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LONICERA divica. g. : 
Glaucous american Honeysuckle with tawny flowers, | 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord, CAPRGLIA. Jussieu gen. 210. HAU 
Div. I. Calyx calyculatus, aut bracteatus. Stylus uuicus. , Corolla 
monopetala, oo. 
LONICERA. Suprá vol. 1. fol. 31. 
. Div. Periclymena, caule volubili. 
L. dioica, vesticillis subcapitatis bracteolatis, foliis deciduis subtis 
glaucis: summis connato-perfoliatis, eorollis ringentibus basi gibbis: 
Hort. Kew. 1.930. : 
Lonicera dioica. Lian. syst. veg. 13. 381. Hort, Kew. ed. 8... 377, . 
Lonicera media. Murr. in nov. comm. gott. 1776. 98. t. 3. Jdem im, 
Linn. syst. ceg. ed. 14.216. Schmidt arb. t. 109. | 
Lonicera parviflora. Persoon syn. 1. 213. ` ; 
Caprifolium parviflorum. Lamarck encyc. 1. 728. Pursh amer. sept: 
1. 161. NN 
Caprifolium bracteosum, Michaux bor. amer. 1. 105. . d 
Frutex 9-A-pedalis trunco brevi epidermide lacero-rimosd ; ramasis, ùn- 
dique plaucissimus, nisi ón: facie supmd foliorum. 'Peduneuli 'erectí, termio 
nales. “Flores vezticillati, verticillis 2-4 subcapitalimapprozimatis, pitentábes; 
bractem caumunes 2 sub guague verticillo date, hrevistimas, partigen. 4 
minima sub quoque germine, Germina sessilia, , conferia.. | e “ 
obsolet? 5-denfatus. “Cor. purpareo-fulvescens, brevis vix, quant $ 
unción, obliguato-ringens; tubus crassus, nervosus, basi ant: didy ‘ 
bosus; limbus Srdivisus, labio. summo S-fido ascendente, margine, s y 
imo 2-pardito laciniis divaricatis, apivaliter. convalutis. Stam. (rim) 
ur 
divergentia, exserta, incuroaia, summa breviora; fil. alba, ip. 
tota mre a eum pilis rarioribus omen iia pi an Supls 
longè ér. us súbusacialis, virens, is: stig. pŴe a ia 
decidua, . diatantia,: patentissima, :avato. q. elliptigo- a, $-6-kncialia latir 
tudine sesqui-trixnciali, subtus glaucoralbicantia, florale distans floribus conn 
nato-perfoliatum, catera sessilia, opposito-contigua, (Bacca ovato-oblonga, 
hænicea, umbilicata, carne dulci viscosd, monosperma.. Seta. 
Jong, compressum, ineequale, luteum.) 9n cs 
A hardy deciduous twining shrub, native-of North Ame- 
rica, where, according to Mr. Pursh, it is found from New 
England to Carolina. Although introduced by Mr. Peter 
Collinson as far back as 1766, by no means common in our 
gardens. A peculiarly glaucous hue distinguishes it from 
most others of the genus; but its claims to our attention 
either in point of ornament or fragrance are very slender, 
variety and curiosity are the principal inducements for 
