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Lonicera - continued. 
two to four, upper pairs united into round cup- like disks, North 
America, 1810. Twiner. (B. M. 1318.) : F 
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Fic. 470, FLOWERING BRANCH AND DETACHED FLOWERS OF 
LONICERA FLEXUOSA. 
L. flexuosa (flexuous-stemmed).* f. yellow, axillary, few, almost 
sessile, very fragrant. June and July. Jr. globose, glabrous, 
l. ovate-oblong, acute, on short petioles, glabrous. Stems 
flexuous. h. Aft. to 5ft. Japan, 1806, Deciduous twiner. SYN. 
L. brachypoda. See Fig. 470. 
L. f. aurea-reticulata (golden-reticulated). J. beautifully 
netted or variegated with yellow, with a mixture of red towards 
autumn. An elegant piant. 
L. fragrantissima (very fragrant).“ fl. white, very fragrant, 
nearly lin. across, produced before the leaves are developed; 
tube short; mouth expanded. February. I. oblong-obovate, 
acute, rounded at the base, nearly glabrous. h. 6ft. China, 
845. This most desirable erect evergreen species is one 
of the best fragrant winter-flowering plants cultivated. 
(L. & P. F. G. 3, 75, 268.) Closely allied to this species is 
L. Standishii, which has ovate-oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 
ciliate leaves, and retrorsely hairy peduncles; in other respects, 
it is similar to L. fragrantissima, and is by no means inferior. 
(B. M. 5709.) 
L. uca (glaucous-leaved). AH. yellow; corolla long, tubular; 
tube slender; peduncles short; ovary free. July. fr., berries 
globose. J, linear-oblong, obtuse; margins scaberulous, re- 
curved, glaucous underneath. Western Himalayas. A dwarf, 
densely branched, wiry undershrub. 
L. hirsuta (hairy). jl. yellow; spikes or composed 
of verticillate heads of fiowers; corolla beset with glandular 
pubescence., June and July. l. broad, grate cite, on short 
petioles, pubescent and ciliated, glaucous beneath ; upper ones 
connately perfoliate. Branches twining. North America, 1822. 
Deciduous. SYNS. Caprifolium hirsutum and L. pubescens. 
(B. M. 3103.) : 
L. implexa (interwoven). fl. red, yellow, capitate, terminal. 
June to September. J. evergreen, leathery, oblong, entire, 
shining above, glaucous beneath. Plant glabrous. h. 8ft. 
Europe, 1772. Twiner. (B. M. 640.) 
L. involucrata (involucrate). AH. yellow, tinged with red, viscid ; 
-peduncles axillary, two or three-flowered. June. l. ovate or 
oblong, somewhat acuminated, stiff, pubescent, tomentose on 
the nerves. Branches elongated, acutely tetragonal. A. 2ft. 
to 3ft. California, 1833. An erect species. Syn. L. Ledebourii. 
(B. R. 1179.) 
L. 8 A N, red, villous on the outside and white 
within, about lin. long, f nt, twin. July to September. 
l. petiolate, ovate, acutish, villous, pale beneath; upper ones the 
smallest. Branchlets opposite, very hairy, bearing two leaves and 
two sessile flowers at the peg each. Stem twining, flexuous, 
hairy. Japan and China, 1 (B. M. 3316, under name of 
L. chinensis.) 
L. Ledebourii (Ledebour’s), A synonym of L. involuarata. 
L. longiflora (long-flowered). AH. at first snow-white, but finall 
changing to a golden-yellow, several inches long ; pedicles 
short, two-flowered. July to September. 1. petiolate, oblong- 
lanceolate, shining above and pale beneath. Branches twining. 
China, &c., 1826. Deciduous. (B. R. 1232, under name of Capri- 
Jolium longiflorum.) ‘ 
L. parviflora (small-fiowered). fl. in two or three closely approxi- 
mate whorl, raised on a prune; corolla greenish-yellow, 
- tinged with dull purple, gibbous at the base, smooth outside. 
May and June. l. smooth, oblong, green above, very glaucous 
beneath, the upper pairs united, all closely sessile. North 
America. Deciduous twiner. (B. R. 138, under name of L, dioica.) 
Vol. II. 
Lonicera - continued. 
L. p. Douglasii (Dougias’s). fl., corolla crimson or deep purple. 
J. greener than in the type, more or less downy underneath when 
young, or ciliate. North America. 
L. Peric enum (Periclymenum)*. Woodbine, or Common 
Honeysuckle. fl. externally deep red, ringent, disposed in heads, 
all of which are terminal, ovate, and imbricated. Spring to 
autumn. _fr. nearly globular, deep red, bitter and nauseous, 
accompanied by permanent bracts. l. ovate, obtuse, attenuated 
at the base, sometimes downy, glaucous. Branches climbing. 
Europe, &c. (Britain). Deciduous. (Sy. En. B. 642.) There are 
several varieties of this well-known shrub. 
L. pubescens (downy). A synonym of L. hirsuta. 
L. punicea (scarlet-flowered). fl. deep red or crimson; pedun 
cles axillary and almost terminal, two-tlowered, shorter than 
the leaves; tube of corolla rather gibbous at the base; 
segments unequal, April and May. l. ovate, sub-cordate at 
the base, sometimes three in a whorl on the young shoots, 
h. 2ft. to 4ft. Native country unknown, 1825. Erect. SYN. 
Symphoricarpos puniceus. (B. M. 2469.) 
L. 1 (five-celled), f. yellow, twin, sessile, 
axillary; lower lobe of corolla linear, recurved, trident; upper 
cordate. June and July. J. ovate, acute. h. 4ft. North a 
1840, Plant downy, erect. (B. R. 1844, 33, under name of 
L. diversifolia.) 
FIG. 471. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS. 
L. sempervirens (evergreen).* fl. of a beautiful scarlet out- 
side and yellow inside, about lin. long; j y naked, 
composed of whorls ; tube of corolla ventricose on the r side. 
Spring and summer. J. obovate or ovate, 
g brous ; — ones connately perfoliate. ch 
orth America, 1656. See Fig. 471. (B. M 78 
green species is the d 
Honeysuckles; it is best grown in a cool greenhouse. There 
is a very desirable variety, minor. (B. M. 1753.) 
L. tatarica (Tartarian).* fl. rose-coloured, short, somewhat 
bbous at the base; peduncles two-flowered, shorter than the 
April and May. ts black, nearly globose when young, 
but at ! connate at the base. J. cordate-ovate, hardly acute. 
K. Aft. to 6ft. Tartary, 1752. Erect, deciduous, Ee 31.) There 
are several varieties of this species, differing principally in the 
colour of the flowers. 
tomentella (slightly downy). ff., corolla white, scarcely 
Zin. long; mouth equal; lobes short; throat villous. July. 
Fr., berry black. J. linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute. 
Branches distichous, upright. 10ft. to 12ft. Sikkim-Hima- 
layas, 1849. (B. M. 6486.) 
L. Xylosteum (Xylosteum).. Fly Honeysuckle. fl. cream- 
coloured, downy, small; peduncles two-flowered, shorter than 
the leaves. July. fr. oval, scarlet, one-celled, six-seeded. 
J. ovate, acute, petiolate, soft. h. 4ft.to5ft. England. An erect 
deciduous shrub, of little beauty. Syn. Xylosteum dumetorum. 
(F. D. 808; Sy. En. B. 916.) 
LONICEREZ. A tribe of Caprifoliacee. 
LOOKING-GLASS TREE. See Heritiera. 
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