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more rigid, and denser foliage, and by the flowers being arranged 
in dense drooping spikes, larger than in S. racemdsus, and by 
the prominent style and stamens. 
Western St. Peter’s-wort. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
4 S. micropuy’tuus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
424.) flowers axillary, solitary ; leaves roundish-ovate, bluntish, 
pubescent. hk. F. Native of Mexico, in the temperate parts 
near Moran, at the altitude of 4000 feet. Symphdria micro- 
phylla, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 1. p. 757. Anisanthus micro- 
phyllus, Willd. in Schultes, syst. 5. p. 223. Corolla white. 
Small-leaved St. Peter’s-wort. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
5 S. atauce’scens (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 424. t. 295.) 
flowers axillary, solitary ; leaves elliptic, acute, somewhat mu- 
cronate, smoothish. k. F. Native of Mexico, on the moun- 
tains near Santa Rosa, at the elevation of 4000 feet. Symphòria 
montàna, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 757. Leaves glaucescent beneath. 
Glaucescent St. Peter’s-wort. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
Cult. Symphoricdrpos is a genus of very beautiful and deli- 
cate shrubs, well adapted for shrubberies or borders. They grow 
in any common garden soil; and are easily increased by cuttings, 
which should be planted either in autumn or spring. 
VIT. ABELIA (named by Mr. Brown after Clarke Abel, 
M. D. physician to the embassy to China under Lord Amherst ; 
he collected and brought home many interesting plants). R. Br. 
car. and descript. pl. Abel, 1818. in 4to. p. 5. with a figure. 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 339. 
Lin. syst. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oblong 
tube, and a 2 or 5-parted foliaceous limb: the segments oblong. 
Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, 5-lobed: lobes ovate, nearly 
equal. Stamens 4, didynamous or nearly equal. Stigma capitate. 
Ovarium 8-celled ; 2 of the cells contain many ovula, but all be- 
come abortive, and the third contains only one ovulum, which 
comes to perfection. Pericarp 1-seeded, indehiscent, crowned 
by the foliaceous limb of the calyx.—Decumbent or weak gla- 
brous shrubs. Leaves petiolate, dentately crenated. Peduncles 
axillary, trichotomous or trifid, or terminal and undivided. In- 
volucrum 2 or many flowered, composed of 6 or more leaves. 
1 A. Cutve’nsis (R. Br. 1. c.) involucrum 2-flowered ; pe- 
duncles trichotomous ; stamens exserted. h. G. Native of 
China, in the province of Kiang-si at the Lake Po-Yang, where it 
was collected by Dr. Clarke Abel. Tube of corolla 5-nerved : 
4 of the nerves approximate, and the fifth remote. Ovarium 
having one nerve on one side, and 4 on the other. Leaves ovate, 
finely pubescent. 
China Abelia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet ? 
2 A. TRIFLÒRA (R. Br. in Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 14, t. 15.) 
flowers by threes, forming terminal corymbs: lateral flowers 
furnished with 3 bracteas: middle one sessile, naked ; calyx 5- 
parted: the segments foliaceous, linear, and ciliated; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, ciliated with hyaline 
hairs. h.G. Native of the East Indies, on the highest moun- 
tains of Northern and Western Kamaon towards the Himalaya, 
where it is called Kumki. Flowers pale red, delightfully fra- 
grant. 
Three-flowered Abelia. Tree small. 
3 A. untrLora (R. Br. in Wall. pl. asiat. rar. p. 15.) pedun- 
cles 1-flowered, tribracteate. h. G. Native of China. 
One-flonered Abelia. Shrub. 
Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will be a good soil 
for the species of Abelia ; and they may be easily increased by 
cuttings planted in any light soil, with a hand-glass placed over 
them. 
IX. LINNZ'A (this little northern plant, long overlooked, 
depressed, abject, flowering early, Linnzus selected to transmit 
CAPRIFOLIACEH. VII. SYMPHORICARPOS. 
