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LONICfiRA tatarica. 



Tartarian Upright- Honey suckle. 



PENTANDRIA MONOOYXL4. 



LONICERA. Cat. superus, 5-4-fidus bail bracteatus. Cor. mo- 

 nopetaia, tubulosa, 5-fida ; limhm subjequalis, regularis v. bilabiatus. 



Stylus I : stig. capitatum v. crassum. Bacca saepiiis polyspermy. 

 Frutices volume* aut erecti. Folia opposita, guorundam boss con- 



tuita. Inflor. in peduncutis axil/aribus $ termina/ibus multipart* W- 

 Jtorisve 8f to/itemi ; aut sessilis capitata terminalis out verticil hit a axil- 



(arts. Genus a Jussteo snppressa LonjcerjE appellationc in quatuor 

 dispertitum, Symphoricarpon nempc, Diervillam, Xylosteon, & 



Caprieolium. 



Div. Chamcccerasa, peduncutis bijioris. 

 L. tatarica, baccis distinctis, foliis cordatis obtusis. U'illd. sp. pi. 1. 



986. 



Lonicera tatarica. Lin. sp.pl. 1. 247. Gmel. sib. 3. 134. n. 7. Mill. 



diet. ed. 8. n. 5. Pal/, ross. 1. 55. t. 36. J acq. coll. 1. 34. ic. rar. 



f. 37. Schmidt, arb. t. 111. Hort. Kew. 1. 332. ed. 2. 1.379. 



Georsi. beschr. des russ. reichs. 4. 778. 

 Chamaecerasus fractal genrino rubro, foliis glabris cordatis. Amm. ruth. 



184. n. 262. 

 (/5) foliis minoribas, flore albo. 

 Lonicera pyreuaica. Willd. arbor et. 181. 



Frutex dumosus suborgyalis, stoloniferus, a basi ramosissbmis ; rami un- 

 dequaque in orbem densati, glabri ; ramuli novelli decussatofoliosi, Jloriferi. 

 Folia decidua, breviter petiolata, oblongo-cordata v. ovata acumine brevi 

 obtusoj glabra, nervosa ; juniora scepe ciliata. Pedunculi in foliis supernix 

 axillares, solitarii. Involuc. bifolium, Jbliolis linearibus uno versii cumjlori- 

 bus suis divaricatis ; bracteae gemince ovata oppositce involucrum decussantcs, 

 germen singulum includentes. Germ, sessile, nitidum, coronatum calyce 

 minimo 5-dentato. Flores 2 eidem pedicello insidentes, Sf in omni pari sibi 

 muttio a dorso obversati. Cor. scmuncialis, incarnato-albicans, surrecta ; 

 tubus bass extrorsum gibbus ;' limbus longior, bilabiatus, lacinicB oblongir, 

 obtusce, summcB 2 erectiores a latere interiore imbricato-conniventes, lateralis 

 divaricatce, ima remotior. Fil. inclusa, tubi adnata et intra eum villosa : 

 anth. viridi-lutescentes, erectce, 4-suIcce. Stylus jUiJbrmis, curvatus, villosus, 

 stamina vix cequans. Stigma viride, pileijbrme, suhlobato-indcntum, supra 

 corrugato-convexum. Bacca subrotunda, subdepressa, rubra, nitida. Sem. 

 pauca, compressa, Jlavescentia. 



One of the most desirable shrubs we know of. It forms 

 a close round extensive bush of five or six feet in height, 

 feathering on all sides down to the ground, and is in full 

 leaf and bloom in the middle of April, or sometimes earlier. 



