448 
Leaves 3-5 inches long: petioles half an inch long. At the 
apex of the peduncles there is usually an involucrum of 6 small 
bracteas, which are hairy. Flowers like those of L. Xylésteum, 
and about the same size; they are yellow, tinged with pale 
purple, slightly hairy on the outside. Calycine segments lan- 
ceolate, ciliated, bluntish. Style and filaments hairy. 
Acuminate-leaved Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 
27 L. piversirouia (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. pe 178.) 
branches twining; Jeaves ovate, cuspidate, acute, or acumin- 
ated, rounded or subcordate at the base, pubescent above, 
villous beneath; peduncles axillary, shorter than the petioles, 
2-flowered ; calyx cup-shaped, acutely 5-lobed; corolla gibbons, 
funnel-shaped, villous ; ovaries villous. h.^©. H. Native of 
the East Indies, on Mount Gurval. Branches villous. Leaves 
8 inches long, on very short petioles. Peduncles smooth. 
Bracteas ciliated with long hairs. Flowers resembling those of 
L. Xylésteum both in size and colour. 
Var. B, Royleana (Wall. cat. no. 487. D. C. prod. 4. p. 324.) 
leaves oval; peduncles length of petioles. h.%.H. Native 
of Nipaul, on Sirmore and Kamaon. 
Diverse-leaved Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 
28 L. ticusrrina (Wall. in Roxb. fi. ind. 2. p. 179.) branches 
slender, twining, covered with ash-grey, shining, smooth bark ; 
young shoots villous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, hardly petiolate, 
shining, ciliated, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex; pedun- 
cles villous, axillary, very short, 2-flowered; limb of calyx 
truncate; berries distinct, and are as well as the ovaries covered 
by a common membrane. kh. ©. H. Native of Nipaul, on 
the mountains, in woods. Xylésteum ligustrinum, D. Don, 
prod. fl. nep. p. 140. X. Naisdca, Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, 
1. c. Young shoots surrounded at the base with some lan- 
ceolate, acute, quadrifariously imbricated bud-scales. Leaves 
dark green above, pale and reticulated beneath; petioles vil- 
lous. Bracteas 2 at the apex of each peduncle. Corollas 
yellowish-white, funnel-shaped, half an inch long; tube gib- 
bous and pubescent at the base, villous within: limb nearly 
equal, spreading, divided into 5 ovate, obtuse, ciliated segments. 
Filaments smooth, about the length of the limb of the corolla. 
Ovaries distinct, 3 celled ; cells 3-seeded. 
Prwet-\eaved Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 
29 L. LaxceoLa`ra (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 177.) stems 
almost erect, bushy? leaves lanceolate, acuminated, hairy, acute 
at the base and glaucous beneath; peduncles axillary, longer 
than the petioles, and like them villous; berries distinct, glo- 
bose, smooth ; bracteas 2 linear and 4 ovate. h.H. Native 
of Nipaul, at Gosaingsthan. Stem covered with fibrous epi- 
dermis, probably erect. Branches slender, pubescent. Leaves 
pubescent above and shining, glaucous and hairy beneath, with 
somewhat repand margins. Petioles short. Berries the size 
and colour of black currants, smooth, crowned, 3-celled, sup- 
ported by 2 linear and 4 ovate bracteas, the latter recurved and 
shorter. 
Lanceolate-leaved Honeysuckle. Shrub erect ? 
30 L.cane’scens (Schousb. mar. 1. p. 88.) branches twining, 
and are as well as the leaves canescent from down; leaves pe- 
tiolate, ovate, cordate, bluntish; peduncles 2-flowered, longer 
than the petioles ; bracteas and lobes of calyx oblong. h.^. H. 
Native of hedges about Mogodor, and on Mount Trara in Mauri- 
tania; and of Sicily at Palermo. ex Guss. fl. sic. 1. p. 250. 
L. bifldra, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 184. t. 52. Corolla bilabiate, 
attenuated at the base, velvety on the outside. Berries nearly 
distinct. 
