SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LONICERA. 79 
AA. Cupula not contracted at the apex, cup-shaped; bracts narrow, 
little or not exceeding the ovaries; leaves rounded or nar- 
rowed at the base, not ciliate, glaucous beneath, the upper 
floriferous ones often bract-like. 
B. Branches hirsute and glandular; leaves ovate, pubescent be- 
neath, 1-2 cm. long;corolla distinctly gibbous at the base. 
36. L. hypoleuca, Decsne. 
BB. Branches glabrous or puberulous; leaves ovate or oval, glabrous 
or minutely puberulous, 7-20 mm. long; corolla with slender, 
slightly gibbous tube. 37. L. Aucheri, Jaub. & Spach. 
35. L. Ispertca, Marschall von Bieberstein, Fl. Taur.- 
Cauc. 1:158 (1808); Cent. Pl. Rar. Ross. 1. pl. 13 
(1810), ex Ledebour, Flor. Ross. 2: 391.— Roemer & 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5:257 (1819).—De Can- 
dolle, Prodr, 4:337 (1830).— Ledebour, Flor. Ross. 
2:391 (1844). — Kirillow, Lonic. Russ. Reich. 49 
(1849).—K. Koch, Dendr. 2':36 (1872). — Bois- 
sier, Fl. Or. 3: 6 (1875).— Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 
1:238 (1889).—Fritsch in Engler & Prantl. Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. IV. 4: 167, f. 57, D(1891).— Koehne, 
D. Dendr. 552. f. 69,G-I (1893).—Wolf, Isv. St. 
Peterb. Lesn. Inst. 3:21. pl. 5. f. 10-12. pl. 13. 
J. 7 (1898).—Penkowsky, Derev. Kust. Ross. 
8:11 (1901). 
L. alpigena, Gueldenstaedt, Reis. Russ]. 13 429 (1787), ex Lede- 
bour. — Pallas, Fl. Ross. 1357 (1784). — Georgi, Geogr. Beschr. 
Russ, Reich. 8 3780 (1800). 
Xylosteum Ibericum, Fischer, Cat. Jard. Gorenki. ed. 2. 44 (1812), nom. 
nud. 
Chamaecerasus Iberica, Billiard, L’Hort. Frang. 1861 ; 256 (1861). 
? L. pubens, Lavallé, Arb. Segrez. 141 (1877). 
L, Aucheri, hort., ex Lavallé, 7. c. (hort. Jena!). 
Caprifolium Ibericum, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1 3 274 (1891). 
L. ciliaris, hort., ex Hand-list. Arb. Kew 2 $17 (1896). 
Western Asia: Transcaucasia (Steven, K. Koch, Kus- 
nezoff); North Persia (Kotschy, Szovitz). — Sometimes 
cultivated (Arnold Arboretum, etc. ). 
The following forms have been distinguished : — 
