WEIGELA AMABILIS. 



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WEIGELA AMABILIS. 



WRINKLE-LEAVED WEIGELA, 



Nat. Ord. Capkifoliace^ — Pentandkia Monogynia. 

 Weigela amabilis. "Planch. Fl. des Serres, v. 8, p. 855." 



At our Tab. 4396, under Weigela rosea, we expressed our doubts as to the 

 propriety of separating Weigela, Lindley (Caljspliyrum, Bunge), from Diervilla, 

 with which Siebold and Zuc- 

 carini, and following thera, 

 Walpers, unite it ; and doubt- 

 ing, too, as to W. rosea being 

 distinct from D. jlorida, 

 Sieb. et Zucc. ; and, in re- 

 ply to the query of a corre- 

 spondent in the Gardener''s 

 Chronicle (vol. for 1853, p. 

 536), it is answered : "We 

 are uncertain how many spe- 

 cies of Weigela are known to 

 botanists. In the garden we 

 have W. rosea (just alluded 

 to), W. Minderdorfiana, W. 

 amahiUs, and W. lutea ; but 

 the last is often an alias of 

 Diervilla lutea, and we do not 

 know how far the others are 

 distinct. In books also oc- 

 cur W. paucifiora and Jlo- 

 rida ; but the latter is very 

 nearly, if not quite the same 

 as roseay We have now to 

 consider the question of the 

 distinctness of the one under 

 consideration from the last 

 mentioned. Certainly, with 

 flowering species of each in 

 our hand, the eye mayreadily 

 distinguish between them ; 

 but, with the exception of 



the stronger reticulation of the leaves of the present plant, and the undulately 

 crenate lobes of the corolla, there is no character on which reliance can be pi 



Weigela amabilis. 



1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Corolla laid open, 

 from the inner base of tlie tube of the corolla, 

 verse section of ovary — magnified. 



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