CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 357 
KOLKWITZIA. 
(Family Caprifoliaceae). 
Shrubs with exfoliating bark: 
deciduous. Twigs round, at first 
villous: pith small, round, white, 
continuous. Buds Solitary, ses- 
sile, ovoid, with 3 or 4 pairs of 
scales. Leaf-scars opposite, cres- 
cent-shaped or triangular, raised, 
connected by transverse lines: 
bundle-traces 3, or more or less 
confluent transversely:  stipule- 
sears lacking. 
Only the one species of Kolk- 
witzia, related to Abelia, is 
known. From twig and bud char- 
acters it is likely to be taken for 
a bushy honeysuckle with solid 
pith, or, if its 3 typically distinct 
bundle-traces seem to blend in a 
single long trace, for a privet or 
some similar oleaceous shrub. 
Twigs hispid and villous: buds canescent. K. amabilis. 
