688 KOLKWITZIA 



KOLKWITZIA AMABILIS, Graebner. CAPRIFOLIACE^;. 



A deciduous bush, 5 or 6 ft. high, of twiggy habit ; young shoots at first 

 hairy, then rough. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, long-pointed, rounded 

 at the base, shallowly and remotely toothed; i to 3 ins. long, J to 2 

 ins. wide, dark dull green and sparsely hairy above ; paler, prominently 

 net-veined and bristly on the veins beneath ; ciliate ; chief veins three or 

 four each side the midrib ; stalk bristly, T ^ to \ in. long. Flowers twin, 

 produced during May and June in corymbs 2 to 3 ins. across, terminating 

 short lateral twigs. Corolla bell-shaped, | in. long and the same in width 

 at the mouth, where are five roundish, spreading lobes ; pink with yellow 

 in the throat, hairy. Calyx J in. across, with five or six very narrow, 

 radiating lobes, hairy ; flower-stalk \ to |- in. long, slender, hairy. 

 Stamens four. Fruit egg-shaped, \ in. long, covered with brown bristles 

 \ in. long. A curious feature is the persistent elongated calyx standing 

 out beyond the fruit. 



Native of the province of Hupeh, China, on the watershed of the 

 Han and Yangtse rivers, where it occurs among rocks at 9000 to 

 10,000 ft; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1901, and 

 cultivated in the nursery at Coombe Wood, where it first flowered under 

 cultivation in June 1910. The flowers of this rare and remarkable shrub 

 resemble those of Abelia, but its remarkable, hairy calyx and fruit are 

 very different. (Fig. p. 687.) 



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