Chang-yang in Western Hupeh by Mr. E. H. Wilson in 
May, 1900, when seeds were sent to Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, growing in the same general region as C. sinensis, to 
which and to C. Henryi, Hemsl., another species from 
Hupeh, it is most nearly allied. From C. sinensis our 
plant is, however, readily distinguished by its leaves which’ 
when mature are quite glabrous, by its distinctly exserted 
stamens and by its red-brown not yellow anthers; from 
C. Henryi it differs by having more rounded petals and 
very much shorter calyx-lobes. The flowering spike of 
Corylopsis is the termination of a young ultimately leafy 
branch. The empty basal protective scales do not, as is 
the rule, fall away when the buds open; above these 
scales are a few bracts of stipular nature in association 
with one or more of which leaves are produced; above 
these again come the true floral bracts, each with a sessile 
axillary flower and lateral bracteoles. The true character 
of the inflorescence is evident by the time the seeds are 
ripe, for the leaf-bearing base of the axis has by then 
become woody. The plant from which our figure has been — 
prepared was raised by Messrs. Veitch in their nursery at 
Coombe Wood, where it has flowered regularly in April 
for some years past, and is then decidedly attractive owing 
to the soft primrose-yellow colour and the pleasing fragrance 
of its blossoms. It appears to be quite hardy ; it grows well 
in an open sandy loam and can be propagated by cuttings. 
Descriprion.—Srub ; 5-6 ft. high, of bushy rounded 
habit; branches reddish when young, glabrous. Leaves 
shortly petioled, elliptic, suddenly shortly acuminate or 
acute and mucronulate, somewhat cordate at the base, 
38-4 in. long, 13-2 in. wide, reddish-purple and sparingly 
silky hairy on the nerves beneath when young, becoming — a 
dark green above, more or less glaucous and_ perfectly 
glabrous beneath when full grown, coriaceous; main veins 
6-7 on each side, straight and parallel, the lowest pair 
giving off 4-5 strong nerves outwards; veins all prominent 
beneath and extending beyond the margin in setaceous 
teeth; petiole glabrous, about 1 in. long. lowering — 
branches spicate, nodding, bracteate, 1-2 in. long, } in- 
wide, lateral on the naked wood of the previous year, 
10-15-flowered; main-axis pilose and beset at the base 
