HORTUS VEITCHII 



coloured hawthorn-like fruits, only equalled by the exquisite colouring of 

 the foliage in the autumn. 



A form introduced with the type known as fructo-luteo has yellow 

 fruit. 



STUAKTIA MONADELPHIA, Sieb. & Zucc. 



This species inhabits the forests of Central China at elevations of 

 5,000-7,500 ft., forming a tree some 25 to 30 ft. in height, with a 

 slender trunk ; the thin bark continually peels in flakes. 



The elliptic leaves are acuminate with a serrate margin, clothed with 

 silky hairs on the principal veins of the under surface. 



The fragrant white flowers the same size as those of Stuartia Pseudo- 

 camellia, but not so cup-shaped. 



STUAETIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA, Maxim. 



Syns. 8. gran&iflora, Briot. 



Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. iv. p. 187, fig. 22; Bot. Mag. t. 7045; The Garden, 1893, 

 vol. xliii. pi. 899 ; Rev. Hort. 1879, p. 430. 



A species closely allied to the old North American garden plants 

 Stuartia pentagyna and S. virginica, the three constituting the whole 

 of this interesting genus in cultivation in this country prior to the 

 introduction of S. monadelphia from China. 



S. Pseudo-camellia was introduced from Japan, but appears to have 

 been cultivated in the United States of America for several years ; and 

 in France in the nursery of M.M. Thibaut and Keteleer as early as 1868. 



A handsome shrub, with creamy- white flowers resembling those of a 

 single-flowered Camellia, and foliage at all times beautiful, in some 

 seasons the brilliant crimson with gold autumnal tints render it excep- 

 tionally attractive. 



STYEAX OBASSIA, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. iv. p. 131, fig. 12 ; Jour, of Hort. 1888, p. 513, fig. 73 ; Bot. 



Mag. t. 7039. 



One of the most interesting of all hardy shrubs introduced from Japan, 

 and first made known by Siebold and Zuccarini in Mora Japonica, 1835, 

 vol. i. t. 56, where a description and figure are given. 



The difference in the size and form of the leaves is noticeable, the 

 larger attaining 10 in. in diameter, sometimes alternate, some larger than 

 others, and usually one of great size at the apex of the branch ; the bases 

 of the petioles are sheaths, and entirely conceal the bud, as in 

 the London Plane. The flowers pure white, with yellow stamens, are 

 in racemes 4 to 7 in. long, with a hyacinth scent. 



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