Alnus (Supplement)
About fourteen species--broadly dispersed over Europe, Central and North Asia, North America, and the Andes of South America, are here included. The only British species is A. glutinosa. To those described on p. 50, Vol. I., the following should now be added:
A. japonica (Japanese). fl., catkins ellipsoid, obtuse, 1/2in. to 3/4in. long, nearly or quite 1/2in. thick. l. elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, serrated, acute at base, 2in. to 4in. long, 1in. to 2in. broad. Japan, 1886. Tree.