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Hydrangea opuloides Var. acuminata, Dipp. (H. acuminata, Sieb. & Zucc. H. Buergeri, Sieb. & Zucc.). Lvs. ovate-lanceolate,' acuminate, sparingly appresscd-pubescent: sterile fls. with elliptic entire sepals, usually blue. S.Z. 56, 57. Var. azisai, Dipp. (H. azisai, Sieb.). Lvs. elliptic- ovate, glabrous: sterile fls. with obovate sepals, long- pedicelled, overtopping the fertile ones. S.Z. 51. Var belzonii, Schneid. (H. belzonii, Sieb. & Zucc. H. japonica var. caerulea, Hook. H. japonica var. candescens, Regel). Of dwarfer and stouter habit: lvs. ovate or obovate, short-acuminate, glabrous, somewhat thick: sterile fls. whitish, pinkish, or bluish, with rhombic, usually entire sepals. S.Z. 55. B.M. 4253. Here belongs also Var. imperatrice eugenie with pink fls. R.H. 1868:471. Var. japonica, Schneid. (H.japonica, Sieb.). Lvs. ovate to elliptic, acuminate, glabrous: sepals broadly ovate, toothed, pink. S.Z. 53. B.R. 30:61. R.H. 1874:90 (as H. acuminata). Var. macrosepala, Dipp. Differs from the former only by ite larger sepals. Gt. 15:520. Var. mariesi, Hort., seems also not much different, but has somewhat broader lvs., and the pink sterile fls. are very large. Gn. 54: 390. G.C. III. 23, suppl. May 28. G. 26:409. G.M. 41:347; 46:577, 578. G.W. 6, p. 557; 9, pp. 413, 414. Var. veitchii, Hort. Similar to the preceding variety, but sterile fls. pure white, 3-3 ½ in. across. G. 26:175. Var. lindleyana, Rehd. (H. rosalba, Van Houtte. H. hortensis Var. lindleyana, Nichols.). Lvs. ovate or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, sparingly hairy: sepals dentate, ovate or broadly ovate, "hite and pink, or white changing to pink. F.S. 16:1649, 1650. R.H. 1866:430. Gn. 46:466. Var. serrata, Rehd. (H. serrata, DC. H. thunbergii, Sieb. & Zucc. H. cyanea, Hort.). Lvs. elliptic or ovate, narrowed at both ends, serrate, sparingly appressed-hairy, 1 ½ -3 in. long: cymes small, 3-4 in. broad; fls. pinkish or bluish; sepals roundish, obtuse or emarginate. S.Z. 58. G.C. 1870:1699.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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