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This plant appears to be very closely allied to Lonieera cerxlea, 

 but the peduncles are not " very short," but quite the opposite ; it 

 also in general habit quite resembles L. ohionr/ifolia (Hook) : but 

 that species has " erect," constanUy erect peduncles, vc'hereas our 

 Washoe specimen has them divaricate, and the peduncles are prob- 

 ably strongly reflezed (^'i) m fruit, judging from their tendency as 

 they approach that state. The L. ohlongifolia is said t<^ liave 

 " greenish yellow" flowers, whereas these are deep madder purple 

 internally and externally ; our specimen has not " glabrous fila- 

 ments," but they are quite strongly bearded below. It s}ioukl be 

 remarked that the corolla is not " hirsute." Hooker insists upon 

 the " hairy corolla," as a distinct feature in L. oblongifolia., 

 although Dr. Torrey omits the mention of it. There are other 

 points, e. g. : the general expression, " peduncles much longer 

 than the Sowers," seems hardly appropriate where there exists so 

 great a disproportion, if we suppose our plant to be the one 

 described, and besides, afterwards specifying one inch as the length 

 of the peduncle, and half that for the flower. The flowers are much 

 smaller than in any species known to us, and the tube very much 

 shorter ; the angular stem, and the remarkably sharp quadrangular 

 buds, it would seem proper to haye noticed, if the plant had been 

 described. 



We therefore furnish the following description, and suggest the 

 provisional name of 



. L. conjuc/ialis, (Kellogg) Bridal Honeysuckle. Fig. 15. 

 Stem erect, branching ; branches four-angled, buds sharp and 

 quadrangular, elongated. 



Leaves occasionally oval-oblong, cordate and sub-cordate, short 

 petioled, (petioles one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch long) obtuse, 

 or sometimes somewhat sub-acute ; lamina thin, reticulate, minutely 

 soft velvety pubescent throughout, especially beneath, which is 

 lighter green or somewhat glaucous ; leaves varying from one-half 

 to two inches long by one-half to one ipch broad. 



Peduncles filiform, very minutejy pubescent, longer than the 

 leaves (about two inches in length) divaricate or declined, ascend- 

 ing or incurved at the summit ; two-flowered, united to form one 

 berry ; bracts exceedingly minute (2-3) or obsolete. 



Calyx teeth ciliate, minute, subulate, unequal, hirsute ; flowers 

 dark purple, gibbous at the base on the outside, glabrous, deeply 

 bilabiate, the lower hnear lip-lobe more than twice the length of the 

 very short tube ; upper lip with four very short, somewhat unequal 

 teeth ; stamens and pistil equal, included ; filaments glabrous and 



