CAPRIFOLIACEAE 221 



ABELIA— continued (^^ Sepals two to five 



A. grandiflora. 6. July-October. D. Ls. ov., 2, dark green and glossy above, 

 paler below with white hairs at base of midrib, toothed. Fls. f, white 

 or pinkish, funnel-shaped, throat hairy, sohtary or in small axillary or 

 terminal clusters. Hybrid. (Fig. 62 b.) 



{c) Sepals five 



A. chinensis. 4. July-August. D. Stems reddish, downy. Ls. ov., i\, 

 toothed, white hairs at base of midrib below. Fls. |, white, fragrant, 

 stamens protruding. China. (Fig. 62 c.) 



* A. florihunda. 4. June. E. Stems reddish, downy. Ls. ov., i|, toothed, 



firm, glossy on both sides, hairless except on margins. Fls. i-|, pink, 

 tubular, drooping. Mexico. 



* A. spathidata. 4. May. D. Ls. ov., lane, 2, unevenly toothed, hairy, 



margins red when young. Fls. i, funnel-shaped, white with yellow in 

 throat, in pairs at end of short side shoots. Japan. 

 A. triflora. 12. June. D. Stems erect, bark corrugated. Ls. ov., lane, 3, 

 mostly entire, but lowest ones toothed or lobed. Fls. |, white with 

 pinkish tinge, in erect clusters at end of short twigs ; sepals linear, feathery. 

 Himalaya. (Fig. 71 b.) 



DIERVILLA. Stems with solid pith. Ls. opposite, ov., lane, long-pointed, 

 evenly toothed, very shortly stalked. Fls. red, white, pink, or yellow, funnel- 

 shaped, 5-parted, usually in axillary clusters. Fruit dry, splitting into two. 



{a) Fls. yellow 

 D. sessilifolia. 3. July. D. Stems 4-angled. Ls. 7, heart-shaped or rounded 

 at base, stalkless. Fls. \, crowded in terminal clusters. U.S.A. 



{b) Fls. deep red 

 D. (Weigela) fioribunda. 8. May-June. D. Stems slender, hairy. Ls. 4, 

 tapering base, hairy. Fls. i, stalkless; sepals linear. Japan. (Fig. 59 h.) 

 Various garden forms, e.g. Eva Rathke, Lavallei, Lowei, etc. 



(c) Fls. pink or white 

 D. (Weigela) florida. y. May-June. D. Stems arching, hair>\ Ls. 4, hairy 

 on midrib below. Fls. i, deep pink outside, white inside; sepals lane. 

 China. 



Variety Candida. Fls. white. 

 Variety variegata. Ls. edged with yellow. 

 D. (Weigela) grandiflora. 10. May-June. D. Stems hairless. Ls. 5, stalk 

 bristly. Fls. i, pink changing to carmine, stalked ; sepals linear. Japan. 

 D. (Weigela) japonica. 8. June. D. Ls. densely downy below. Fls. pink, 

 changing to carmine, stalked ; sepals linear. Japan. 

 Variety hortensis. Fls. white. Ls. white-felted below. 

 Variety Looymansii aurea. Ls. yellow. 



DIPELTA. Ls. opposite, short-stalked, entire or vaguely toothed. Fls. pink 

 with yellow in throat; stalk hairy, with four unequal bracts, the two larger ones 

 hiding the ovary and becoming wings to the fruit; solitary or in few-flowered 

 clusters, K (5), C (5), A4. 



