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4. H. multilineata Meissn. 



A shrub or small tree resembling H. laurina: leaves narrow and 6 to 

 8 in. long, or broader and only 3 to 5 in. long, striate with numerous 

 parallel nerves: flower-clusters oblong, 1 to 3 in. long, sessile in the leaf- 

 axils, carmine in the center, fading to pale pink at the tips of the styles: 

 capsule ovoid-globular with a very short beak, about % in. broad. Illus- 

 tration: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, xix, fig. 14 (var.). 



This has been reported from California gardens but all of 

 the specimens seen were found to be H. laurina. 



5. H. elliptica R. Br. 



A neat erect shrub 6 to 10 ft. high: old herbage pale and glabrous 

 but young twigs and leaves bronzed with a rich rusty pubescence: leaves 

 oval -or elliptic, obtuse or with a small callous point, nearly or quite 

 sessile, 2 to 3% in. long, 1 to 1*4 in. wide, wavy-margined; the 5 to 7 

 parallel veins conspicuous on both sides and connected by numerous vein- 

 lets (reticulate): flower-clusters globose, sessile in the leaf -axils: capsule 

 ovoid, with a stout oblique beak, 1 to 1^4 in. long, % in. broad, usually 

 smooth. Illustration: Fig. 4. 



This is the best sort so far tried for general lawn and shrub- 

 bery planting, because of its sturdy growth, compact habit, and 

 especially on account of the beauty of its young foliage. The 

 rich bronze color of the young shoots is equalled, so far as I 

 know, only in certain rare species of Roupala (see p. 44). 



6. H. undulata R. Br. 



An erect shrub 6 to 8 ft. high: young shoots rusty-tomentose, the 

 adult foliage glabrous: leaves obovate, oblong, or rarely lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, tapering to a conspicuous petiole, 2 to 4 in. long, the margins wavy 

 and sharply toothed; parallel nerves 3 or 5, connected by many cross 

 veinlets: flowers in sessile clusters: capsule recurved at the base, dis- 

 tinctly beaked, 1 to 1% in. long, % to % in. broad, rather rough. Illus- 

 trations: Fig. 5; Hooker, Icon., pi. 447. 



Reported from California but I know of no specimens grow- 

 ing in the state. 



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7. H. ulicina R. Br. 



A tall shrub with erect branches and dense foliage not unlike that 

 of the Furze, or Gorse: twigs reddish, usually pubescent when young: 

 leaves (glabrous at maturity) all narrowly linear, flat, acute and sharp- 

 pointed, entire, varying in length from 1 to 8 in., very rarely over y 8 

 in. wide, prominently 1- to 3-nerved underneath: flowers very small, the 

 pedicels and corolla glabrous: capsule rarely over % in. long, with a 

 short straight beak. Illustration: Fig. 6. 



Perhaps not yet grown in California. 



