ovary stand three very small bracts. The ovary itself is 
slender and downy ; surmounted by a calyx of five obovate 
ciliated sepals, which are slightly stained rose-colour, and 
rather membranous. The corolla when expanded is half an 
inch long, funnel-shaped, downy, with a spreading border of 
five convex ovate blunt equal lobes, beyond whose tube ex- 
tend four smooth filaments. i 
“The plant is distinguishable from Abelia chinensis of 
Brown, by its want of involucre, smooth leaves, and not tri- 
chotomous flowers ; and from the Abelia serrata of Zuccarini 
and Siebold, by its five-leaved calyx. 
“ It has hitherto been treated as a greenhouse plant, but 
will probably prove hardy enough to stand out of doors in 
mild winters. The soil which appears most suitable is rough 
sandy loam, mixed with a little peat. Being of free growth, 
an ample supply of water is necessary during the summer 
season. In winter nothing different from the general treat-. 
ment of greenhouse plants is required. It is propagated from 
cuttings of young wood, in the usual way. 
** From its being sweet-scented, and the length of time it 
remains in flower, this will be of considerable importance as 
a greenhouse plant; and should it prove hardy, it will doubt- 
less be a good addition to the shrubbery in consequence of 
its flowering in autumn.” 
It was received from Mr. Fortune, June 20th, 1844, as a 
fine dwarf shrub, found amongst rocks on the Chamoo Hills. 
As Polemoniads form the characteristic feature of the 
Californian and Oregon Flora; Gentians and Saxifrages of 
European Alps; Befarias and Cinchonas of the Peruvian 
Cordillera ; Schizanths of Chile; Aerids of tropical Asia, 
and yellow and brown Papilionaceous flowers of Australasia, so 
does the genus Abelia as surely indicate the eastern districts 
of Asia, for it has hitherto been found no where else abun- 
dantly. In those countries many species exist, of which the 
following have been described, viz.— 
1. A. chinensis (R. Brown in Abel's Voyage, 1818, with a 
figure) ——China.——The original species. 
2. A. triflora (R. Brown in Wallich's Pl. As. rar. 1. t. 15); 
