PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, S71 



atis ; coroUis subsequali- I ones connate perfoliate ; 

 bus, tubo superne ventri- corolla nearly equal, with 



the tube abov 



3. 



eosis. 



Mich. 1. p. 105. Pursh, 



Lonicera sempervirens, Walt. p. 131. Sp. pi. 1. p. 98 



Stem perennial, twininn; over shrubs, and in very rich soils over 

 trees also. Leaves perennial, opposite, ver^ entire, oval, on the upper 

 surface very smooth, on the under glaucous and a little hairy ; 

 the lower ones petiolate, the upper connate, obtuse. Flowen 

 m verticillate spikes, the terminal verticils remote, 6 flowered ; 

 ' or 2 glands between eacli germ. CaUj.x s' perior, very small, 

 5 toothed, persistent. Corolla funnel shaped ; border 5 cleft j 

 segments acute, one division generally deeper than the others. 

 loro la crimson without, brighter red within. Filaments inserted in: 

 w the tube of the corolla near the summit. Anther» oblong, 2 lobed, 

 incumbent. Germ inferior, oval. Style as long as the stamens. Stig- 

 «w capitate. Berry scarlet. Seed 4 m each cell, attaciied to a fibrous, 

 ceatral receptacle (chorda pistillarls of M. Correa de Serra). 



Ihis beautiful plant, one of the great ornaments of our woods and 



Tua ®-^^^^^ ^" ^^^ "^'^ ^°^^^ except those which are frequently in- 

 naatcd \ in the dry spots of the river swamps, however, it flourishes 



«'J most luxuriance, 

 flowers April-^October. English honeysuckle. Wood-bine. 



J 



2. Flavum. Sims. 



C. spicis verticillatis, [ Spikes verticillate, ter- 



lerminalibus ; corollis rin- minal ; corolla rin2;ent : 



sinuous; foliis ovatis, | leaves ovate, glaucous 



subtus glaucis, cartilagi- 1 underneati), the margin 



'^co.niarginatis, summis cartilaginous, the upper 



connato-perfoliatis. | ones connate perfoliate. 



^•Fraseri, Pmsh, 1. p. I GO. 

 i-onicera ilava, Bot. xMajr. No. 1313. 



^duou ^p^^.^^^^^' Ste^n twining over shrubs. Leaves oval, de- 

 S'aucou' ^ ^^, 'j^ cordate, obtuse, sometimes emarginate, glabrous^ 

 t!ie^^^ T ^^^^^*^^' ^^^"^ whitish, contracted but connate at base J 

 ^'*sin 1 ^ j^^aves (bracteas) larger and less contracted at base. Flonj- 

 ^ards ^^ terininal heads. Corolla at first bright yellow, alter- 

 the [o^^^^"^^^,^^^P'j bilabiate, the upper lip broader, 4 cfoft, reflexed ; 

 '^ enlar^ entire, oblong, reflexed j the tube hairy within, very slight- 

 *'»., , ^S^d at base* 



This V 



cr 



noticed in Dravfon^s View of 



as growing; on J'ans s mouu- 

 ^mnf-r *V^ ' auerwarns it was coUectt^d by Fraser on the same 



Ploll ' ^i"^ '^^*"''^^^' *« England. 

 '^^^eis, March^April. 



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