Lonicera 



CAPRIEOL1ACEAE 



Abel 



id 



Key to the Species 



a. Erect or bushy shrubs: fr. red (or not seen), 

 b. Brs. with solid pith. 



c. Corolla glabrous outside; young brts. glabrous. 



Brs. terminated by two axillary winter buds: lvs. with 

 very short petioles; blades 3-7 cm. long, acute, 



setose-ciliate 1 . 



Brs. with terminal winter buds: lvs. with slender petioles; 

 blades 6-8 cm. long, acuminate, sparingly pilose on 



midrib beneath 2. 



cc. Corolla pubescent or pilose outside: young brts. pubescent 

 or setose. 

 Brts. pubescent: corolla pubescent outside: shrub, to 4 m. 3. 



Brts. reflexed setose: corolla usually pilose outside: 



shrub, to 2 m 4. 



bb. Brs. hollow; pith evanescent; brts. short-pubescent: corolla 



pubescent outside : 5 . 



aa. Twining and climbing, or prostrate, woody vines: fr. black (or 

 not seen). 

 None of the lvs. connate: fls. in pairs; corolla pubescent and 



glandular outside 6 . 



Upper pair of lvs. connate: fls. in short-peduncled heads; corolla 

 glabrous outside 7 . 



Tj. fragra >i{iss>Hm 

 L. liemsleyana 



Tj. modesta 



Tj. sta/ndishii 



Tj. maackii 

 f. podocarpa 



L. japonica 

 L. tragophylla 



1. Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxt. (R.M. 860). Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. white, 

 III-IV; fr. red, VI. Eastern China; locally in An., Ku. Woodland. 



2. Lonicera hemsleyana (Kuntze) Rehd. (Mo.B. 14: 112). Upright shrub; fls. yello- 

 wish. Eastern and central China; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki. Woodland. 



3. Lonicera modesta Rehd. (Sa.T. 2: 49). Shrub, to 4 m.; fls. white, yellowish, V; 

 fr. red, IX. Eastern China; locally in An., Ki. Woodland. 



4. Lonicera standishii Carrie-re (R.M. 860). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. cream-white, or 

 tinged with red, III-IV. China; locally in An., Ki, Ku. Woodland. 



5. Lonicera maackii Maxim, f. podocarpa Franch. ex Rehd. ^H/fc (Chin Yin Mu; 

 Gold-and-silver Shrub) (R.M. 868). Shrub, to 5 m. ; fls. white, yellowish, V; fr. 

 dark red, IX-X. Western and central China; locally in An., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



6. Lonicera japonica Thunb. f£ (Chin Yin Hua; Gold-and-silver Flower) (R.M. 

 871). Woody vine; fls. white, yellowish, V-VII; fr. black, IX-X. Eastern Asia; 

 locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. Fig. 353. 



7. Lonicera tragophylla Hemsl. (R.M. 875). High-climbing shrub; fls. bright yellow, 

 VI. Western and central China; locally in An., Hup. Woodland. 



4. Abelia R. Br. A'jU^K (Liu Tao Mu Shu) 

 Deciduous, rarely evergreen, shrubs with simple lvs. and fls. on peduncles, solitary 

 or in prs., the peduncles often clustered; sepals 2-5, conspicuous, persistent and ac- 

 crescent: corolla tubular to companulate, 5-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary 3- 

 celled, but only one cell fertile: fr. a leathery achene crowned by the persistent sepals. 

 25 species, in eastern Asia, and in Mexico; 20 in China. (After Dr. Clarke Abel, 

 physician and author in China, 1780-1826.) 



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