or Japan, but by whom introduced to Europe, we have no means 
of knowing. For our plants we are indebted to Messrs. Lowe, — 
of the Clapton Nursery. 4 
Descr. A shrub, probably equally hardy with Weigela rosea — 
(though our plant blossomed in a cool frame in May), and with — 
entirely the same habit: the younger branches and foliage are — 
more or less hairy. Leaves opposite, larger than those of VW. — 
rosea ; rather obovate than ovate, acuminated, serrated, tapering | 
below into a moderately long petiole. The surface is much and — 
reticulately veined, with impressed lines above, prominent on the — 
nerves beneath. owers sessile, or on very short, simple petioles, — 
bearing two opposite, minute dracts, solitary in the axils of the — 
upper leaves, or in a terminal, many-flowered wmbéecl, of beautiful ~ 
rose-coloured flowers. Calyx hairy, the tube adherent with the — 
ovary, so slender as to resemble a peduncle, angular : /imdéd of five, 
erect, linear, appressed segments, unequal in height. Corolla — 
with the ¢wbe narrow, scarcely longer than the segments of the 
calyx : the limb campanulate, cut into five, nearly equal, spread- — 
ing, waved and crenated, obtuse, broadly ovate lobes: the ¢ude is — 
within hairy, and has a clavate, short, downy, conspicuous gland, — 
attached to the base on one side. Stamens inserted at the top of — 
the tube, shorter than the limb: anther oblongo-sagittate. Style — 
shorter than the corolla, included. Stigma two- to three-lobed, 
lobes downy. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Gland from the inner 
base of the tube of the corolla. 4. Transverse section of ovary :—magnified. 
