CHAP. LXIII. CAPRIFOLIA CEA. LONI/CERA. 1057 
% 25. L.(a.) micropuy’tia Willd, The small-leaved Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 336.; Willd, Rel. in Roem. et Schult. Syst., 5. p. 258. ; Don’s Mill., 3 
_p. 450. 
Synonyme. L. alpigena Sievers. 
Engraving. Led. FI. Ross. Alt. Til, t. 213. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, glaucous beneath, 
rather villous on both surfaces, and sometimes rounded at the base. Pe- 
duncles 2-flowered, and shorter than the leaves. Corollas greenish yellow. 
Berries joined, of a reddish orange colour. The epidermis falls from the 
branches. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 450.) A shrub, 3 ft. or 4ft. high; a native of 
Eastern Siberia, and introduced in 1818. Obviously a variety of the pre- 
ceding species. 
% 26. L. opLonGiFO‘LIA Hook. The oblong-leaved Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Hook. F\. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284. t. 100.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 450. 
Synonyme. Xylésteum oblongifdlium Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ., 6. p. 232. 
Engravings. ook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. t.100.; and our fig. 822. 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect, Leaves oblong, or oval, 
clothed with velvety pubescence beneath. Pe- 
duncles elongated, erect. Bracteas obsolete. 
Tube of corolla hairy, gibbous at the base on one 
side. Limb unequal, deeply 2-lipped ; the upper 
lip 4-toothed, and the lower one nearly entire. 
Berries joined in one, which is bi-umbilicate at the 
top, bluish black in the dried state, and about the 
size of a pea. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 450.) A shrub, 
growing to the height of 4 ft. or more, native of 
North America, in the Island of Montreal, in the 
St. Lawrence, about Montreal, Lake Winnipeg, 
and of the western parts of the state of New 
York. It was introduced in 1823, and flowers in 
April and May. There are plants in the Horti- 
cultural Society’s Garden. 

% 27. L.cmru‘LeEA L. The blue-berried Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 349. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 450. A al 
Synonymes. L. villdsa Miihl. Cat., p. 22., Hook. et Arn, in Beech. Voy. Pt. Bot., 1. p. 115.; Xylos- 
teon villdsum Michzx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 106., Richards. in Frankl. First Journ., ed. 2., append. 
p. 6.; X. Solbnzs Eaton Man. Bot., p.518,; L. velutina Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337.; L. altaica Pail. Fi. 
Ross., t. 37. ; Xylésteum cxrdleum canadénse Lam. Dict., 1. p. 731. ; X. canadénse Du Ham. Arb., 
2, p.373.; Caprifodlium cerdleum Lam. Fl. Fr., and Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; Chamecérasus cerilea 
Delarb. Fl. Au.; L. pyrenadica Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 58. ; L._Pallaszé Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. Ill., t. 151. 
Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Aust. Append., 5. t.17.; Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1975. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 37. 5 
Led. FI. Ross, Alt. Ill, t.131.; and our jigs. 825, 824. 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect. Leaves oval-oblong, ciliated, stiffish, densely clothed 
with pubescence while young. Peduncles short, 2-flowered, reflexed in the 
fructiferous state. Bracteas 2, subulate, longer than the 
ovaria. Tube of corolla glabrous, short, gibbous on one 
side at the base; lobes of limb short, nearly equal. 
Berries closely joined in one, which Gig, 
is bi-umbilicate at the apex. Flowers , 
greenish yellow, tubular. Berries | 
elliptic or globose, dark blue, and \ 
covered with a kind of bloom. + 
Bark of young shoots purplish. > 
} There is no difference between the % ¥ WX 
American and European plants of this species. (Don’s Mill., 3. p. 450.) 
A shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft.; native of Europe, 
in France, Switzerland, Austria, &c., on the mountains ; throughout the 
woody country of British North America, and as far as lat. 66° to the 
mountains in the west, Labrador, Newfoundland, and Hudson’s Bay ; in 
the states of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire; and of Siberia 
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