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ForsytuHi1a. Golden Bell. 
(Family Oleaceae). 
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1. Pith solid at the nodes. 
Loosely branched spreading or 
sometimes scrambling shrubs: de- 
ciduous. Twigs somewhat 4- 
sided, moderate: pith moderate, 
finally excavated between the 
nodes but continuous or 
chambered at them. Buds mode- 
rate, becoming multiple, fusiform 
though sessile, with some half- 
dozen pairs of scales. lLeaf-scars 
opposite, shield-shaped, rather 
small, raised: bundle-trace 1: sti- 
pule-scars wanting. 
Winter-character references: — 
x<Forsythia intermedia. Schnei- 
der, f. 201. F. suspensa. Schnei- 
der, f. 201; Shirasawa, 277, pl. 12. 
F. viridissima. Schneider, f. 201. 
The pith-characters of species 
and hybrids of this genus are dis- 
cussed by Koehne in Gartenflora 
2. 
Pith chambered or finally all excavated. (1). F. viridissima. 
2. Pith chambered in the internodes. (2). * F. intermedia. 
Pith excavated between the nodes. (3). F. suspensa. 
