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CAPRIFOLIUM* longiflórum. 
Long-flowered Honeysuckle. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CaprIFOLIACEA. $ Loniceree. 
CAPRIFOLIUM Tournef. — Calyx 5-dentatus, persistens. Corolla 
tubulosa, 2-labiata, basi seepiùs saccata. Stamina 5. Ovarium 3-loculare, 
loculis omnibus polyspermis. Bacca unilocularis, monosperma. Frutices 
volubiles, foliis simplicibus, floribus capitatis odoratis. — Lindley's Synopsis 
of the British Flora, 1. p. 131. 
C. longiflorum; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis glabris $ dv lucidis, floribus 
didymis, pedunculo petioli longitudine, ovariis glabris, corolle tubo 
filiformi. 
C. longiflorum. Sabine MSS. : 
Frutex volubilis, undique depilatus. Rami teretes. Folia oblongo- 
lanceolata, petiolata, pallidè viridia, subtüs pallidiora, suprà glabra. Flores 
didymi, pedunculo communi petioli longitudine. Bractese calycisque lacini 
ovate, illarum lateralibus minoribus, rotundatis. Corolla ochroleuca, glabra, 
tubo 3-unciali, filiformi. Bacce pisiformes, albe. 
This plant has quite the habit of Caprifolium japoni- 
cum ; but it is wholly destitute of the hairs of that species, 
and its fruit is white, not black. In many respects 1t 1s 
the same as Dr. Wallich's Lonicera glabrata ; but the 
short flowers and black fruit of that species distinguish 1t. 
We see nothing among the Nipal or Indian specimens 
of C. japonicum, which our friend Dr. Wallich has allowed 
us to examine, that approaches this ; they appear very 
constant in their form, and all referable to the same species. 
Mr. Don has distinguished among them two; but we 
cannot find any Nipal specimens. agreeing with the cha- 
* From capra, a goat, and folium, a leaf; a metaphorical name, alluding 
to the power of these plants of scrambling up hedges and rough places, as 
goats up rocks. 
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