CAPRIF0LIACE3:. 



169 LONICERA. 



perfoliate. A small, smooth, shrubby climber, in rocky woods. Stem 8 — 10 

 feet long. Leaves wavy and revolute on the margin, very glaucous on the 

 under side. Flowers rather small. Corolla yellow, tinged with dull red, gib- 

 bous at the base, the short limb in curled segments. Stamens and style e.x- 

 serted. Berries orange colored. May. Jn. SmaU-fluwered Honeysuckle. 



3. L. FLAVA. Sims. Caprifolium Fraseri. P. 



Smooth ; flotoers in small heads of close whorls ; corolla smooth, with a 

 slender tube not gibbous at base, the linih somewhat ringent ; filaments smooth. 

 This is a beautiful shrub, scarcely twining, found on river banks and Catskill 

 Mts. It is also cultivated in shrubberies. Leaves ovate, very smooth above, 

 somewhat glaucous beneath, the upper pair cornate-perfoliate, the rest distinct. 

 Flowers in heads of about 10, fragrant. Corolla an inch or more in length, 

 the tube much longer than the limb, bright yellow. Upper lip much broader 

 than the lower, in 4 segments. Jn. Jl. Yellow Honeysuckle. 



4. L. GRATA. Ait. Caprifolium gratum. P. 



Flowers in spikes of axillary whorls ; corolla, ringent, the tube long, slender, 

 not gibbous ; leaves evergreen, obovate, smooth, glaucous beneath, the upper 

 pairs connate-perfoliate. A beautiful climbing species, in damp woods, ascend- 

 ing 15 — 20 feet. Flowers large and very fragrant, 5 or (> in cacli wliorl. 

 Corolla pale yellow within, becoming reddish without. Stamens exserted. 

 Berries red. " The leaves are very obtuse, ending in a short, abrupt point. 

 June. Evergreen Honeysuckle. 



5. L. SEMPERVi'reNS. Ait. Caprifolium sempervirens. Mx. 



Flowers in nearly naked spikes of distant whorls; corolla trumpet-shaped, 

 nearly regular; leaves oblong, evergreen, the upper ones perfoliate-connate. 

 In its wild state this species is found in moist groves and borders of swamps, 

 N. Y., but in cultivation is a frequent inhabitant of our gardens and shrubbe- 

 ries. Fi-w plants are more admirable for the beauty of their flowers, though 

 they are deficient in fragrance. Stem woolly, twining with the sun. Leaves 

 ovate or elliptical, of a dark, perennial green above. Corolla trumpet-shaped, 

 nearly ~ inches long, dilated at the mouth, with 5 short, nearly regular seg- 

 ments, of a fine scailel without and yellow within. May — Aug. 



Trumpet Honcysiickle. 



6. L. PeRICLY'mENUM. Town. Caprifohum Pcriclimenum. L. 



Flowers in ovate, imbricate, terminal heads; corolla ringent; leaves all dis- 

 tinct, deciduous. A woody climber, native of Europe, but cultivated and 

 naturalized. Leavesshort stalked, elliptic. Flowers yellow and red, fragrant. 

 Berries red. May — July. Woodbine Honeysuckle. 



fi.' quercifolia ; oak-leaved; /cai'cs sinuate. 



7. L. Ita'lICUM. Dc. Caprifolium Italicum. L. 



Flowers in a terminal whorl; coro?/« ringent ; Zea?;es deciduous, the upper 

 pairs perfoliate-connate. Native of Europe. Greatly admired in cultivation 

 for its beauty and fragrance. Flowers with various hues of red, yellow and 

 white. June — Aug. Common Italian Honeysuckle. 



** Stem erect. Flowers pedunculate, geminate. Xvlosteum. 



8. L. CIU'aTA. Jl/A. Xylosteumciliatum. P. 



jBcr;je5 distinct ; /eayes ovate, sub-cordate, ciliate ; corolla saccate at base, 

 with short and subequal lobes; style exserted. A branching, erect shrub, 

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