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LONICERA— continued 



* L. sempervirens. Trumpet Honeysuckle. 20. June-September. \ E. Stems 

 hairless, glaucous. Ls. ov., 2|, bright green above, bluish below, upper- 

 most pairs united. Fls. 2, tubular, scentless, orange-scarlet, in terminal 

 whorls. Berry red. South United States. (Fig. 71 g.) 



L. tragophylla. Chinese Woodbine. June-July. D. Stems hairless. Ls. ov., 

 4, glaucous and slightly downy below, uppermost pairs united. Fls. 3, 

 yellow, tubular, 2-lipped, in terminal whorls, not fragrant. Berry red. 

 Hupeh, province of China. 



{b) Evergreen Shrubs 



L. nitida. 5. April-May. E. Stems slender, erect, purplish, hairy. Ls. ov., 

 I, glossy green, hairless. Fls. ^, white, in pairs in 1. -axils. Berry blue- 

 purple, transparent. China. (Fig. 71 j.) 



L. pileata. 2. May. E. Stems spreading, purplish, hairy. Ls. ov., i, blunt- 

 ended, glossy green, hairless. Fls. |, yellowish white, in pairs in 1. -axils. 

 Berry blue-purple, transparent. China. (Fig. 71 k.) 



{c) Deciduous shrubs with solid white pith 



L. Albertii. 4. June. Stems slender, hairless, spreading. Ls. linear, i, blunt- 

 ended, bluish green, hairless. Fls. |, lilac. Berry purplish red. Turkestan. 



(Fig. 50 L.) 

 L. alpigena. Cherry Woodbine, 8. April-May. Stems erect, hairless. Ls. 



ov., 4, margins hairy. Fls. \, yellow tinged with red, 2-lipped. Berry \, 



red. Alps and Himalaya. (Fig. 73 c.) 

 L. Ferdinandi. 10. June. Stems bristly; barren ones with leafy disks at each 



joint. Ls. ov., 4, long-pointed, dull green, hairy. Fls. f , yellow, 2-lipped. 



Berry red. China. (Fig. 72 j.) 

 L. fragrantissima. 8. December-March. \ E. Stems hairless. Ls. ov., 2, 



leathery, ending in bristle-like tip, dark dull green above, glaucous below. 



Fls. I, white, very fragrant. Berry red. China. (Fig. 72 b.) 

 L. Ledebourii. 9. June. Stems erect, 4-angled, hairless. Ls. ov., 4, hairy. 



Fls. f , yellow and red, on long erect stalk, at top of which are two large 



reddish bracts. Berry black. California. (Fig. 72 e.) 

 L. Myrtillus. 4. May. Dense and compact bush. Ls. ov., |, dark green above, 



glaucous below, hairless, margins recurved. Fls. \, pinkish white. Berry 



orange-red. Himalaya. (Fig. 71 m.) 

 L. pyrenaica. 3. June. Stems erect, hairless. Ls. obov., oblanc, i, glaucous, 



hairless. Fls. |, pink. Berry red. Pyrenees. 

 L. rupicola. 8. May-June. Very dense bush. Stems interlacing, hairless, 



bark peeling. Ls. in threes, ov., i, hairy below. Fls. |, pink. Berry red. 



Tibet. (Fig. 72 d.) 

 L. Standishii. 8. November-March. \ E. Bark peeling; stems warted, 



bristly. Ls. lane, 4, pointed, bristly on midrib and margins. Fls. \, 



white, very fragrant. Berry red. China. (Fig. 72 a.) 

 L. syringantha. 8, May. Stems slender, spreading, hairless. Ls. ov., f , dull 



greyish green, hairless. Fls. \, lilac. Berry red. China. (Fig. 72 G.) 

 L. thibetica. 6. May-June. Stems purpHsh, hairy, bark peeling. Ls. in 



threes, lane, i, dark green above, white-felted below. Fls. |, lilac. 



Berry oblong, red. Tibet. (Fig, 71 l.) 



