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characteristic venation as well as the slight double serration, 

 which is normally present. If the reader will now compare all 

 the figures, he will see that var. jpyrliolia has the venation of 

 typical 0. GupsularU't and that vars. Marua and corylifoha have a 

 different venation. Again van js/yn/o^w. hus the serration of the 

 leaf as in the type, while the other two varieties have big teetli 

 bearing one or two smaller ones on their sides. 



The varieties may be placed thas in a diagram : 



L 





leaves elongated 



r 





type 



VHF. 



^ 



1 





Marua 





larger lateral 







larger laterj^l 



veiDH not at isiofi^ 







veins HriftinK low 



low down on 





L 



down on mid- 



inid*rib ; 



n 



r 



rib ; teeth 



teeth sroail. 







large. 





var. 



var. 





■ 



Pyri folia 



r 



Cory It folia 





■ 



leaves ovate 





a. -iito- 



The close parallel veinlets of G. oUtorius never occur in G. 

 capsular IS, but the double serrati«*n is exactly the same. 

 nw* is n^iver bitter, and is widely eaten as well as grown for fibre ; 

 but still it yields one dw^rf varit^ty at least which, like the 

 dwarf vjirieties of 6\ cnpsularls, is a garden plant. We shall dis- 

 cuss it on another occasion. 



