Tas. 4587. 
FORSYTHIA viripissima. 
Dark-green-leaved Forsythia. 
Nat. Ord. OLEacrE#.—D1IanpDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx byevissime campanulatus, 4-partitus, deciduus. Corolla 
subcampanulata, 4-partita, tubo brevissinfo, lobis estivatione contortis. Stamina 
2, imo tubo inserta, inclusa. Ovarium biloculare, Jocudis pluriovulatis. Stylus 
brevis. Stigma capitato-bilobum. Capsula ovata, compressiuscula, sublignosa, 
corticata, bilocularis, loculicido-bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina in 
loculis numerosa (Zuce.), pauca (Endl.), sub-4 (Bung.), pendula, anguste alata. 
Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula brevi.—Frutex 
Chinensis, ramis oppositis; gemmis squamosis ; foliis oppositis, ternis quaternisve, 
petiolatis, simplicibus vel ternato-pinnatisectis, serratis. Flores ante folia nascentes, 
€ gemma solitarii, pedicellati, lutei, rubro-striati. De Cand. 
Forsytuta viridissima; ramis erectis tetragonis, foliis simplicibus oblongis et 
oblongo-lanceolatis petiolatis versus apicem serratis dimidio inferiore in- 
_ tegerrimis, floribus ante folia breviter pedicellatis geminatis cernuis, sepalis 
subrotundis convexis ovarii longitudine. Lindl. 
Forsytutia viridissima. Lindl. in Journ. of Hort. Soc. v.1. p. 226, et in Bot. 
Reg. 1847. t.39. Walp. Repert. Bot. p,501. 
The original Forsythia, established on a Chinese plant culti- 
vated in Japan, where it was introduced from China, appears to 
have been introduced into Holland in 1833 by M. V. Pistorius : 
but has never been cultivated in England. That species is 
called F. suspensa, from the fact of a common form or variety of 
it having lax pendent branches: it has ternate leaves, broad 
obovate segments fo the corolla, and longer calycine lobes. Our 
plant bears the open air exceedingly well against a wall, and 
produces its copious bright yellow flowers while the leaves are yet 
but partially expanded. Introduced to Europe by Mr. Fortune. 
Dzscr. A branching shrub four to six feet high. Branches 
erect, angular, darkish brown. eaves (appearing after the 
flowers) oblong or ovato-lanceolate, or altogether lanceolate, acute, 
serrated in the upper half, tapering into a short rend age 
nerved. Peduncles short, solitary or in pairs from the sides o 
the branches, each arising from a scaly bud. Calye deeply cut 
JUNE Ist, 1851. 
