at Kew from the collection at Rostrevor. The nearest 
ally of A. longituba is A. uniflora, R.Br., another Chinese 
species figured at t. 4694 of this work. Both species 
have been placed by Rehder in the section Huabelia 
and in Graebner’s sub-section Uniflorae. There is, indeed, 
room for doubt as to whether A. longituba be really more 
than a variety of Brown’s species. From the horti- 
cultural point of view, however, A. longituba is suffi- 
ciently distinct from the older species to warrant the 
publication of a special plate. At present the Kew plant 
is a dwarf shrub which flowers most copiously during the 
latter part of the summer, a circumstance that makes 
it a very welcome addition to cultivated hardy shrubs. 
It is perfectly hardy, grows well in loamy soil, and is 
easily propagated by means of cuttings put in gentle 
heat in July or August. 
Description.—Shrub, branches ‘slender, the older twigs dark and glabrous or 
slightly puberulous, the younger purple and densely puberulous. Leaves ovate, 
elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate with a rather obtuse and mucronulate apex, 
the base more or less cuneate, lin. long, }-3 in. wide, margin entire or 
slightly serrulate, upper surface bright green, glabrous except for the ciliate 
margins, lower pale, white-villose along the mid-rib, especially in the lower 
part ; petioles up to iin. long, slightly hirsute. Peduncles 1-flowered, axillary, 
situated near the ends of short branches, in. long, with 2 subulate-linear 
ciliolate bracts in the middle and 4 ovate ciliolate bracteoles at the apex. 
Receptacle (ovary) cylindric, about 4 in. long, 2 in. in diameter, slightly 
puberulous, Sepals 2, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, up to 2'in, long, } in. broad, slightly 
ciliolate, nearly glabrous. Corolla infundibuliform, from nearly lin. to 11 in. 
in length, tubular below the middle and ventricose on one side at the extreme 
base, enlarged from the middle upwards, limb spreading, 5-lobed, lobes sub- 
orbicular, } in. long and broad, minutely glandular-puberulous outside, throat 
on the inside beset with long distinct hairs. Stamens 4, filaments nearly 2 in. 
long, more or less spreadingly hirsute, anthers Lin. long, glabrous. Style 4 in, 
long, glabrous: stigma capitate, hardly lobed. 
Tar. 8810.—Fig. 1, portion of young stem ; 2, portion of leaf-margin ; 3, bud ; 
4, section of base of corolla; 5 and 6, anthers; 7, stigma :—all enlarged. 
