358 67. CAPEIFOLIACE.E. 



1. Abelia biflora, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vii. 

 p. 152 ; Walp. Bep. ii. p. 446 ; Maxim. Fl. Amur. p. 472, et in 

 Mel. Biol. xii. p. 477 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 151, t. 11 (errore 

 triflora in tab.). 



Abelia Davidii, Hance in Journ. Sot. 1868, p. 329, et 1875, p. 132. 

 Chihli : near Peking (Tatarinow !), Pohuashan (Bretschnei- 

 der !), Jehol (David I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Mandshuria. 



2. Abelia cbinensis, B. Br. in AbeVs 'Narrative of a Journey 

 in the Interior of China,' p. 377, cum tab. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 339 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 289 ; Maxim, in Mel. 

 Biol. xii. p. 475. 



Abelia Hanceana, Mart, apud Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me serie, v. 

 p. 216. 



Linnaea chinensis, A. Br. et Vatke in (Esterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 18/2, p. 291. 



Abelia rupestris, Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. p. 63, et in Bot. 

 Reg. 1846, t. 8 ; Lindl. 8> Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 130, fig. 201 ; Maxim, in 

 Mel. Biol. xii. p. 475. 



Linnaea rupestris, A. Br. et Vatke in (Esterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1872, p. 291. 



Abelia rupestris, var. grandiflora, Carr.in Rev. Hort. 1866, p. 488 ? 



Kiangsi: Kiukiang (Shearer I) ; Fokien : Amoy (Wilford, 

 hb. BZance, 1446 !) ; Hupeii : Icbang, Patung, and Nanto (A. 

 Henry !) ; SzECHUEtf : Wusban G-orge (Faber !) ; Kwangtttng : 

 North river (Ford ! B. C. Henry I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Readily distinguished by its dense subterminal clusters of 

 small flowers. 



We have seen no authenticated specimens of A. rupestris, 

 Lindl., but the plant cultivated under this name. we regard as a 

 variety of A. chinensis. Fortune discovered it on the Chimoo 

 hills, about fifty miles north of Amoy. 



3. Abelia parvifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Frutex 1-2-pedalis, caulibus vel ramis rectis teretibus gracili- 

 usculis apicem versus tantum floriferis. Folia brevissime petio- 

 lata, crassa, persistentia ?, cvata vel ovato-oblonga, 3-9 lineas 

 longa, obtusa vel acuta, basi rotundata, integra vel interdum 

 obscure paucidentata, utrinque plus minusve hirsuta, supra his- 

 pidula, venis utrinque immersis inconspicuis. Flores rosei 

 (Henry), puberuli, in axillis foliorum solitarii (an semper ?), sub- 

 sessiles, bracteis minutis ; calycis lobi saepissime 2, ampli, obovato- 

 oblongi ; corolla angusta, circiter 9 lineas longa, lobis brevibus 



