SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LONICERA. 185 
CC. Bractlets one-third to one-half as high as ovaries; whorls 
several, the lower one or two in the axils of connate 
leaves, the upper subtended by small bracts; corolla purple 
and usually glandular-pubescent outside, 4-5 cm. long; 
leaves oval to obovate-oblong, glabrous, usually acute, 
4-10 cm. long. < L. Italica, Tausch. 
AA. Whorls of flowers in the axils of distinct, bract-like leaves, forming 
terminal sometimes sessile dense heads or spikes; bractlets 
present. 
B. Upper pairs of leaves connate or occasionally distinct and sessile. 
C. Bractlets one-fourth or one-third as long as ovaries. 
D. Inflorescenee glabrous, short-peduncled, with 1-2 
whorls. 
B. Corolla 5-6 cm. long, tube twice as long as limb, 
glabrous within; bractlets one-half as long as 
ovaries; leaves obovate to oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
4-6 cm. long, glabrous. 149. L. Stabiana, Pasqu.- 
EE. Corolla 7-8 cm. long, tube nearly thrice as long as 
limb, sparingly hairy within; bractlets one-third 
as long as ovaries; leaves oval to oblong, obtuse 
or acutish, 6-14 cm. long, pubescent beneath, at 
least along the veins. 150. Z. tragophylla, Hemsl. 
DD. Inflorescence glandular, sessile, with usually 3-5 whorls; 
bractlets one-third to one-fourth as long as ovaries; 
corolla yellowish-white, purple outside, glandular, 4-5 
cm. long; leaves oval to oblong, the upper pairs con- 
nate, the lower ones sessile, 2-4 cm. long, glaucous, 
glabrous, or rarely pilose. 151. L. splendida, Boiss. 
CC. Bractlets about as long as ovaries; heads of flowers usually 
long-peduncled, often in threes, glabrous or glandular; 
corolla 4-5 cm. long, yellowish-white and often purple 
without; leaves obovate or oval to elliptic, usually obtuse, 
3-8 cm. long, glabrous or pubescent and sometimes 
glandular. 162. LZ. Htrusca, Santi. 
BB. Leaves all distinct, petioled, oval or ovate to oblong, 4-6 cm. long, 
glabrous or pubescent; heads peduncled, with several whorls; 
bractlets nearly as long as ovaries, glandular; corolla 4-5 cm. 
long, yellowish-white, glandular without and often purple. 
153. L. Periclymenum, Linn. 
147. L. iwptexa, Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1:131 (1789).— 
Sims, Bot. Mag. 17. pl. 640 (1803).— De Candolle, 
Prodr. 4:331 (1830).—Bertoloni, Fl. Ital. 2:559 
(1835).— Loudon, Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:1046. f. SOO 
(1838).— Gussone, Syn. Fl. Sicul. 1: 259 (1842).— 
