WU GELA 
um; 
1873 
* KÉRRIA japónica. 
Japan Kerria. 
ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacea, § Spin. 
KERRIA, DC. Calyx 5-fidus, lobis ovatis, 3 obtusis, 2 apice calloso- 
mucronatis, sestivatione imbricatis. . Petala 5, orbiculata, Stamina circiter 20, 
cum petalis e calyce exserta: Carpella 5-8 libera, glabra, stylo filiformi superata, 
globosa, ovulo 1 lateraliter adhzerente focta.—Suffrutex, cortice levi vires- 
cente, ramis virgatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis grossè et inequaliter serratis 
penninerviis conduplicatis, stipulis lineari-subulatis, floribus flavis facile 
plenis. | Prodr. 2, 541. d 
Kerria Japoniea. DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 12. 156. 
Corchorus Japonicus. Thunb. fl. jap.227. Bot. Rep. t. 587. Bot. Mag. t. 
1296. with double flowers. - ; 
This plant, in the state when it bears double flowers, is 
one of the commonest shrubs in our gardens. It was 
supposed to be a species of Corchorus until Professor 
De Candolle investigated its affinities, and decided that it 
was to Rubus and Spiræa that the plant was really allied, 
and not to any Tiliaceous genus. 
The correctness of this opinion has been fully proved by 
the single-flowered plant, now represented, for which the 
country is indebted to John Reeves, Esq. It was imported 
by him two or three years- back, and now exists in several 
collections. "The accompanying figure was made last Sep- 
tember in the garden of the Hortieultural Society. 
* Named in compliment to Mr. William Ker, a botanical collector sent from 
Kew to China. . 
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