Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . in 1905, through Prof. Sargent,plants under the name have long been in cultivation ; these, however, arenearly always C. bignonioides var. nana, but sometimes C. ovata. The trueC. Bungei is still very rare. Of its ornamental qualities little can yet be said,but as represented by dried specimens at Kew, the inflorescence is small. Itsquite smooth leaves distinguish it from other cultivated species except the newC. Duclouxii {). C. Duclouxii, Dode. (C. sutchuenensis, Dode.) This species has only very recently been introduced, and little canyet b
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . in 1905, through Prof. Sargent,plants under the name have long been in cultivation ; these, however, arenearly always C. bignonioides var. nana, but sometimes C. ovata. The trueC. Bungei is still very rare. Of its ornamental qualities little can yet be said,but as represented by dried specimens at Kew, the inflorescence is small. Itsquite smooth leaves distinguish it from other cultivated species except the newC. Duclouxii {). C. Duclouxii, Dode. (C. sutchuenensis, Dode.) This species has only very recently been introduced, and little canyet be said of it. Its leaves are broadly ovate, 2 to 6 ins. long, i^ to 4^ins. wide ; long and taper-pointed, the base broadly wedge-shaped, truncate,or slightly heart-shaped; quite smooth on both surfaces; stalk li to 4 Flowers in perfectly smooth corymbs, with the lower divisions branched,six to fifteen flowers in each corymb. Corolla about \\ ins. long and wide,said to be pale pink with deeper spots. Seed-pods up to 2 ft, in z />A.) A tree 20 to 30 ft. high, the shoots, under-surface of the leaves, andinflorescences covered with velvety, branching hairs which mostly fall awayby the end of the season. Leaves broadly ovate, straight or slightly heart-shaped at the base, long and taper-pointed, 3 to 6 ins. long, 2 to 5 ins. wide ;stalk 11 to 4 ins. long. Flowers \\ ins. long and nearly as wide, pinkish,spotted in and round the throat with brownish red, and produced sevento fifteen together in corymbs. Calyx velvety; corolla bell-shaped, withfiv
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