CAPRIFOLIACEA. VI. Leycesrertra. 
leaves 4 in a whorl, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, bluntish ; pedun- 
cles twin, 2-flowered, length of leaves; bracteas 2, linear; 
berries distinct. h. H. Native country unknown. Corollas 
like those of L. Xylésteum, but having the tube narrower. 
Four-leaved Honeysuckle. Shrub. 
Cult. All the species of honeysuckle are truly ornamental, 
particularly the climbing and twming species, which are well 
adapted for training on trellis work or arbours, or against walls. 
The greenhouse twining kinds have a fine appearance, trained 
on the rafters. The upright hardy species are well fitted for 
decorating shrubberies. They all grow well in any common 
garden soil, and are easily increased by cuttings taken off in 
autumn, and planted in a sheltered situation: those of the ten- 
derer kinds under a hand-glass. 
VI. LEYCESTE'RIA (named by Dr. Wallich after his friend 
William Leycester, formerly Chief Judge of the principal native 
court under the Bengal Presidency, who during a long series 
of years and in various distant parts of Hindoostan, has pursued 
every branch of horticulture with a munificence and zeal and 
success, which abundantly entitle him to that distinction). Wall. 
in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 181. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 21. t. 120. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monoginia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube and an unequally 5-parted, permanent limb; segments 
unequal, small, linear, glandularly ciliated. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, having the tube gibbous above the base, and the limb 
campanulate, and divided into 5 ovate, nearly equal lobes. Sta- 
mens 5 ; filaments exserted. Stigma capitate. Berry roundish, 
crowned by the calyx, 5-celled; cells- many-seeded. Seeds 
smooth, shining, ovate. Albumen fleshy. Embryo minute, 
terete, centripetal—A beautiful large rambling shrub, with 
elongated fistular branches, which rise from scaly buds. Leaves 
Opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, petiolate, smooth, entire, 
membranous, glaucous, with an obtuse, subcordate base ; pe- 
tioles pilose. Flowers white, with a tinge of purple, middle- 
sized and sessile, in fascicles, disposed in approximate whorls of 
fives and sixes, the whole forming short leafy drooping racemes, 
which terminate the branches and branchlets. Bracteas large, 
foliaceous, purplish, pubescent, and ciliated, lanceolate, acumin- 
ated, surrounding the rachis with their concave bases; there are 
generally 6 under each whorl of flowers, of which the 2 outer 
Ones are 2 or 3 inches long, rounded, and generally connate 
at the base: the inner ones much smaller; those at the base of 
the racemes considerably larger than the rest. Berries deep 
purple, approaching to black, as large as a common-sized goose- 
berry ; pulp very soft; cells 8-10-seeded.—This genus appears 
to be intermediate between the present order and Rubiacee, but 
from the last it is distinguished in the want of stipulas. 
_1_ L. rormo'sa (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 182.). h. H. 
Native on the highest mountains, surrounding the valley of 
Nipaul ; and of the much more northerly situations towards 
Gosaingsthan. It is also found at an elevation of seldom less 
than 8000 feet above the plains, among the pine and oak forests 
of Bishupur, as at Huttoo and Desoo in the Thakooraee of 
Kioonthul, blossoming from June to August, and called by the 
natives Nulkuroo. Hamélia connata, Puerari, mss. Dr. Govan 
remarks, with great propriety, that this is a most beautiful shrub 
when in blossom, from the contrast of the deep green hue 
of its stem and leaves with the purple colour of the large brac- 
teas and the berries, 
Showy Leycesteria. FJ. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. rambl. 
_ Cult. This elegant shrub grows best in a light soil; and it 
is easily increased by cuttings planted in autumn or spring, or 
by seeds which ripen in abundance. Itis well fitted for decorat- 
ing the front of shrubberies; but being rather tender, should be 
protected in winter by a mat, or the haulm of herbaceous plants. 
