Neviusa
(named in honour of the Rev. R. D. Nevius, of Alabama, the discoverer of the plant). ORD. Rosaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a nearly or quite hardy, glabrous, slender shrub, with cylindric branches and very slender, puberulous, leafy branchlets. It thrives in ordinary garden soil, in sheltered positions, and may be propagated by cuttings. N. alabamensis (Alabama). fl. 1in. in diameter across the spreading stamens, in terminal, sessile, sub-paniculate corymbs; calyx tube green, small, the five lobes 1/2in. long, deeply toothed; stamens white, numerous, in many series; anthers yellow. May. l. alternate, petiolate, 1 1/2in. to 3 1/2in. long, membranous, pale green, ovate or oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, usually doubly serrulate, puberulous; petioles 1/4in. to 1/2in. long. Alabama, 1882. (B. M. 6806.)