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Phellodendron, but they are very readily distinguished from that genus 

 by the buds in the leaf-axils being exposed. (In Phellodendron the 

 buds are quite hidden in the base of the leaf-stalk.) Although little can 

 as yet be said about them with certainty, the following species promise 

 to be hardy and fine-foliaged trees. 



E. DANIELLII, Hemsley. Leaves 9 to 15 ins. long ; leaflets, five to eleven, 

 ovate-cordate to ovate-oblong, broadly wedge-shaped to slightly heart-shaped 

 at the base, narrowed at the apex to a slender point ; 2 to 5 ins. long ; smooth 

 above, downy on the midrib and in the vein-axils beneath ; stalk of leaflet 

 about \ in. long. Native of N. China and Corea ; introduced from the Arnold 

 Arboretum to Kew in 1907. 



E. GLAUCA, Miguel (E. Fargesii, Dode}. Leaves 6 to 10 ins. long ; 

 leaflets five to fifteen, oval-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, i| to 4 ins. long, \ 

 to i^r ins. wide ; distinctly unequal at the base, tapering at the apex gradually 

 to a slender point ; indistinctly notched and ciliate on the margin, smooth and 

 dark green above, vividly glaucous beneath, and furnished with white down 

 at the base ; stalk, midrib, and main-stalk red. Native of W. Hupeh ; intro- 

 duced by Wilson in 1907. As represented at Kew, its leaflets are the 

 narrowest of all these new Evodias, and are distinct also in their very glaucous 

 under-surface and red leaf-stalks. 



E. HENRYI, Dode. Leaves 6 to 12 ins. long. Leaflets three to nine, 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slender-pointed, tapered or rounded at the base, 

 shallowly notched on the margin ; 2 to 4 ins. long, about half as wide, 

 becoming quite smooth on both sides, pale and rather glaucous beneath ; 

 stalk about \ in. long. Introduced from Hupeh in 1908 by Wilson (No. 324). 



E. HUPEHENSIS, Dode. Leaflets five to nine, narrowly ovate, 2^ to 5 ins. 

 long, very slender-pointed, shallowly notched on the margin, minutely ciliate ; 

 smooth on both surfaces except for tufts of whitish hairs in the vein-axils 

 beneath. Flowers borne in a broad panicle. Discovered by Henry in Hupeh 

 in 1887 ; introduced in 1908 by Wilson, who informs me this is his No. 387. 



EXOCHORDA. ROSACES. 



A genus of about four species of deciduous shrubs found in N. Asia. 

 The three species introduced are all beautiful white-flowered shrubs, 

 allied to Spirrea, but differing in the larger flowers, and larger, bony fruits. 

 They like a rich, loamy soil and a sunny position. Propagation may be 

 effected by means of cuttings made of rather soft wood and placed in 

 brisk heat, but they do not root with certainty. The best way to raise 

 young plants is from seed. Sucker growths sometimes appear at the base 

 of E. grandiflora, which can be separated with a piece of root attached, 

 potted, and established in a little bottom heat. 



E. ALBERTI, Regel. 



(E. Korolkowi, Hort. Lavallee.-) 



A deciduous shrub of sturdy, erect habit, up to 12 or 15 ft. high, with erect 

 branches ; branchlets smooth. Leaves obovate, smooth, those of the sterile 

 shoots \\ to 3^ ins. long, f to i| ins. wide ; toothed towards the apex, which 

 is pointed, the base tapering to a short stalk, occasionally with two deep, 

 narrow lobes there ; leaves of the flowering twigs much smaller, ^ to f in. 

 wide, not toothed. Flowers pure white, I to \\ ins. across, in erect 



