Tas. 8064. 
LONICERA TRAGOPHYLLA. 
“ China. 
CaPRIFOLIACER. Tribe LoNICERER. 
Lonicera, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 5. 
Lonicera tragophylla, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 367 ; Rehder 
in Rep. Missouri Bot. Gard. vol. xiv. (1903), p. 193, et in Sargent, Trees 
& Shrubs, p. 91, t. 46; Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. ii. p. 151, cum fig. ;, 
L. stabiane, Pasquale, proxima, floribus multo majoribus et corolla tubo 
intus pubescente differt. . aes 
Frutex scandens, fere undique glaber. Caules teretes, leves, ramulis floriferis 
gracilibus 6-9 poll. longis. Folia, paribus supremis connatis rotundatis 
vel deltoideis exceptis, breviter petiolata vel sessilia, papyracea, oblonga, 
21-4 poll. longa, #-13 poll. lata, rotundata, obtusa vel acuta, integra, 
supra viridia, subtus glauca et secus costam pubescentia, interdum pur- 
pureo-marginata et -costata. Flores 10-20 in capitula breviter pedunculata 
ramulos terminantia aggregati. Calycis dentes minuti, persistentes. 
Corolla 2-3 poll. longa, vivide aurantiaca vel lutea, labio postico extra 
inconspicue rubro-lineato ; tubus angustus, curvatas, limbo circiter triplo 
longior, extra glaber, intus pubescens; limbus bilabiatus, labio postico 
erecto vel apice paulam reflexo breviter 4-lobato, antico anguste oblongo 
incurvato. Stamina etubo longe exserta, glabra. Sty/us stamina equans 
vel paulum superans. Baccx cocciner, subglobose. 
This handsome Honeysuckle, originally described from 
material sent to Kew by Dr. Henry, has been brought 
into cultivation by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, having 
been sent to them from China by their collector, Mr. 
E. H. Wilson. It flowered for the first time in this 
country at the Coombe Wood Nursery in 1904. The 
specimen figured, which flowered in June, 1905, was 
supplied by Messrs. Veitch, who have informed us that 
the plant is quite hardy at Coombe Wood, and a very 
rapid grower. 
Mr. Wilson found this Lonicera fairly common in 
Hupeh, climbing over bushes on mountain sides at altitudes 
of between 4,000 and 7,500 feet. He ascertained that it is 
known to the Chinese as the Ta-chin-yin-hua (Great Gold 
and Silver Flower). Specimens have been collected in 
Szechuen by Farges and Rosthorn, and in Kansu by 
Potanin. 
Geographically it is peculiarly isolated. According to 
Rehder it is the only representative of the subsection 
Marcu Ist, 1906, 
