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bark, its larger size, and bigger leaves. Trees introduced in recent 

 years are growing admirably. A native of British Columbia and 

 Washington, inhabiting moist situations. The tree recently put into 

 cultivation as B. macrophylla is either this species or a form of B. 

 papyrifera." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Slwubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 258, under Betula lyalliana.) 



40566. Buxus haelandii Hance. Buxaceae. Box. 

 "A dwarf evergreen bush of rounded compact habit, not likely, so far 



as one at present is able to judge, to get more than 2 or 3 feet high; 

 shoots slender, mostly erect, slightly downy when young. Leaves stand- 

 ing erect, narrowly oblong or obovate, one-half to If inches long, one- 

 eighth to three-eighths inch wide, tapering at the base, rounded at the 

 apex, smooth. Native of China. This is one of the dwarf est of the 

 boxes and somewhat similar to B. sempervirens var. suffruticosa, the 

 ' Edging box,' but its leaves are longer. Its neat habit and slow growth 

 make it useful in positions where a dwarf evergreen is needed which will 

 not soon outgrow its space." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in 

 the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 277.) 



40567. Cassinia leptophylla (Forst.) R. Brown. Asteraceae. 



"An evergreen, heathlike shrub, 4 feet or more high, with erect, slender 

 branchlets, not viscid, but clothed with a dense grayish down. Leaves 

 one-eighth to one-sixth inch long, one-twentieth to one-sixteenth inch 

 wide, linear, or slightly wider toward the end ; smooth, dark green 

 above, covered beneath with white or yellowish down. Flower heads 

 white, very small and numerous, forming terminal corymbs 1 to 2 inches 

 across. Blossoms in August and September. Native of New Zealand ; 

 very similar to C. fulvida, but paler beneath the leaves. The whole plant 

 has a whiter cast. It differs also in having the disk (or receptacle) on 

 which the florets are borne, furnished with numerous scales ; nor is it 

 quite so hardy." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 304.) 



40568. Celasteus acuminattjs L. f. Celastracese. 



"An unarmed shrub or small tree from 5 to 20 feet in height with 

 trunk 7 tc 18 inches in diameter. Wood very heavy, hard, strong, very 

 close grained and compact, suitable for turners' work and engraving. 

 This species is easily known from a curious peculiarity of the leaves 

 and bark, which- show numerous fine, white, silky threads when broken. 

 From Natal and Cape Colony." (Wood, Natal Plants, pi. 267.) 



40569. Celasteus angulatus Maxim. Celastraceae. 



"A shrub 2 to 3 feet high or more, with long, trailing shoots. Leaves 

 orbicular or elliptic, 4 to 7 inches across, deep green. Flowers incon- 

 spicuous. China." (Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 62.) 



40570. Clematis tangutica (Maxim.) Korsh. Ranunculacese. 



Clematis. 



"A species closely allied to, or perhaps a variety of G. orientalis, 

 growing 8 or 10 feet high; stems slightly downy. Leaves grey-green, 

 like those of C. orientalis, but downy when young; leaflets raggedly 

 toothed, and sometimes 2 or 3 lobed. Flowers rich yellow, solitary, on 

 downy stalks 3 to 6 inches long; sepals nearly 2 inches long, narrowly 



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