186 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, 
Grenier & Godron, FI. France 2 : 9 (1850). — Reichen- 
bach, Ic. Fl. Germ. 17:85. pl. 1173. f. 4 (1855).— 
Pokorny, Oester. Holzpfl. 156. pl. 29. f. 495-498 
(1864).— Willkomm & Lange, Prodr. F1. Hisp. 2 : 331 
(1870).— K. Koch, Dendr, 21: 10 (1872).— Boissier, 
Fl. Or. 3:5 (1875).— Arcangeli, Comp. Fl. Ital. 
318 (1882).—Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 206. 
J. 130 (1889).— Battandier & Trabut, Fl. Alg. 807 
(1890). — Laguna, Fl. For. Esp. 2:46. pl. 75. f. 2 
(1890).— Koehne, D. Dendr. 555 (1893). — Bu- 
bani, Fl. Pyren. 2:334 (1900). — Halacsy, Consp. 
Fl. Graec. 1:699 (1901). 
L. glauca, Meerburg, Pl. Sel. Ic. pl. 72 (1798), not Hill. 
L. Caprifolium, Ucria, Hort. Panhorm, 94 (1789), not Linné, — Rafin- 
esque, Pl. exsicc., ex Strobl, Oester. Bot. Zeitschr. 88 59 (1883). — 
Cosentini, Cat., ex Strobl., J. c. 
Caprifolium implexum, Dumont de Courset, Bot. Cult. ed. 2.7 : 209 
(1814). — Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5 s 261 (1819). 
L. Dioscoridis, Roubier, ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 321 (1878-82). 
Mediterranean region: South Europe from Spain through 
southern France and Italy to Greece (Boissier, Bourgeau, 
Heldreich, Orphanides, Schultz et al.); North Africa, 
Algeria (Dufour) and Marocco (Ball). — Rarely culti- 
vated (Goettingen, Paris). 
This is a very variable species and a number of varieties 
have been described, but their characters seem to be rather 
inconstant and they ought to be considered only as slight 
forms. 
A. All or several pairs of leaves connate. 
B. Ovaries glabrous. . 
C. Leaves glabrous or nearly so. 
D. Leaves elliptic to oblong, narrowed at the base. 
Typical form, 
f. TERNIFOLIA, Gussone, Syn. Fl. Sicul. 1: 259 (1842). 
L.implexa ternata, Willkomm & Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 23331 
(1870). 
