CratB—NeEw SPECIES OF ENKIANTHUS. 159 
Readily distinguished by the elongate pendulous racemes. 
The pink in the corolla is practically confined to the veins, there 
being but a very slight pink tinge in the lobes. 
Enkianthus recurvus, Craib, sp. n. 
Ramuli saepissime verticillati, juniores nisi ad foliorum 
insertionem paucipilosi glabri, rubescentes rarius omnino 
virides, angulati, breves folia rosulam efficientia, elongati folia 
Pparum majora alterna rarius subopposita gerentes. Folia 
oblanceolata vel late oblanceolata, subacuminata vel fere 
acuminata, summo apice costa excurrente apiculata, basi 
attenuato-cuneata, usque ad 5 cm. longa et 2.2 cm. lata, 
chartacea, supra viridia, ad costam nervos nervulosque sparse 
pilosa, subtus pallidiora saepissime nitida, latere utroque costae 
inferne pilosa, pilis satis longis mox ochrascentibus, aliter 
glabra, rarius pilis hic illic instructa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
5-6 intra marginem anastomosantibus pagina utraque con- 
spicuis, costa subtus prominente, margine argute arcte serrulata, 
serrulis apice pilo mox evanido instructis fere semper haud 
imbricatis ; petioli ad 12 mm. longi, supra conspicue anguste 
canaliculati, superne latere utroque anguste alati, glabri vel 
paucipilosi. Racemi terminales, sessiles, axi abbreviato, 
fasciculum fere spectantes, floribus inferioribus in axi foliorum 
rosulae superiorum ortis; bracteae bracteolaeque fugaces ; 
thachis usque ad 3.5 cm. longa, cum pedicellis pilis brunneis 
transverse pluriseptatis satis longis instructis praetereaque 
sparse albo-puberulis ; pedicelli inferiores ad 2.3 cm. longi, 
Superiores circa 1.2 cm. longi. Calyx 5 mm. longus, segmentis 
lanceolatis apice attenuato-acutis saepe recurvis I.5-1.75 mm. 
latis dorso paucipilosis intra puberulis margine primo longe 
ciliatis demum pilis pro parte maxima delapsis ciliolatis tantum 
viridibus albo-marginatis. Corolla primo ambitu oblonga, mox 
lobis conspicue reflexis campanulata, 11-1'°3 mm. longa, matura 
apice 10-11 mm. diametro, lobis 2.5~3 mm. longis rotundatis 
dorso superne carinatis summo apice_ breviter apiculatis. 
Antherae 1.5 mm. longae, sparse setulosae, suboblongae, superne 
parum ampliatae, apiculatae, aristis 1.25 mm. longis papillosis ; 
filamenta gregis, 3.25-3.5 mm. longa. Ovarium cum disco 
pallido 2.5 mm. altum, circa 2 mm. diametro, stylo 5.75 mm, 
longo inferne sulcato, stigmate viridi. 
Cult. Hort. Bot. Reg. Edin. Hab. Japan. 
Distinguished from its allies by the size of its flowers and 
by the conspicuously recurved corolla lobes of the mature 
flower. The pink of the corolla is usually restricted to the 
lobes and the veins of the tube, but not unfrequently the pink 
colour reaches as far as the middle of the tube. In habit this 
