racter he assigns to his Caprifolium japonicum ; and we 
feel doubts whether his C. macranthum is essentially dif- 
ferent from the true C. japonicum of Thunberg ; it certainly 
is not from that of the Flora Indica. The Nipalese speci- 
mens are more vigorous than those of our Gardens, and 
hirsute rather than tomentose; the leaves are also more 
elliptical: but these characters are scarcely sufficient to 
distinguish a species. 
It is a native of China, whence plants were sent to the 
Horticultural Society by Mr. Reeves, in 1826. A hardy, 
climbing shrub, flowering from July to September. 
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