LoNicERA. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 5 



§1. Stem climhing : leaves often connate : Jlotvcrs sessile, in verticillate- 

 capitate clusters: hemes never connate, often \-celled when mature, cro^aied 

 with the x>ersistent limb of the calyx. — Caprifojjium, Juss. 



* Corolla nearly regular. (Periclymcmim, Taurn.) 



1. L. se77ipeTvircns (Ait.): leaves oblong and narrowly elliptical, glabrous 

 above, glaucous and slightly pubescent underneath ; the lower ones somewhat 

 petioled ; the upper connate-perfoliate ;■ flowers in somewhat distant whorls ; 

 corolla trumpet-shaped, with short and broad nearly equal lobes. — Ait. Kew. 

 {ed. 1) I. p. 230 ,• Walt. Car. p. 1.31 ; Bat. mag. t. 781, c^ 1753 ; Bat. reg. t. 

 556; Torr.! fl 1. j). 244 : DC. 2^'>'odr. 4. p. 432. Caprifolium sempervi- 

 rens, Michx. ! fl. 1. p. 105 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 160 ; Ell. sic. 1. p. 271. 



Borders of swamps, Island of New York ! to Georgia! Florida! and 

 Louisiana! April-Oct. (in the Southern States.) — Stem twining over shrubs, 

 or sometimes prostrate. Leaves IJ to nearly 3 inches long; the upper 1-2 

 inches wide ; the lower sometimes almost lanceolate. Peduncle 1-2 inches 

 long: whorls 4-6-flowered. Flowers showy, inodorous; the corolla almost 

 2 inches long, slightly ventricose above, tapering gradually to the base, 

 scarlet externally^ yellowish within. Stamens a little exserted. Ber- 

 ries scarlet, about 4-seeded. — The wild plant, in the neighborhood of New 

 York, remains in flower only a few weeks (May-.Tune), and the leaves are 

 deciduous; but in gardens, it blossoms nearly throughout the season, and the 

 leaves are somewhat perennial, as is the case with the native plant in the 

 Southern States. — Scarlet Honeysuckle. Trumpet-Honeysuckle. 



2. L. ciliosa (Poir.) : leaves ovate, glaucous beneath, conspicuously ciliate, 

 or sessile and somewhat clasping ; the uppermost connate-perfoliate ; whorls 

 of the subsessile spike approximate-capitate; corolla (deep yellow) some- 

 what equal ; the tube hirsute, ventricose in the middle. Purslt. [teeth of 

 the calyx conspicuous, iA'^w^. .' mss.] — Poir. diet. 5. p. 612; JDC.prodr. 4. 

 f. 333. Caprifolium ciliosum, Pursh! fl. 1. p. 100. 



Oregon ; on the Kooskoosky, Lewis! and along the Oregon from the Falls 

 to the sea, Nuttall! — We have seen the original specimens in Mr. Lambert's 

 herbarium, but have not the means of completing the diagnosis between this 

 and the following species. The flowers are bright yellow, according to Mr. 

 Nuttall ; who alone seems to have met witli the plant, subsetjuently to 

 Lewis. 



3. L. occidentalis (Hooli.): twining; leaves oval, nearly sessile, glabrous, 

 ciliate, glaucous underneath ; upi)er ones connate-perfoliate ; flowers in verti- 

 cillate heads ; corolla (orange-red) glabrous ; the tube elongated, gibbously 

 inflated above the base; limb nearly equal; stamens somewhat included. 

 Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 282. Caprifolium occidentale, Liridl. hot. reg. t. 

 1457. 



About Fort Vancouver on the Oregon, Douglas. — This species is con- 

 sidered a great acquisition to the English gardens ; the flowers are said to be 

 full orange-red, and longer than in L. parviflora, hirsuta, &c. We do not 

 find thatMr. Nuttall met with it, so as to compare it with the true L. ciliosa, 

 to which it is doubtless allied. 



* * Corolla rlngent; the itppcrlvp 4Aobcd or 4-tootlied. (Caprifolium, Tourn.) 

 t Natives of the United States and Canada. 



4. L. grata (Ait.) : stem twining ; leaves obovate, glabrous, glaucous be- 

 neath ; tihe lower ones contracted at the base ; the two or three upper pairs 

 connate-perfoliate; flowers (large) verticillate in the axils of the upper leaves 

 or leaf-like connate bracts ; tube of the corolla long and slender, not gibbous ; 



