53. 



LONICERA FLAVA. 



Bright Yellow Honeysuckle. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



Class 5. Order 1. 



LoNicERA : SO named by Plumier in honour of Adam Lonicer, plu- 

 sician at Frankfort. 



Linn. gen. n. 233. Bot. Mag. 1318. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth five-parted, superior, small. Cor. one-petalled, tubu- 

 lar 5 tube oblong, gibbous J border five-parted j divisions revolute, 

 one of which is more deeply separated. Stam. Filaments five, awl- 

 shaped, nearly the length of the corolla. Anthers oblong. Pist. 

 Germ roundish, inferior. Style filiform, the length of the corolla. 

 Stigma obtuse-headed. Per. Berry umbilicated, two-celled. Seeds 

 roundish, compressed. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves ovate, glaucous beneath, much veined, marginated, connected 

 at the base, perfoliated. 



Stem shrubby and climbing. Leaves ovate, or nearly cor- 

 date ; in pairs, and are stem-clasping ; also alternately oppo- 

 site : such as appear near the base of the young shoots are 

 less true in their forms ; losing the character of the cordate 

 form, and are more oblong. The shoots appear in pairs, and 

 emanate from the base of the leaves. 



There does not exist a tribe of shrubs more generally ad- 



