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deepen in colour, and ultimately enclose the three-angled fruit. Flower-stalk 

 slender, about % in. long, jointed at about one-third of its length from the base. 

 Native of the Caucasus, cultivated for more than a century in England, 

 but not sufficiently showy to have ever become common. It is, nevertheless, 

 interesting and pretty. 



A. LANCEOLATA, Meissner. 



(A. frutescens, K. Koch.'} 



A deciduous mostly unarmed shrub of straggling habit, i to 2| ft. high; 

 young wood smooth, whitish. Leaves variable, linear-oblong or oblanceolate 

 to lanceolate or oval ; to I ins. long, ^ to ^ in. wide ; grey green, wavy at 

 the margin ; stipules ending in long points. Flowers whitish, produced in 

 slender, leafy racemes, from I to 3 ins. long, at the end of short lateral 

 twigs ; flower-stalk jointed about midway ; inner sepals becoming at the 

 fruiting stage rounded, in. across, and ultimately rose-coloured. 



ATRAPHAXIS MOSCHKETOWI. 



Native of S.E. Europe and the Caucasus, to Siberia and Turkestan ; intro- 

 duced in 1770. It flowers in August, and long remains pretty, but, like the rest 

 of the genus, has never attracted much notice in gardens. 



Var. VIRGATA, Regel) found in Turkestan, has whiter and more slender 

 twigs than the type. 



A. MUSCHKETOWI, Krassnov. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7435 ; A. latifolia, Koch^ 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 8 ft. high, of open, lax, rather straggling habit ; 

 young stems smooth, pale ; bark peeling. Leaves to i\ ins. long, to f in. 



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