SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LONICERA. 99 
Brit. 2: 1055. f. 817-819 (1838). — Torrey & Gray, 
Fl. N. Am. 2:9 (1841).— Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 280 
(1876); Syn. Fl. N. Am. 17:16 (1884). — Dippel, 
Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 259. f. 172 (1889). —Koehne, 
D. Dendr. 544 (1893).— Piper & Beattie, FI. 
Palouse Reg. 170 (1901).— Eastwood, Flor. S. Fork - 
King’s Riv. (Publ. Sierra Club no. 27) 80 (1902). 
Xylosteum involucratum, Richardson in Franklin, Jour. Polar Sea, 
apx. 733 [6] (1823). — Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1 3282 (1900). 
ZL. Mociniana, De Candolle, Prodr. 43336 (1830).— A. L. P. de Can- 
dolle, Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. ined. pl. 446 (1874). 
L. gibbosa, Sessé & Mogino, Ic. Fl. Mex. ined. pl. 446 (ex De Can- 
dolle). 
Distegia nutans, Rafinesque, New Fl. N. Am. $¢ 21 (1836). 
L. Webbiana “‘ Hort. Simon-Louis ”’, Zabel, Gartenfl. 80: 369 (1881), 
not Wallich. 
Caprifolium involucratum, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 13274 (1891).— 
Greene, Fl. Francisc. 346 (1892). 
L. Bordwelliana, hort., ex Nicholson, Hand-l. Arb. Kew 2317 (1896). 
Western North America: Alaska to Mexico, east to 
Lower Canada, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona (Bolan- 
der, Gray, Parry, Crandall, Allen, Nelson, MacDougal, 
Baker, Townsend & Barber et al.).— Sometimes culti- 
vated (Arnold Arboretum, etc.). 
The following forms have been distinguished : — 
A. Corolla distinctly saccate at the base; leaves oval to elliptic-oblong. 
B. Plant about 1 m. high or higher. 
Typical form. 
f. serotina, Koehne, in herb., differs chiefly by its flowers 
appearing later, from July to August. Leaves rather 
large, ovate-oblong, glabrous or nearly so; corolla 
15-20 mm. long, flushed scarlet outside; bracts spread- 
ing at maturity, not reflexed. 
Snow Mtn. (? Colo.) (C. A. Purpus in herb. 
Koehne!) —Cultivated (Spith’s nursery, Rixdorf near 
Berlin, ex herb. Koehne). 
BB. Plant scarcely higher than 50 cm.; leaves ovate to ovate-oblong. 
