Tas. 4396. 
WEIGELA rosea. 
fiose-coloured Weigela 
Nat. Ord. CAPRIFOLIACEM.—PENTANDRIA Monoaynli. 
Gen. Char, Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, lineari-pentagonus, 10-striatus, 5-lobus, 
lobis subzequalibus linearibus lanceolatisve nunc basi connatis. Corolla infundi- 
buliformis, fauce ampliata, semi-5-fida, tubo laciniis calycinis sublongiore’ basi 
angustato, odis ovato-rotundis subineequalibus, estivatione imbricatis. Stamina 
5, inter se libera, basi corolla adnata, corolla subbreviora, antheris linearibus 
medio insertis, rima longitudinali utrinque dehiscentibus. S¢ylus filiformis glaber 
subexsertus. Stigma peltato-capitatum. Ovarium inferum biloculare. Ovula 
in utroque loculo duplici serie septo placentifero inserta, imbricata compressa — 
Frutices Asie orientalis, foliis ovatis obovatisve acuminatis breviter petiolatis 
serratis, floribus sessilibus, cymis nunc pedunculatis, bracteis stipulaformibus, 
corolla purpurea. A. DC. 
WEIGELA rosea; ramulis petiolis foliorum costis ovariisque pubescenti-hirtis 
foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongis acutis acuminatisque basi rotundatis 
argute serratis supra glabris, floribus sessilibus axillaribus terminalibusque 
1-8, ovario petiolo pluries longiore, calyce pilosiusculo, corolla pubescentis 
tubo obconico limbo patulo(sub)regulari laciniis rotundatis filamentis glabris. 
_ Lindl. 
WeiGELa rosea. Lindl. in Journ. of Hort. Soc. v.1. p. 65. t.6. Fortune, Herd. 
Chin. n. 25, A. 
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A charming hardy shrub, for such it has proved to be in the 
Royal Gardens of Kew, wheré it flowers in the open air in May, 
even as a standard. It is also very ornamental, trained against 
awall, As a genus, it is too near Diervilla, with which Siebold 
unites it, while on the other hand, Bunge constitutes of those 
Weigele which have the calyx prolonged into a tube above the 
ovary (as in our species), the genus Calysphyrum. Dr. Lindley 
observes that in Diervilla the gland at the base within the corolla 
adheres to the corolla, but that in Weigela it is free. In our 
Specimens it decidedly adheres to the corolla. As a species also, 
I fear, the plant is too nearly allied to Weigela (Calysphyrum) 
Joridum, Bunge, which like the present, is cultivated in the 
gardens of the Chinese, and I can really find no difference but 
What may be fairly attributed to more or less luxuriance of 
_ SEPTEMBER Ist, 1848. : 