Canescent Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 
§ 2. Chamecérasi (The name signifies a kind of false cherry ; 
the fruit of some of the species resemble cherries). D. C. prod. 
CAPRIFOLIACEA,. V. LONICERA. 
4. p. 335. Berries distinct, but usually connected together at the 
base, and diverging at the apex. Corolla hardly gibbous at the 
base or equal. Erect bushy shrubs. 
31 L. Tara’rica (Lin. spec. 1. p. 247.) quite glabrous, erect; 
leaves cordate-ovate, hardly acute ; peduncles shorter than the 
leaves; berries distinct while young, and nearly globose, but 
at length connate at the base. h. H. Native of Tartary. 
Pall. fl. ross. t. 36. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 37. Ker. bot. reg. 
t. 31. Guimp. abb. holz. t. 87. Xylosteum cordatum, Meench, 
meth. p. 502. X. Tatdricum, Dum. Cours. Flowers rose- 
coloured, short, somewhat gibbous at the base. Fruit black, 
with one of the berries usually abortive. Bracteas 2, Jinear- 
setaceous. Peduncles 2-flowered. ; 
Var. 6, albiflora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 335.) flowers wbite. L, 
Pyrenàica, Willd. baumz. p. 181. : 
Var. y, rubiflora (D.C. 1. c.) flowers red. L. Sibirica, Hortul. 
ex Pers. ench. 
Tartarian Honeysuckle. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1752. Sh. 
4 to 6 feet. 
32 L. citia'ra (Muhl. cat. p. 22.) erect; leaves ovate or 
oblong, cordate, thin, ciliated, villous beneath in the young state; 
peduncles elongated; bracteas 2, ovate, 3 times shorter than 
the ovaries, which are distinct; corolla bluntly spurred at the 
base: with short, nearly equal lobes; berries distinct, red, 
divaricate. h. H. Native of North America, on mountains 
among rocks, in rich soil; from Canada to Virginia, and through- 
out Canada to the Saskatchawan, frequent. Xylésteum cilia- 
tum, Pursh, fl. sept. amer. 1. p. 161. L. Tatarica, Michx. fl. 
amer. 1. p. 166. but not of Lin. L. Canadénsis, Roem. et 
Schultes 5. p. 260. Flowers white, with a tinge of red or yel- 
low ; tube ventricose above; limb with short, acute segments. 
Style exserted. The variety 6 of Pursh is Vaccinium álbum. 
Ciliated-leaved Honeysuckle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
33 L. Pyrenaica (Lin. spec. p- 248.) glabrous, erect ; leaves 
obovate-lanéeolate, acute, glaucous beneath ; peduncles 2- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves; bracteas oblong-linear, foli- 
aceous; flowers almost regvlar; berries globose, distinct. 
h. H. Native of the Pyrenees, on calcareous rocks, in ex- 
posed situations. Duham. arb. 2. t. 110. ed. 2. vol. 1. t 15. 
Magn. hort. p. 209. with a figure.—Caprifolium Pyrene 
Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 366.—Xylésteum, Tourn. inst. 609. Corolla 
white, twice the size of those of L. Xylésteum, funnel-shaped ; 
limb 5-cleft, flat: with equal, ovate, obtuse segments. A 
Pyrenean Honeysuckle. Fl. May. Clt. 1739. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 
34 L. runrcea (Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 2469.) erect; leaves 
ovate, subcordate at the base, of 
the same colour on both sur- 
faces: peduncles axillary and 
almost terminal, 2-flowered, 
shorter than the leaves; tube 
of corolla rather gibbous at the 
base ; segments of corolla nearly 
equal, irregularly arranged, 3 
one way and 2 another; ber- 
ries distinct? h. H. Native 
country unknown. Symphori- 
carpos puniceus, Sweet. Flowers 
deep red or crimson. Leaves 
sometimes 8 in a whorl on the 
young shoots. 
Crimson-flowered Honeysuckle. 
Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
35 L. XyLrósreum (Lin. spec, 248.) erect, downy ; 
Fl. April, May. Clt. 1821. 
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