544 EUONYMUS EUPTELEA 



at the apex, minutely toothed ; 2 to 5 ins. long, i| to 3 ins. wide, smooth, 

 strongly veined beneath ; leaf-stalk ^ to f in. long. Flowers with styles of 

 varying length. Fruit pinkish purple, about the size of those of E. europaeus ; 

 seeds with an orange-coloured coat, but not much exposed. 



Native of Japan ; named by Prof. Koehne in 1904. It is allied to 

 E. europaeus, but is distinguished by the brown-purple anthers. I have not 

 seen it in flower, but there is a fine bush in the Vicarage garden at Bitton, 

 near Bristol, where its leaves turn a brilliant red in early autumn. 



EUPTELEA. TROCHODENDRACE^:. 



A genus of three species from N. India, China, and 4 Japan. They 

 are trees w^th conspicuously toothed, long-stalked leaves, and remarkable 

 unisexual flowers of no beauty; they have no sepals or petals. The 

 fruit is a curious flat samara, rather resembling that of the elm, but 

 wedge-shaped, and tapering gradually from a rounded apex to a slender 

 stalk. To gardens the two cultivated species introduce a new and 

 distinct type of tree. They are quite hardy, of graceful form, and give 

 good colour effects in autumn. They are of such recent introduction 

 that little is known of their propagation, but if not by cuttings they can 

 probably be increased by layers. 



The Eupteleas are of considerable botanical interest in belonging to 

 an anomalous group including Cercidiphyllum, Eucommia, Tetracentron, 

 and Trochodendron, whose true place in the vegetable kingdom is 

 variously estimated. Bentham and Hooker placed them near the 

 Magnolias. 



E. PLEIOSPE&MA, Hooker (E. Davidiana, Baillon}, is a native of 

 N. India and W. Szechuen, China, where it has recently been collected 

 by Wilson. In many respects similar to E. Franchetii, it can be 

 distinguished by the leaves being more or less glaucous beneath. The 

 fruits are also larger. 



E. FRANCHETII, Van Tieghem. 



A deciduous tree, 20 to 40 ft. high. Leaves broadly ovate, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, the apex drawn out into a long narrow point ; 2 to 4 ins. long 

 and often three-fourths as much wide ; the margins irregularly toothed, but 

 not so markedly so as in E. polyandra, green beneath ; the stalk is half to 

 two-thirds as long as the blade. Male flowers made up of stamens only ; 

 females in umbels. Fruit flat, narrowly wedge-shaped, notched on one side, 

 borne on a slender stalk \ in. long, one- to three-seeded. 



Discovered by the Abbe David in the forests of Yunnan, W. China, 

 at 7000 ft. altitude, in 1869, this interesting tree was afterwards found by 

 Wilson in the province of Hupeh, and introduced by him in 1900. It much 

 resembles E. polyandra, but its leaves are more narrowed at the base and 

 more regularly toothed ; the samara- like fruit contains usually more than one 

 seed. The foliage dies off a pretty red in autumn. 



E. POLYANDRA, Siebold. 



A deciduous tree, 20 to 30 ft. high, with a slender, straight trunk. Leaves, 

 broadly ovate to almost orbicular ; 3 to 6 ins. long and almost as much in 



