Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . one of the most promising ofWilsons introductions from China, being ever-green, of compact, neat habit, and floweringabundantly. Allied to B. Hookeri, it is ofmore graceful habit. It is quite hardy at Kew,and free growing. It flowers in late ^lay. B. IIAKEOIDES, C. K. ScliHcidcr. (B. congestiflora var. hakeoides, Hooker , t. 6770.) An evergreen shrub of loose, rather ungainlyhabit, as much as 12 ft. high in favourablesituations ; branches erect, not downy, slightlyfurrowed and but little branched. Leaves pro-duced mostly in pairs, an
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . one of the most promising ofWilsons introductions from China, being ever-green, of compact, neat habit, and floweringabundantly. Allied to B. Hookeri, it is ofmore graceful habit. It is quite hardy at Kew,and free growing. It flowers in late ^lay. B. IIAKEOIDES, C. K. ScliHcidcr. (B. congestiflora var. hakeoides, Hooker , t. 6770.) An evergreen shrub of loose, rather ungainlyhabit, as much as 12 ft. high in favourablesituations ; branches erect, not downy, slightlyfurrowed and but little branched. Leaves pro-duced mostly in pairs, and very variable in size,ranging from A to i\ ins. in length ; usuallyalmost orbicular, with a heart - shaped orrounded base ; thick and hard in texture, paleor slightly glaucous beneath, the marginsarmed with extended spiny teeth. On tiielower, bigger leaves of the branch the stalksare as much as \\ ins. long, but towards the end of the branch the leaves becomesmaller and the stalks shoiter, until finally they arc sessile. The leaves spring 0. llAKKOlDtlS. 242 BEHBEKIS from the axil of a spiny stipule, and this too becomes smaller as the leavesdecrease in size, until, near the apex of the shoot, leaves cease to be borneand tiny stipules alone remain. Flowers borne during April and May, onthe shoots of the previous summer in dense, round clusters, h to 4* in. across,from the axil of each pair of leaves right to the leafless end of the branches ;they are bright golden yellow, I in. across ; sepals nine, concave ; petals six,erect, incurved, slightly notched. Fruit usually one-seeded, blue-black. Native of Chile ; discovered by Pearce, and introduced in i86r. In spiteof its somewhat ungainly habit it is, when seen at its best, a shrub ofstriking beauty. There is a fine plant in the Coombe Wood nursery, themother probably of all the plants in cultivation, but a still finer one is inCanon Ellacombes garden at Bitton ; this is growing against, but not on, awall, and is 12 f
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