CRAIB—HARDY SPECIES OF ENKIANTHUS. 165 
either of the two E. Himalayan species. The shrubs raised 
from Wilson’s seed flowered here this year, and represent two 
species which, as pointed out in the key, may be easily dis- 
tinguished from flower bud characters. ; 
With regard to the true campanulatus series, the first difficulty 
one is faced with is—what is the true plant described by Miquel ? 
or rather, since the present article is concerned with the plants. 
under cultivation here, does our collection contain the plant 
originally described by Miquel as Andromeda campanulata ? 
Miquel gives us a lengthy and precise account of his species, 
and from that description it is at once evident that our plants 
with large leaves, large flowers and elongate racemes may be 
excluded from E. campanulatus. This exclusion narrows down 
our choice to one or possibly two plants which agree with 
Miquel’s description in having the smaller flowers and abbrevi- 
ated racemes, though both have slightly larger leaves than 
Miquel describes. But neither of these plants accords with 
Miquel’s diagnosis. Apart from the slightly larger leaves, the 
flowers do not quite arise with the leaves, the pedicels are 
shorter, etc. After due consideration I have come to the con- 
clusion that it would not be judicious to regard any one of our 
plants as E. campanulatus sensu stricto. As already remarked, 
Miquel’s description is very full, and until we get a plant which 
differs less from that description than any of our plants here 
do, it would not be advisable to use Miquel’s specific name. 
There is one more very distinct hardy plant in cultivation 
in this country though it is not yet represented in our collection 
here, viz. E. cernuus. The fimbriate margin of the corolla 
immediately distinguishes the plant. Allied to this species, if 
not identical with it, is the recently published E. Matsudaz, 
Komatsu. Of E. Matsudai, however, I ‘have seen neither 
specimens nor the published figure, the conclusion as to its 
affinity or identity being drawn solely from the somewhat 
generalised description. 
There are still several species of the genus of which I have 
seen no living specimens. Of the deflexus series there are the 
true E. deflexus from Bhutan,—E. brachyphyllus, E. chinensis, 
E. Rosthornii and E. pauctflorus. from W. China. From ex- 
perience of the genus in both dried and living specimens I 
cannot for the present subscribe to the published verdict that 
E. chinensis and E. brachyphyllus are synonymous or that they 
are to be regarded as varieties of a Himalayan species. Nothing 
can be said of E. Rosthornii except that the species is based on 
quite incomplete material. E. pauciflorus with its few flowers 
should be very distinct, but though at one time in cultivation I 
have been unable to obtain living specimens. Of the cernuus 
