Rhodotypos
(from rhodon, a rose, and typos, a type or model; the flowers resemble those of a Rose). ORD. Rosaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy shrub, allied to Kerria (which see for culture). R. kerrioides (Kerria-like).* White Kerra. fl. white, solitary, ample, terminating the branchlets, shortly pedicellate; calyx persistent, villous within; petals four, ample, orbiculate, shortly clawed. April. l. decussately opposite, petiolate, simple, ovate, acuminate, arguately serrated, silky beneath; stipules free, membranous. Branches decussate, twiggy. h. 15ft. Japan, 1866. (B. M. 5805; R. G. 505; R. H. 1866, Fig. 54, S. Z. F. J. 99.)