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AUBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



Sect. II. LONICE R7?yK. 



Genus III. 



DIERVI'LLJ Tourn. 



TiiK DiERvif,LA. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 

 Moiiogynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Act. Ac. Par., 1706, t. 7. f. 1. ; Lin. Hort. Cliff., p. 63. t. 7. ; Juss. Gen., 211. ; 



Dec Prod., 4. p. 33(). 

 Synonymcs. Loniccrn .^p. TAn. Gen. ; Wclgcln Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 6. ; WeigdliVi Pers. Ench., 1. 



p. 17ti., ex U. Br. in W.iU. PI. Asiat, 1. p. 15. 

 Ueriuation. Named by Toiiriicrort, in compliment to 3/. Dierville, a French surgeon, who was the 



first to introduce U. canadifiisis into Europe. 



Desciiption, Sfc. Erect deciduous shrubs, of easy culture. 



* 1. D. canade'nsis Willd. The Canadian Dicrvilla. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 222. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 



Synonunies. Loniccrd Dicrvilla Lin. Mat. Med., p. 62., Sims Bot. Mag., I7iH). ; D. Tournefortij 



Michx. Fl. Bor. Amor., I. p 107. ; D. humilis Pers. Ench., 1. p. 214., and Lodd. Cat., ed. 18361; 



D. liltea Pnrsh Fl. Anur. Sept., 1. p. 162. ; D. trifida Manch A/c/A.,492. ; D. arcadit'nsis Du Ham 



Arb., 1. t. 87. 

 Engravings. Bot Mag., t. 1796. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. t. 87. ; Schmidt Baum.t. 116. jandour/gi. 794, 79.';. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, serrated, and, as 

 well as the petioles, glabrous. Flowers yellow. Fruit a dry brown capsule. 



There are a number of varieties of this 

 I)lant, differing in respect to the size of 

 the flowers and of the leaves. Root 

 creeping, throwing up suckers. {j}c,v\ 

 Mill., iii. p. +4+.) A native of Carolina, 

 New England, and Newfoundland, on 

 rocks and the highest muontains ; where 



it forms a shrub growing to the height of 3 ft. or +ft. It was introduced 

 in 1739, and flowers in June and July. In British gardens, it is of the 

 easiest culture in almost any soil; and it multiplies abundantly by suckers. 



App. i. Species of DierviUa. not yet introduced. 



D.japdnica Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Welgeln jap6nica Thunb. ; is a native of Japan, with ovate 

 acuminated leaves, and the corolla purple. 



D. curae'nsis Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Welgeln coraensis Thunb. ; Weigfelia corastnsi* Pers. ; is a 

 native of Japan, closely allied to the preceding sort. 



Genus IV. 



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LONrCER.4 Desf. The Lomcera, or Honeysuckle. Lin. Si/st. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Desf. Fl. Atl., 1. p. 183. ; Lam. 111., t. 150. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill., 3 



p. 444. 

 Synonymcs. Ix>nicern sp. Lin., and many authors ; Caprifblium and Xylostcum, Juss. Gen., p. 212. 



