Tas. 8708. 
CORYLOPSIS Witimorttas. 
Western China. 
FLAMAMELIDACEAE. 
Coryopsis, Sieb. et Zucc.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 667. 
Corylopsis Willmottiae, Rehd. et Wils. in Plant. Wils. vol. i. p. 425 (1913) ; 
Bean, Trees &€ Shrubs, vol. i. p. 399; species C. Veitchianae, Bean, valde 
affinis sed calyce fruetuque glabris, nectariis brevioribus, antheris luteis 
inclusis facile distinguenda, 
Frutez 2-4 m, altus; ramuli novelli graciles, glabri, anno sequente minute 
lenticellati ; gemmae hiemales pallide virentes, lucidae, stipitatae. Folia 
decidua, obovata vel ovata vel ovalia, 2°5-8°5 cm. longa, 1°2-3-7 em. lata, 
acuta vel breviuscule acuminata, basi rotundata vel cordata, margine minute 
remoteque denticulata, supra saturate viridia, glabra, subtus glauca primum 
sericea demum fere glabra, nervi laterales utrinsecus 7-10; petiolus 1-2- 
2°2 cm. longus, primum saepe sparse pilosus, demum glaber; stipulae 
ovato-lanceolatae, 1°2-2°5 em. longae, purpurascentes, extra glabrae, intus 
sericeae, cito caducae. lores odoratiin spicas pendulas, 5-7°5 em. longas, 
circiter 20-floras congesti; rhachis pilosa; bracteae stipulares concavae, 
9 mm. Jongae, extra glabrae, intus sericeae; bracteae florales breviores 
utrinque pilosae. Calyx glaber, 5-lobus, basi breve turbinatus; lobi 
rotundati,2 mm. longi. Petala suborbicularia, breviter unguiculata, dilute 
lutea, 3-3°5 mm. lata. Stamina 5, petalis breviora; filamenta glabra, 
versus basin dilatata; antherae intense luteae; nectaria 5, alte 2-fida, lobis 
calycis breviora. Styli 2, glabri; stigmata recurva. Capsula subglobosa, 
glabra, 2-locularis, 6 mm. longa. Semina anguste-ovoidea, nigra, nitida, 
hilo albo notata.—C. multiflora, Hort. Willmott ; non Hance,—W. J. Bran. 
The genus Corylopsis has its chief centre in China, 
| whence it extends to the Eastern Himalaya on the one 
hand, to Japan on the other. The various species are 
charming in gardens for their early blossoming, their soft 
yellow flowers and their gracious perfume. The species 
which forms the subject of our illustration, C. Wilimottiae, 
has all these qualities ; it grows freely, and so far it has, 
since it reached this country, given no sign of being at 
all tender. Like other members of the genus, however, 
it is liable to suffer, when in flower, from late spring 
frosts which mar its beauty though they do not affect its 
growth. The introduction of C. Willmottiae horticulture 
owes to Mr. E. H. Wilson, by whom it was first dis- 
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