VIII. Apevia. IX. Linnea. X. Amma. 
his own name to posterity). Gron. in Lin. gen. no. 774, Juss, 
gen. 211. D. C. prod. 4. p. 340.—Obolaria, Sieg. prim. p. 79. 
—Campanula spec. C. Bauh. Tourn. &c. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérma. Calyx double, superior 
one of one leaf; in 5 deep, erect, lanceolate, acute, equal seg- 
ments (f. 82. b.). Corolla bell-shaped (f. 82. d.); tube cylin- 
drical, gradually dilated upwards, about twice the length of the 
superior calyx; limb divided into 5 deep, nearly equal, slightly 
spreading segments (f. 82. d.). Stamens 4, inclosed, didynamous 
(f. 82. f.) ; the 2 uppermost ones the shortest. Ovarium globu- 
lar, of 3 cells. Style cylindrical, gently swelling upwards, declin- 
ing longer than the corolla (f. 82. e.); stigma obtuse. Berry dry, 
ovate-oblong, of 1-cell, membranous, closely invested with the 
inferior calyx, and crowned with the superior one. Seed soli- 
tary, filling the cavity.—A trailing, somewhat shrubby plant, of 
an elegant aspect, and rendered most interesting to a botanist on 
account of the name given, with the concurrence of Linnzus, by 
his friend Dr. J. F. Gronovius. 
1 L. sortais (Lin. spec. 
880.) h. H. Native of Lapland, 
Sweden, Norway, Russia, Ger- 
many, Switzerland, Savoy, Si- 
beria, &c., in dry, stony, shady, 
mossy, fir woods, on the moun- 
tains. . In Scotland the plant was 
first found in an old fir wood at 
Inglismaldie, on the borders of 
Mearnshire in 1795; it has 
since been found in several simi- 
lar situations in the highlands of 
Scotland. In North America in a 
several parts, as in the states of AAN 
New England, New Hampshire, 
Vermont, but more tine 
in Canada throughout the woo p 
country from Lake Huron ia the Arctic circle; and be 
Newfoundland and Labrador on the east to the Columbia, ak 
laschka, and Kotzebue’s Sound on the west. Lin. fl, suec. p- o 
t. 1. fl. lapp. ed. 2. p. 214. t. 12. f. 4. Smith, engl. Bor t Hi 
Wahl. fl. lapp. 170. t. 9. f. 3. Oed. fl. dan. t. 3.—A tral Ria y 
shrubby, creeping, and evergreen plant, forming broa ra 
patches; the young shoots hairy and leafy. Leaves Er Ps 
ovate, firm, crenate in the fore part, slightly hairy, and 0 fase 
green above, paler beneath. Peduncles axillary, pe ee d 
in length, bearing each 2 elegant, pendulous, fles on E 
flowers at the apex, which are said to be very aora En 
A pair of very small leaves stand at the origin of the Lea g 
flower-stalks, or pedicels, and there is often a larger Ped As 
two at the lower part of each peduncle. Corolla aig neg 
ternally with rose colour and yellow. The American pian 
enerally stronger than the European ones. one 
2 KAR ness Fl. May, June. Scotland. Pl. era 
Cult. This elegant little trailing evergreen pate ane 
grow in cultivation unless in a peat border, where it yin ae 
and flower freely ; and most so if the border is 1n a ae pen’ 
tion. It is sometimes grown in large pots or pans, Ea by 
peat earth, and grows luxuriantly. It is easily increa 2 
separating the creeping stems when rooted. 
FIG. 82. 
ienil 
+ Genera allied to Caprifoliàceæ, but are not sufficient'y 
known. 
X. AI'DIA (from aéwc, aidios, perpetual ; in FRETT DG 
durability of the wood of this tree). Lour. coch. p. : 
prod. 4. p. 340. 3 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. 
e to the 
Tube of calyx adnate 
