HORTUS VEITCHII 



The leaves ovate acute, cordate at the base, with an irregularly toothed 

 margin have a soft pubescence on the under surface. 



The flowers small, in large panicles, are followed by dull red fruit of an 

 indifferent flavour. 



EUBUS PLAYFAIEII, Hemsl 



Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 235. 



A species named in compliment to Mr. G. M. H. Playfair, by whom it 

 was discovered at Pakhoi, in the Province of Kwang-tung, South-Eastern 

 China, in 1889, and introduced to cultivation from seed collected in 1901. 



Mr. Hemsley states (I.e. supra), " This is the only shrubby bramble 

 with pedately divided leaves known to occur within our limits ; and it is 

 a very well-marked species readily distinguished from the few other species 

 of this group inhabiting Eastern Asia." 



EUBUS WILSONI, Duthie. 



A species raised from seed collected in Central China in 1901 by Wilson, 

 after whom it is named. 



The leaves pinnate with two pairs of ovate-lanceolate pinnas and a 

 terminal cordate leaflet, dark green above, paler beneath, have serrate 

 margins. The wood of the stem is very prickly. 



SAPINDUS MUKOEOSSI, Gartn. 



This Chinese representative of the genus makes a handsome tree 20 to 

 25 ft. high with pinnate leaves 1 to 1^ ft. in length. 



The flowers are small, white in colour, in very large panicles at the end 

 of the branches. The fruits round in form, about f in. in diameter, have 

 a horny coat which, saponaceous in water, is used as soap by the Chinese. 

 The round very hard seeds are threaded and used as rosaries by the 

 Buddhist priests. 



Plants are growing at Coombe Wood. 



SCHIZOPHEAGMA INTEGEIFOLIA, Oliver. 



Jour. E.H.S. 1903, vol. xxviii. p. 62. 



A climbing or trailing plant remarkable in having an inflorescence 

 surrounded by large white bracts, similar to those produced by Mussaenda 

 frondosa. 



Plants introduced from Central China by Wilson have proved hardy at 

 Coombe Wood, though at present too young to flower. 



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