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rotundatis subsequalibua ; stamina breviter exserta, filamentis 

 parce puberulis. Fructus ignotus. 



Hupeh : Ichang and neighbourhood (A. Henry, 664, 2337 !) ; 

 Szechuen: Kneichou (Faber, 577 !). Herb. Kew. 



This has a very distinct appearance, yet it may prove to be a 

 much reduced state of A. uniflora. 



I 4. Abelia uniflora, B. Br. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. p. 15 

 ''absque descr.) ; Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1846, sub tab. 8 ; Lindl. et 

 Paxt. Fl. Gard. ii. p. 145, fig. 208 ; Belgique Horticole, iii. 

 p. 338, cum ic. col.; Bot. Mag. t. 4694; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 xii. p. 476. 



Linnaea uniflora, A. Br. et Vatke in CEsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 18/2, p. 29 J. 



Abelia serrata, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 76, t. 34 ; Hance in Journ. 

 Bot. 1882, p. 6. 



Pokien : in the tea district {Beeves !) ; Hupeh : Ichang 

 ( Waiters !). Ichang, Patung and Nanto (A. Henry !) ; Szechuen : 

 Mount Omei at 3000 feet (Faber I), Chungking (Parker, hb. 

 Hance !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



Maximowicz distinguishes A. serrata from A. uni/lora, but we 

 have failed to seize the differences. 



1. Linnaea borealis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 631 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. p. 340 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 392 ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. 

 p. 139. 



Nokth China : mountains on the border of Mandshuria 

 (Jamesl); Cobea (Bushell, hb. Hance, 653!). Mus. Brit.; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Western Europe through Central Asia to the Amur, Sachalin, 

 and Kamtschatka ; but not recorded from Japan, though com- 

 mon in North America, especially on the western side, where it 

 extends southward to the mountains of California. 



1. Lonicera aftinis, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Toy. p. 264 ; 

 Walp. Bep. ii. p. 449 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. x. p. 58. 

 Ltjchu Aechipelago (Beecheyl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 

 Also in Japan. 



Var. pnbescens, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. x. p. 59. 

 Lonicera niollissima, Blume ex Maxim. 



