Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . g. Leavesoval-lanceolate, tapered at both ends, but more slenderly at the apex ; | to\\ ins. long, I to § in. wide ; bright green and smooth above, paler and glossybeneath, with scattered hairs on the midrib and veins ; margins bristly-hairy ;stalk i in. or less long. Flowers borne usually in pairs from the end of shortlateral twigs ; sepals two, narrowly oval, I in. long, minutely ciliated ; corollaf in. long, funnel-shaped, curved, minutely downy outside, shorter than the corolla. Native of Szechuen, China; originally disco
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . g. Leavesoval-lanceolate, tapered at both ends, but more slenderly at the apex ; | to\\ ins. long, I to § in. wide ; bright green and smooth above, paler and glossybeneath, with scattered hairs on the midrib and veins ; margins bristly-hairy ;stalk i in. or less long. Flowers borne usually in pairs from the end of shortlateral twigs ; sepals two, narrowly oval, I in. long, minutely ciliated ; corollaf in. long, funnel-shaped, curved, minutely downy outside, shorter than the corolla. Native of Szechuen, China; originally discovered by Henry about 1888;introduced to cultivation twenty years later by Wilson when collecting forHarvard University. Flowered at Kew in 1911. A. FLORIBUNDA, Decaism. (Bot. M;ig., t. 4316; Giuden, May 18, 1873.) An evergreen shrub 6 to 10 ft. high in a wild state, but rarely seen half ashigh in this country ; young shoots reddish, downy. Leaves ovate to roundishovate, \ to \\ ins. long, \ to i in. broad, shallowly toothed, pointed, firm in. AUELIA KLOUIBUNDA. texture ; glossy green and smooth on both surfaces, but paler beneath ; hairyonly on the margin ; stalk i in. or less long. Flowers jicndulous, rosy-red,produced in June at or near the end of short twigs which spring from the year-old wood. Corolla slenderly funnel-shaped, narrowing towards the base, li to2 ins. long, nearly i in. wide at the mouth, where are five rounded, spreadinglobes. Sepals five, green, linear-oval, \ in. long. Stamens hairy. Native of Mexico on the Cordilleras of Oaxaca at 10,000 ft; introduced toPLurope in 1841. This is the handsomest of the Abelias that can be grown out-of-doors with us, but it needs the protection of a wall. At Kew, a plant growingagainst the wall of a greenhouse has flourished for many years and flowers well ABELIA 115 most seasons, but it is quite unable to live in the open unprotected. For a lowsouth wall in the S. of England, this shrub, with its shining, rich green foliage
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