324 CHARACTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF
ABELIA. 1
Syst. Linn. Didynamia Angiospermia, post Linnaeam.
Char. Gen. Pericarpium inferum, (abortione) mono- spermum, indehiscens, calyce foliaceo coronatum. Invol lu- crum 2-multiflorum, 6-polyphyllum.
Ord. Nat. CaprifoliacetE, Sect. I. Juss. Gen. 211. (Lonicereae Br.) inter Linnseam et Sympboricarpum.
Char. Gen. Calyx foliaceus. Corolla subinfundibuli- formis, 5-loba. Stamina 4, didynama. Ovarium 3-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-crenata. Peclunculi modo axillares, tricho- tomi vel trifidi ; modo terminates indivisi.
Patria China et Japonia.
Obs. LinncecB proximum genus, quacnm convenit sta- minibus clidynamis et structura ovarii ! diversum fructu hinc uninervi inde quinquenervi, coronato calycis limbo foliaceo persistente, necnon inflorescentia et habitu. 377] St/mphoricarpus habitu paulo magis accedens Abelice, ab eadem facile distingnitur, 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.
1 This account of the genus Abelia is extracted from a manuscript disserta- tion on the natural order to which it belongs.
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