Tas. 4893. — 
WEIGELA AMABILIS. 
Wrinkle-leaved Weigela. 
Nat. Ord. CapriroLtack®.—PrEnTANDRIA MonoGynta. 
Gen. Char, (Vide supra, Tan. 4396.) 
WEIGELA amabdilis ; ramulis petiolis foliorum costis pubescenti-hirtis, foliis ova- 
tis obovatisve acuminatis reticulatim rugosis inferne in petiolum longiuseu- 
lum attenuatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis vel plurimis terminalibus umbel- 
latis subsessilibus vel pedicellatis, pedicellis bibracteolatis, laciniis calycinis 
linearibus erectis appressis ovariisque hispidis, corolle tubo elongato limbi 
lobis sinuato-crenatis. | 
WEIGELIA amabilis. “Planch. Fl. des Serres, v. 8. p. 855.” 
_At*our Tab. 4396, under Weigela rosea, we expressed our 
doubts as to the propriety of separating Weigela, Lindley (Caly- _ 
‘sphyrum, Bunge), from Diervilla, with which Siebold and Zuc- | 
-carini, and, following them, Walpers, unite it; and doubting, too, — 
as to W. rosea being distinct from D. florida, Sieb. et Zuce.; 
and, in reply to the query of a correspondent in the ‘Gardeners’ _ 
hronicle’ (vol. for 1853, p. 536), it is answered: “ We are un- — 
certain how many species of Weigela are known to botanists. In _ 
he garden we have WV. rosea (just alluded to), W. Minderdorfiana, 
W. amabilis, and W. lutea ; but the last is often an alias of Dier- — 
villa lutea, and we do not know how far the others are distinct. — 
Tn books also occur W. pauciflora and florida: but the latter is — 
very nearly if not quite the same as rosea.” We have now to con- _ 
‘sider the question of the distinctness of the one under considera- 