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VII. SYMPHORICARPOS. 451 
VII. SYMPHORICA’RPOS (from cupdopew, symphoreo, to 
accumulate, and capzoc, karpos, a fruit; the shrubs bear clusters 
of united fruit). Dill. elth. p. 371. Juss. gen. 211. Moench, 
meth. 502. D. C. prod. 4. p. 338.—Symphoricarpa, Neck. 
elem. p. 220.—Symphoria, Pers. ench. 1. p. 214,—Anisanthus, 
Willd. rel.—Lonicéra species Linnzeus. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Tube of calyx globose 
(f. 81. ¢.); limb small, 4-5-toothed. Corolla funnel. shaped (f. 
81. e.), almost equally 4-5-lobed. Stamens 5, hardly exserted. 
Stigma semi-globose. Ovarium adnate, 4-celled; fertile cells 
containing only one ovulum each; and’ the sterile ones few 
ovula. Berry 4-celled, crowned by the calyx (f. 81. c.), having 
2 of the cells empty, and the other 2 containing one seed each. 
—Erect elegant bushy oppositely branched shrubs. Leaves 
oval, quite entire. Peduncles short, axillary, one or many 
flowered. Flowers bibracteate, small, white or rose-coloured, 
on short pedicels. 
1 S. vurea‘ris (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 100.) flowers dis- 
posed in axillary capitate clusters, composed of nearly sessile 
racemules. p. H. Native of Virginia, Carolina, and Pennsyl- 
vania, in sandy dry fields. Lonicéra symphoricarpos, Lin. spec. 
249. S. parviflora, Desf. cat. Symphoria conglomerata, Pers. 
ench. I. p.214. Symphoria glomerata, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. 
p. 162.—Schmidt. arb. t. 115.—Dill. elth. t. 278. f. 360,— 
Hort. ang. 85. t. 20. Corolla white. Berries red, size of 
hemp seed ; but according to Pursh the flowers are small, red, 
and yellow; and the berries purple. Branches brown, smooth. 
Leaves elliptic, ovate, obtuse, glaucous, and pubescent beneath. 
The berries are cup-shaped, and ripen in winter. 
Common St. Peter’s-wort. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1730. Shrub 
3 to 6 feet. 
2 S. racemosus (Mich. fl. bor. 
amer. l. p. 107.) flowers dis- 
posed in nearly terminal loose 
interrupted racemes, which are 
often leafy; corolla densely 
bearded inside; style and sta- 
mens inclosed. h. H. Native 
of North America; on mountains 
near Lake Mistassins; on the 
banks of the Missouri; of Up- 
per Canada; abundant about 
the Saskatchawan; on the banks 
of the Columbia, and at Puget’s 
Sound, and Nootka Sound, 
north-west coast. Symphoria ra- 
cemosa, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 
1. p. 162. Sims, bot. mag. 2211. 
Lodd. bot. cab. t. 230. S. leucocárpa, Hort. Leaves glaucous 
beneath. Corolla rose-coloured. Berries large, white. This 
is a fine shrub, very common in our gardens, easily known by 
its large white berries, and small red flowers. : The S. elongata 
and S. heterophylla, Presl, in herb, Henke, which were collected 
about Nootka Sound, do not differ from this species, in which 
the lower leaves are sometimes deeply sinuated. 
Racemose-flowered St. Peter’s-wort or Snow-berry. Fl. July, 
Sept. Clt. 1817. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 
3 S. occipenra‘us (Richards, in Frank]. Ist journ. ed. 2. 
append. p. 6.) spikes dense, terminal, and axillary, drooping ; 
corolla and segments densely bearded inside ; style and stamens 
a little exserted. h. H. Native of British North America, in 
the woody country, between lat. 54° and 64°, and known under 
the name of wolf-berry ; abundant about the Saskatchawan and 
Red River; and about Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. 
According to Dr. Richardson this species comes very near $. 
racemdsus, but is distinguished by the larger, less glaucous, 
3M 2 
FIG, 81. 
