HIPPOPHAE HOLBOELLIA 621 



H. SALICIFOLIA, Don. 



A deciduous, somewhat spiny tree, 30 to 40 ft. high, with a coarse bark cut 

 into longitudinal flakes; young shoots covered with brownish down as well as 

 scales. Leaves linear-oblong, I to 3 ins. long, | to \ in. wide, dull green (not 

 silvery) above, the lower surface covered with a greyish white felt ; midrib 

 brown ; stalk to in. long. Flowers as in H. rhamnoides. Berries pale 

 yellow. 



Native of the Himalaya up to 10,000 ft. altitude, and perfectly hardy at 

 Kew, where there is a tree 40 ft. high, with the head of branches 30 ft. through 

 and the trunk 4 ft. 9 ins. in girth ; the twigs pendulous. This tree bears fruit, 

 but does not compare with H. rhamnoides in beauty. It is easily distinguished 

 by its broader, not silver}' leaves, felted rather than scaly beneath, and by the 

 paler, less brilliantly coloured fruit. Introduced in 1822. 



HOHERIA POPULNEA, Cunningham. MALVACEAE. 



(Gardeners' Chronicle, Nov. 23, 1901.) 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, 10 to 30 ft. high, glabrous except on 

 the young shoots, flower-stalks, and calyx, which are more or less pubescent. 

 According to Cheeseman's Flora of New Zealand^ it is a most variable 

 species. He distinguishes three varieties, viz., vulgaris, lanceolata, and 

 angustifolia, the first of which is the one cultivated here, and apparently 

 the most handsome. Its leaves are 3 to 5 ins. long, i \ to 2\ ins. wide ; 

 ovate, firm in texture, edged with large, sharply pointed, unequal teeth. 

 Flowers very abundant, pure white, produced in clusters from the leaf- 

 axils, each flower f to i in. across, with spreading, narrowly oblong petals 

 and numerous stamens. 



Native of New Zealand. Although this beautiful tree may have been 

 in cultivation much earlier, it only sprang into notice about the beginning 

 of this century, when it flowered at the Trinity College Botanic Garden, 

 Dublin, and was figured in the place above quoted. It is grown out-of- 

 doors in Cornwall, but is not really hardy near London. It likes a rich 

 loamy soil, and is increased by cuttings. Hoheria is closely allied to 

 Plagianthus, but differs in having its carpels winged at the back, and 

 keeping closed when ripe. A demulcent drink is obtained from the 

 bark, and its fibre is made into cordage. 



Vars. ANGUSTIFOLIA and LANCEOLATA are distinguished by their smaller, 

 narrower leaves ; those of the former are usually only i to 2 ins. long. 



HOLBOELLIA LATIFOLIA, Wallich. BERBERIDACE^. 



(Stauntonia latifolia, Wallich?) 



A member of the Lardizabala section of the Berberids, and closely 

 allied to Stauntonia. It differs in its large corymbose clusters of flowers 

 having petals and free stamens. The genus commemorates F. L. Holboll, 

 a Danish botanist. This is an evergreen twining shrub with compound 

 leaves, consisting of three or more radiating leaflets, which are glabrous, 

 obovate, acuminate, of leathery texture, dark glossy green, 2 to 7 ins. 



