CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 347 
DIPELTA. 
| (Family Caprifoliaceae). 
Twigs glandular-pubescent. 
Shrubs with exfoliating bark: 
deciduous. Twigs rather slender, 
rounded: pith pale, moderate, be- 
coming excavated between the 
nodes. Buds solitary, sessile, coni- 
cal or ovoid, at first with 2 alter-. 
nate scales but later becoming 
more open. Leaf-scars opposite, 
crescent-shaped or 3-lobed, moder- 
ate, low, transversely connected: 
bundle-traces 3: stipule-scars lack- 
ing. 
Dipeltas, like weigelias, to 
which they are closely related, are 
Asiatie shrubs, but unlike the lat- 
ter, which are very hardy and are 
seen everywhere and have been in 
cultivation for a very long time, 
they are rather tender, of recent 
introduction, and not commonly 
planted. 
D. ventricosa. 
