TREES AND SHRUBS 



•Towth is slower. It thrives best in a light rich soil, somewhat moist, 

 and in a sheltered position. It is propagated by cuttings of roots in pots 

 of light, soil in a warm greenhouse in March, planting out in the following 

 November. 



Flowers whitish-green, polygamous, with disagreeable odour ; Inflorescence 

 a terminal erect branched panicle; Calyx 5-partite, segments half ovate, 

 united below ; Petals 5, hypogynous, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, margins 

 indexed, hairy at base, valvate ; Stamens in hermaphrodite flowers 2-3, in 

 females 0, in males 10, hypogynous, filaments hairy below, anthars ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate; Disk 10-lobed; Ovarii superior, syncarpous, carpels 5, 

 styles 5, united, stigmas 5, oblong, reflexed ; Fruit indehiscent, each carpel 

 separating and forming a samara, 1-2 ins. long, linear-lanceolate, compressed, 

 thin, winged, twisted at top, 1-seeded. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 20-30 ins. long, leaflets 12-25, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, entire, or with a few glandular teeth at base, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, dark green above, paler beneath, 2-6 ins. long, 1^-2^ ins. wide, 

 petiolule short ; leaves red when young, falling with first frosts. Leaves 

 on vigorous young trees said to reach 6 ft. in length. 



A deciduous tree, 70-100 ft. ; hemispherical head ; Tzvigs glabrous, 

 shining yellowish-green to reddish-brown or olive ; Buds small, red-brown, 

 grey tomentose ; Lenticeh long ; Bark smooth ; Wood white, soft. 



Native of China ; seed sent from Nankin to Collinson by Father d'Incar 

 ville in 1751. 



Class I. . . . Dicotyledons 



Division I Thalamiflorce 



Natural Order. . . Aquifoliacece 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple leaves, often evergreen and cori- 

 aceous, sometimes stipulate ; Flowers white, often small, sometimes in axillary 



cymes, sometimes unisexual ; Calyx 3-6-partite ; Petals 4-5, distinct or slightly 



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