Caprifoliaoeae. 



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KOLKWITZIA. 



( Family Caprif oliaceae ) . 



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- 

 scars 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. 



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