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CAPRIFOLIUM* longifldrum. 

 Long-flowered Honeysuckle. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord, CAPRiFOLiACEiE. § Lonicerece. 



CAPRIFOLIUM Touinef. — Calyx 5-dentatus, persistens. Corolla 

 tubulosa, 2-labiata, basi ssepii^s saccata. Stamina 5. Ovarium 3-locnlare, 



loculis omnibus polyspermis. Bacca unilocularis, monosperma. Fnitices 



volubiles, foliis simplicibus, floribus capitatis odoratis. — Lindley's Synopsis 

 of the British Flora, 1. p. 131. 



C. longijlorum ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis glabris supra lucidis, floribus 

 didymis, pedunculo petioli longitudine, ovariis glabris, corollae tube 

 fihformi. 

 C. longiflorum. Sabine MSS. 



Frutex volubilis, undique depilatus. Rami teretes. Folia oblongo- 

 lanceolata, petiolata, pallid^ viridia, suhtus pallidiora, suprd glabra, Flores 

 didymi, pedunculo communi petioli longitudine. Bractese calycisque lacinice 

 ovatcE, illarum lateralibus minoribus, rotundatis. Corolla ochroleuca, glabra, 

 tubo 2-unciali,Jiliformi. Baccoe pisiformes, albae. 



This plant has quite the habit of Caprifolium japoni- 

 cum ; but it is wholly destitute of the hairs of that species, 

 and its fruit is white, not black. In many respects it is 

 the same as Dr. Wallich's Lonicera glabrata ; but the 

 short flowers and black fruit of that species distinguish it. 



We see nothing among the Nipal or Indian specimens 

 of C. japonicum, which our friend Dr. Wallich has allowed 

 us to examine, that approaches this ; they appear very 

 constant in their form, and all referable to the same species. 

 Mr. Don has distinguished among them two ; but we 

 cannot find any Nipal specimens agreeing with the cha- 



* From capra, a goat, -And. folium, a leaf; a metaphorical name, alluding 

 to the power of these plants of scrambling up hedges and rough places, as 

 goats up rocks. 



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