryi, a trifoliate species, but differs in the 

 inflorescence. 



ACEE TETEAMEEUM, Pax., var. LOBULATUM, Behd. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1904, vol. xxix. p. 353, fig. 94. 



A graceful variety with leaves resembling those of a Birch, coarsely 

 serrated along the margin ; discovered in Central China, and raised at 

 Coombe from seed sown in April 1901. 



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