but spotted or blotched yellow; lvs. sometimes completely yellow. 

 Nicholson, Dallimore, and Pierson seem to have described a clone from 

 cultivation, yet it cannot be confirmed whether all of them referred to 

 the same clone. However, since Nicholson, Dallimore, and Bean 

 worked in England and their publications were successive and relatively 

 closely timed, it is possible that the three of them reported the same 

 clone. = LUTEO-VARIEGATA. See LUTEO-VARIEGATA for full 

 syn. 



f. vahegata (A. Rehder, Mitt. Deut. Dendr. Gesel. 17:161. 1908, based on 

 [var. vahegata in] G. Nicholson, Kew Handlist, p. 61. 1894) - lvs. 

 small, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, pointed; gold and green flecked; 

 in contrast with f. luteo-vahegata, which is a mutation of var. typica, 

 f. vahegata is often a recurring mutation of f. longifolia. Idem, Biblio. 

 Trees & Shrubs, p. 402. 1949 - reduced var. vahegata Nicholson to syn. 

 of f. luteo-vahegata (Regel) Rehder. In this change of opinion Rehder 

 was possibly considering his f. luteo-vahegata as a bot. forma that 

 included numerous clones or cultivated varieties (cultivars), or he may 

 have considered f. luteo-vahegata and f. vahegata as representing the 

 same clone. T. Loesener, Mitt. Deut. Dendr. Gesel. 1919:16. 1919, as 

 /. crenata vahegata. Loesener (1919) recognized aureo-vahegata and 

 luteo-vahegata and vahegata as distinct and as Japanese cultivated 

 forms. = LUTEO-VARIEGATA. See LUTEO-VARIEGATA for full 

 syn. 



VARIEGATA (W.J. Bean, Trees & Shrubs Hardy Brit. Isles, 8th ed., 

 2:441. 1973) - lvs. are of same shape and size as normal form but 

 sometimes spotted, blotched yellow, or all yellow; AUREO- 

 VARIEGATA as a syn. of VARIEGATA. Bean (1973) was the first to 

 list VARIEGATA at the cultivar rank in /. crenata. In this ref. Bean did 

 not list var. vahegata as a syn. of VARIEGATA, but his description of 

 VARIEGATA is identical to his previous descriptions of var. vahegata 

 (W.J. Bean, Trees & Shrubs Hardy Brit. Isles, 1st ed., 1:649. 1914 and 

 idem, 7th ed., 1:134. 1950). VARIEGATA of Bean (1973) should be 

 regarded, therefore, as the same clone as var. vahegata Bean (1914). 

 This description of VARIEGATA also fits var. luteo-vahegata Regel. 

 Since Regel's name predates VARIEGATA of Bean, the name 

 LUTEO-VARIEGATA at cultivar rank is considered the legitimate 

 cultivar name instead of VARIEGATA. Considerable confusion exists 

 in the literature regarding the names luteo-vahegata, aureo-vahegata, 

 and vahegata. In W. Goldring, Garden (London) 31:129. 1887, at least 

 2 recognizable variegated clones are involved, and Loesener, Mitt. 

 Deut. Dendr. Gesel. 1919:16. 1919, recognized 3 distinct forms: 

 f. aureo-vahegata Hort., f. luteo-vahegata Regel, and f. vahegata 

 Hort., all from Japan. The reported synonymy among the three names is 

 conflicting. Subsequent variegated mutations have been found, further 

 confusing the situation. Descriptions are inadequate and authentic 



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