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3. L. riuava. Sims. oe Fraseri. Ph.) Yellow Honeysuckle. 
Tvs. ovate, glaucous beneath, with a cartilaginous margin, pair 
coprnate-perfoliate ; spikes terminal, of close whorls ; cor. smooth, tube slender, 
gibbous at base, limb somewhat ringent; J. smooth—A beautiful shrub, 
seareely twining, mountains, N. Y.to Ga. W.to Wisconsin. Often cultivated. 
Leaves deciduous, obtuse, abruptly contracted at base, except the i perfo- 
liate pair. 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. f 
4. L. erata. Ait. (C. gratum. Ph.) Evergreen Honeysuckle. 
Is. evergreen, obovate, smooth, glaucous beneath, the upper pair con- 
nate-perfoliate; fs. in sessile, terminal and axillary whorls; cor. ringent, tube 
long, slender, not gibbous at base—A beautiful climbing species, damp wood- 
lands, N. Y., Penn. and Western States. Leaves opposite or in 3s, margin 
revolute. Flowers large and very fragrant, 5 or 6 in each whorl. Corolla pale 
eliow within, becoming reddish without. Stamens exserted. Berries red. 
The leaves are very obtuse, ending in a short, abrupt point. Jn. 
5. L. sempervirens. Ait. (C. sempervirens. Michz.) Trumpet Honeysuckle. 
Lvs. oblong, evergreen, the upper ones connate-perfoliate; fs. in nearly 
naked spikes of distant whorls; cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, ventricose 
above.—In moist groves and borders of swamps, N. Y. to Flor. and La. Com- 
mon in cultivation, where few flowers are faund more beautiful, although they 
are deficient in fragrance. Stem woody, twining with the sun. Leaves ovate 
or elliptical, of a dark, perennial green above. Corolla trumpet-shaped, nearly 
2’ long, dilated at the mouth, with 5 short, nearly regular segments, of a fine 
searlet without and yellow within. May—Aug. t 
6. L. PerictymMencm. Tourn. (C. Periclymenum. Linn.) Woodbine Honey- 
suckle —Lvs. deciduous, all distinct, elliptical, on short petioles; fls. in ovate, 
imbricate, terminal heads; cor. ringent—A woody climber, native of Europe, 
cultivated and nearly naturalized. Flowers yellow and red, fragrant, succeeded 
by red berries. May—ZJl. ft 
B. quercifolia. (Oak-leaved Honeysuckle.) Lvs. sinuate-lobed. 
7. L. Capriroitium. (Caprifolium Italicum. R. g-S.) Italian Honeysuckle — 
Lvs. deciduous, the upper pair perfoliate-connate; fis. in a terminal verticil; 
cor. ringent.—Native of Europe. Greatly admired in cultivation for its beauty 
and fragrance. Flowers of various hues, red, yellow and white. Jn.—Aug. 
§§ Stem erect. Flowers pedunculate, geminate. XyLosTEuM. 
8. L. cmi4ta. Muhl. (Xylosteum ciliatum. Ph.) Fly Honeysuckle. 
Les. ovate, subcordate, ciliate ; corolla limb with short and subequal lobes; 
tube saccate at base; sty. exserted; berries distinct—A branching, erect shrub, 
3—4f high, found in woods, Me. to Ohio and Can. Leaves thin, oblong-ovate, 
often cordate at the base, somewhat ciliate on the margin, and villose beneath 
when young. Flowers pale straw-yellow, in pairs at the top of the peduncle, 
with an obtuse spur turned outwards at the base. Berries ovoid, red, in pairs, 
but not connate, 3—5-seeded. June. 
9. L. optoneirotia. Hook. (X. oblongifolium. Goldie.) 
Las. oblong or oval, velvety-pubescent beneath; corolla limd deeply bila- 
biate; tube gibbous at base; ped. long, filiform, erect; berries connate or united 
into one, globose, purple, bi-umbilicate—A shrub 3—4f high, in swamps, Can. 
and N. Y. Leaves almost sessile, 1—2’ long, peduncles of equal length. Co- 
rolla hairy, greenish-yellow outside, purplish inside, the lower lip nearly entire, 
pa ee as 4lobed, erect. Berries marked with the remains of the two 
yees. Jn. 
10. L. corrvtea. (X. villosum. Mr. X.Solonis. Eat.) Blue-fruited 
Honeysuckle-—Lvs. oval-oblong, ciliate, obtuse, villous both sides, at length 
smoothish ; ped. short, reflexed in fruit; bracts longer than the ovaries; berries 
connate or united into one, deep blue.—A low shrub, in rocky woods, Mass. 
and N. Y., N. to Hudson’s Bay. Stem 2f high, with small leaves and pairs of 
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