ALN 7 US 



179 



regarded as a variety of A glufrinosa, differing chiefly in the hairy shoots and 

 leaves, and in the often pointed apex of the latter. Flowers and fruit the same. 



A. CORDIFOLIA, Tenore. ITALIAN ALDER. 



(A. cordata, Desfontaines.") 



A tree 80 ft. high, of pyramidal habit ; young shoots smooth, angled ; 

 winter buds stalked. Leaves roundish to broadly ovate, usually deeply 

 notched at the base, shortly and abruptly pointed or rounded at the apex, 

 i^ to 4 ins. long, from three-fourths to as much wide ; finely and simply 

 toothed ; upper surface smooth, dark lustrous green ; lower one paler and 

 also smooth, except for tufts of brownish down in the vein-axils ; leaf-stalk 

 slender, \ to ij ins. long, smooth. Male catkins three to six, in a terminal 

 zigzag raceme," each catkin 2 to 3 ins. long, expanding in March. Fruit 

 erect, egg-shaped, i to i J ins. long and to f in. wide, mostly in threes. 



ALNCS CORDIFOLIA. 



Native of Corsica and S. Italy; said to have been introduced in 1820. 

 Undoubtedly one of the handsomest of the alders, this tree is not planted 

 enough. Although it thrives on poor and dryish soil it is more at home near 

 water, as a fine pyramidal tree over 70 ft. high on the banks of the pond at 

 Kew shows. Its deeply heart-shaped, glistening leaves and large fruits 

 (larger than' those of any other species in cultivation) make it very distinct. 

 From A. subcordata it is distinguished by its shorter male catkins, and by 

 several other points mentioned under that species. 



A. CREMASTOGYNE, Burkill. 



A tree 40 to 80 ft. high, according to Wilson ; young shoots soon becoming 

 smooth. Leaves usually distinctly obovate, sometimes nearly oval, tapered or 

 somewhat rounded at the base, and shortly and abruptly pointed ; margins set 

 with small teeth ; 2^ to 5^ ins. long, i| to 3 ins. wide ; dark lustrous green, and 

 smooth above, paler beneath, with tufts of brown hairs in the vein-axils; veins 



