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1. X. ciliatum Ph. : leaves ovate and subcordate, ciliate, 

 the younger ones villous beneath ; tube of the corolla cal- 

 carate at the base, ventricose above ; segments short, acute .• 

 style exserted. P m r s A F/. I. p. 1 6 1 . X. iarlarica M i c h, 

 Fl. I. p. 1 06. LoNiCERA ciliala M u h I. Cat, p. 22. Rotm. 

 ^ Schult, V. p. 256. 



A shrub 3 — 4 feet high, with spreading, somewhat angular 

 branches. Leaves opposite, deciduous, on short petioles, ovate, 

 generally acute, more or less cordate at the base ; mar.^in ci- 

 liate, with hairs. Pedicels solitary, axillary near the extremity 

 of the branches, opposite, at first about half an inch loi.g. elon- 

 gated when in fruit. Involucrum 2-leaved; leaves oblong, 

 shorter than the connate germens. Bracts connate. Calyx very 

 minute. Corolla yellow, about three fourths of an inch long, 

 bilabiate ; segments ovate, acute ; tube remarkably gibbous, but 

 scarcely calcarate, at the base. Filaments included, sm<joth, 

 inserted into the tube of the corolla ; anthers oblong, sulcate. 

 Style angular ; stigma capitate, dilated. Berries distinct, ovate, 

 spreading, red, dry ? 6-secded. Seeds compressed. 



IIab. On mountains. On the Catskill Mountains, &c., Nev^r- 

 York. Common in New-England. May— June. 



This shrub so much resembles X. tarturicuvi, that it has 

 been considered the same by Michaux. It, however, ap- 

 pears to differ in the leaves being ciliate even when old, in the 

 exserted style, ovate berries, Sec. 



2. X. viUosum M i c h. : berries coadunale ; leaves ob- 

 long and oval, obtuse ; the younger ones, with the corolla, 

 villous ; peduncles much shorter than the flower. Mich. 

 Fl. I. p. 106. Pursh Fl. I. p. 161. X. Sohnis Eat. 

 Man. Bot, p. 518. X. ohlongifo/ium G old. in Edin. Phil. 

 Mag. jipr. 1822. Loniceka villosa Muhl. Cat. p. 22. 

 Roem. ^ Schult. V. p. 256. 



A shrub 2 — 4 feet high ; young branches villous. Leaves op- 

 posite, very entire, on short petioles, very villous when young, 

 but at length much smoother. Pedicels axillary in the upper 

 part of the branches. Involucrum subulate, longer than the 

 germens. Corolla yellow, about half an inch long ; segments 

 oblong, rather obtuse ; tube not gibbous at the base. Filaments 

 a little exserted, bearded ; anthers linear-oblong, yellow. Style 

 longer than the stamens ; stigma small. Berries red or pur- 

 ple, 6 — 8-seeded. 



Hab. Near Williams College, Massachusetts. Eaton. 

 Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Porter. At the foot of the 

 White-Hills, New-Hampshire. Dr. S. Smith. Near Tren- 

 ton, New-Jersey. Dudgeon. In New-York and Pennsyl- 

 vania. Muhlenberg. May. In the Highlands of New- 

 York. Barratt. 



I think there can be little doubt that this is the Xylosteum 

 viUosum of Mi chau x, though it is remarkable that this Bo- 



