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lonicera hirsuta. hairy american 

 Woodbine. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Caprifoliace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, campanulata 

 aut infundibuliformis, limbo 5-fido saepe irreeillari. Statu. 

 5. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacca 5-locul., 

 loculis oligospermis. Semina Crustacea. — Frutices inter- 

 num scandentes. Folia opposita inter dum connata, Integra 

 aut in iisdem speciebus subruncinata. Flores axillares dis- 

 position varii. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lonicera* hirsuta; volubilis, verticillis capitatis glandu- 



loso-pubescentibus, foliis late ovato-ellipticis breviter 



petiolatis pubescentibus ciliatisque subtus glaucis, 



summis connato-perfoliatis. 

 Lonicera hirsuta. " Eaton, Man. o/Bot. ed. 3. p. 341." 



ed. 4. p. 3b2. Torrey Fl. ofMidd. St. ofN. Am. v. 1. 



p. 242. 

 Lonicera pubescens. Sw. Hort. Brit. p. 194. De Cand. 



Prodr.v.4.p.332. 

 Caprifolium pubescens. Goldie in Ed. Phd. Journ. ( 182^ ,) 



v. 6. p. 323. Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 27. 



Descr. Stem climbing, six to eight feet high, more 

 or less downy, terete. Leaves large, of a full deep green, 



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* In compliment to Adam Lonicbr, a German Naturalist of the sixteenth 

 century. 



