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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



C. Flowers rosy-white with a yellow throat. Yellow-thuoated 

 Rosy Abelia (397) — Abelia miiflora. 

 * Leaves thinner and deciduous ; flowers white. (D.) 

 D. Sepals 5 ; flowers small, l inch long, stamens exserted ; leaves 

 ovate, serrate with hairs on midrib beneath, Chinese Abelia 

 (398) —Abelia chin^nsis. 

 D. Sepals 4 ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, hairy, coarsely serrate. 

 Two-flowered Abelia — Abelia biflora. 



Gardenia. The Cape 'Jasmine' and other beautiful plants are in- 

 cluded among the Gardenias. The name jasmine or jessamine is given 

 to many different species belonging to several different families, so, as with 

 the name honeysuckle, it would be well to learn the proper names for 

 each group and properly apply them and not use either 'jasmine' or 

 ' honeysuckle ' without some modification to show the exact genus 



Cape ' Jasmine.' 



intended, (The name jessamine should be restricted to the genus Jas- 

 minum (p. 273) and honeysuckle to Lonicera (p. 230). This application 

 of names would stop most of the confusion. Of course Cape 'Jasmine' 

 will always mean Gardenia.) The Gardenias have opposite simple entire 

 evergreen leaves and sweet-scented tubular white flowers with spreading 



