324 CHARACTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 



ABELIA.^ 



Stst. Linn. Didynamia Angiospermia, post Linnseam. 



Char. Gen. Pericarpium inferura, (abortione) mono- 

 sperm am, indehiscens, calyce foliaceo coronatum. Involu- 

 crum 2-miiltiflorum, 6-polyphyllura. 



Ord. Nat. CAPRiroLiACEiE, Sect. I. Juss. Gen. 211. 

 (Lonicerese Br.) inter Linnseam et Symphoricarpum. 



Char. Gen. Cal^^x foliaceus. Corolla subinfundibuli- 

 formis, 5-loba. Stamina 4, didynama. Ovarium 8-locu- 

 lare -. loculis duobus polyspermis, abortientibus ! tertio 

 monospermo fertili. Pericarpium monospermmn, inde- 

 hiscens, calycis limbo foliaceo coronatum. Involucrum 

 bi-multiflorum, foliolis sex pluribusve. 



Frutices decumbentes vel debiles, glabri. Folia opposita, 

 petiolata, dentato-creriata. Pedunculi modo axillares, tricho- 

 tomi vel trifidi ; modo terminales indivisi. 



Patria China et Japonia. 



Obs. LinnatB proximum genus, quacum convenit sta- 

 minibus didynamis et structura ovarii ! diversum fructu 

 hinc uninervi inde quinquenervi, coronato calycis limbo 

 foliaceo persistente, necnon inflorescentia et habitu. 

 377] Symphoricarpus habitu paulo magis accedens Abelice, 

 ab eadem facile distinguitur, inflorescentia, floribus pen- 

 tandris, ovarii quadrilocularis loculis duobus monospermis, 

 fertilibus ; duobus reliquis polyspermis sterilibus ! 



Triosteum fructu calyce foliaceo coronato Abelice simile, 

 abunde diversum est ovarii trilocularis loculis omnibus 

 monospermis fertilibus, floribus pentandris et inflorescentia. 



' This account of the genus Abelia is extracted from a manuscript disserta- 

 tion on the natural order to which it belongs. 



