hal 
sp 
-Tas. 8810. 
ABELIA LoNnGITUBA. 
China. 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Tribe LONICEREAE. 
ABELia, R.Br. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 4. 
Abelia longituba, Rehder in Sargent, Plant. Wils. vol. i. p. 126; species 
A. uniflorae, R.Br., valde affinis, sed foliis minoribus et tubo corollae longo 
graciliori apte distinguitur. 
Frutex gracilis, ramis senioribus fuscis glabris vel leviter puberulis,junioribus 
purpureis dense puberulis. Folia ovata, elliptico-ovata vel oblongo-lanceolata, 
apice obtusiuscula, mucronulata, basi plus minusve cuneata, 1-5-2-6 cm, 
longa, 0-7-1-3cm. lata, margine integra vel leviter serrulata, pagina 
superiore laete viridia, marginibus ciliatis exceptis glabra, inferiore pallida 
ad costam inferne praecipue albo-villosa ; petioli usque ad 3 mm. longi, 
leviter hirsuti. Pedunculi uniflori, axillares, prope apices ramulorum 
brevium dispositi, 1 mm. longi, medio bracteis duabus subulato-linearibus 
ciliolatis apice bracteolis quatuor ovatis ciliolatis instructi. Recepta- 
culum (ovarium) cylindricum, 6-7 mm. longum, 1 mm. diametro, leviter 
puberulum. Sepala 2, oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, usque ad | cm. longa et 
6mm. lata, leviter ciliolata, fere glabra. Corolla infundibuliformis, 
2-3-3 cm. longa, infra medium anguste tubularis, ima basi unilateraliter 
ventricosa, e medio apicem versus ampliata, limbo patulo quinquelobato, 
lobis suborbicularibus 6 mm. longis latisque, extra minute glanduloso- 
puberulis, intus fauce pilis longis distinctis instructis. Stamina 4, filamentis 
9 mm. longis plus minusve patule hirsutis, antheris 3 mm. longis, glabris. 
Stylus 2 cm. longus, glaber ; stigma capitatum, vix lobatum,—W. B. TURRILL. 
The plant from which our plate of <Abelia longiflora 
has been prepared was presented to the Kew collection 
by Sir John Ross of Bladensburg, in 1915. The species 
is a native of China, and the specimens on which the 
original description of Dr. Rehder was based were col- 
lected in the district of Ichang, in the province of Hupeh, 
by Mr. A. Henry. These original specimens differ in 
certain minor particulars from the cultivated plant here 
represented. The wild plant has all the twigs, young 
and old, nearly or quite glabrous, whereas in our plant 
the young twigs are densely clothed with short spreading 
hairs. The corolla in the original specimens collected 
by Henry are somewhat larger than in the plant received 
JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1919. 
