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flowering and barren shoots entire, usually obovate, not clasping, J-f inch long 
by i-| inch broad, more glaucous than in the type ; withered leaves persistent 
in winter. Flowers as in type, save that the pedicels are longer and slenderer, 
and the carpels rather larger, equalling the stamens. 
A curious little plant, found in gardens under the name of S. cyaneum, 
but quite different from 5. cyaneum Rudolph. I was at first inclined 
to treat it as a distinct species, but its flowers are practically identical 
Fig. 46. — S. Ewersii Ledeb. var. homophyllum nov. 
with those of S. Ewersii, and its leaves with those of the barren shoots 
of that species. It is a dwarf form of Ewersii, in fact, in which the 
characteristic elongate flowering shoots with long internodes and 
clasping leaves are not produced, the flowers (to use an Irish bull) 
being borne on the barren shoots. It differs also from typical Ewersii 
in being a very shy flowerer. 
" Var. turkestanicum " is a garden name found in many nurserymen's 
lists, sometimes as a species. None of the plants which I have seen 
under the name were in any way distinct, or worthj^ of varietal rank. 
