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SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LONICERA. 115 
AA. Ovaries distinct or sometimes partly connate; bractlets connate into 
acupula, sometimes deeply lobed, only occasionally in distinct 
pairs; fruit black. 
B. Peduncles 2-12 mm. long; leaves quite glabrous. 
C. Leaves emarginate or obtuse, obovate, 10-12 mm. long, 
glaucous beneath; cupula about one-third as long as 
ovaries; Ovaries connate one-half; style glabrous. 
83. ZL. retusa, Franch. 
CC. Leaves acute or rarely obtuse; ovaries distinct; style pilose. 
D. Cupula about one-third as long as ovaries; bracts 
slightly longer; peduncles 2-3 mm. long; leaves oval 
or ovate, acute or obtusish, 1-3 cm. long. 
84. L. Habylica, Rehd. 
DD. Cupula one-half or almost as long as ovaries, distinctly 
lobed or occasionally the bractlets in pairs; leaves 
elliptic or rhombic-ovate, acute, 2.5-6 cm. long. 
85. L. nervosa, Maxim. 
BB. Peduncles 1.5-4 cm. long. 
C. Leaves quite glabrous, elliptic-oblong, 6-9 cm. long, acute at 
both ends; bracts obtuse, shorter than bractlets; cupula 
half as long as ovaries, often divided to the base. 
86. L. Tschonoskii, Maxim. 
CC. Leaves pubescent beneath, at least along the midrib, or ciliate; 
bracts acute, subulate. 
D. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4-6 cm. long, 
thin, pubescent along the midrib beneath; cupuia 
usually one-third to one-half as long as the ovaries. 
87. Z. nigra, Linn. 
DD. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 cm. long, of 
firm texture, pubescent beneath, sometimes glabrous, 
ciliate; peduncles finely puberulous; cupula as long 
as ovaries or sometimes shorter. 
88. L. lanceolata, Wall. 
76. L. consuerauis, Kellogg, Proceed. Calif. Acad. 17:67. 
J. 15 (1863). — Watson, Bot. King Rep. Explor. 133 
(1871).—Gray, Bot. Calif.1:281 (1876); Syn. 
Fl. N. Am. 1°: 15 (1884). — Koehne, D. Dendr. 548 
(1893). 
L. Breweri, Gray, Proceed. Am. Acad. 63 537 (1865), 
Caprifolium conjugiale, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 274 (1891). — Greene, 
Fl. Francisc. 346 (1894). 
Xylostewm conjugiale, Howell, Fl. N. W. Am. 1 ¢ 282 (1900). 
L. sororia, Piper, Bull..Torrey Bot. Club 29 ¢ 644 (1902). 
