CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



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Twigs glandular-pubescent. 



DlPELTA. 



(Family Caprifoliaceae). 



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 

 Asiatic 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. 



