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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



I' ART II J. 



-2 7. L. PARviFLo^RA LcDH. The small-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 1. p. 728. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 3.32. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



Synonymcs. Caprifblium parviflorum /"HrxA Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 161. ; Lonfcern dioica Lin. St/st. 

 Vcg., ed. 13. p. 181. ; L. media Murr. Nov. Comni. Gott., 1776, p. 28. t. a ; Capriftlium bractcbsum 

 Alichx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 105. ; Capriftilium dioicum Rccm. et Schult. Syst., 5. p. 26(). ; Caprifd- 

 lium glaiicuiii Miench ; glaucous Honeysuckle ; ChfevrefeuiUedioique, Fr. ; Meergriines Geissblatt, 

 Ger. ; Middelboore Kamperfoelie, Dutch. 



Engravings. Murr. Nov. Comm. Gott., 1776, p. 28. t. 3. ; and out figs. 803, 804. 



Spec. Char., 8(c. Quite glabrous. Branches 

 twining. Leaves elliptic, sessile; lower 

 ones somewhat connate ; upper ones con- 

 nately perfoliate, very glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers disposed in verticillate heads. Co- 

 rollas glabrous.with 

 tubes gibbous at the JKm^ ^ 



the base on one 

 side. Filaments ra- 

 ther hairy. Flowers 

 yellow, and smaller 

 than in any of the 

 foregoing species, 

 but varying exceed- 

 ingly in their co- 

 lour; for there is a 



variety mentioned by Miciiaux in which they are purple. {Don\s Mill., iii. 

 p. 445.) A twining shrub, native of North America, from New England to 

 Carolina, in rocky shady situations ; frequent in Canada, as far north as tiie 

 Saskatchawan ; and from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains. It was 

 introduced in 177G, and flowers in June and July. 



-i 8. L. (p.) Dougla's// Dec. Douglas's Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Doc. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



Synonyme. Caprifulium Douglclsi't Lindl. Hort. Trans., 7. p. 244. 



Spec. C/iar.,S(C. Branches twining. Leaves oval, acute at both ends, petiolate, glabrous, ciliated, 

 tomentose on the outside ; upper ones connate. Flowers disposed in capitate whorls. Stigma cx- 

 serted. Stamens enclosed. Corollas pubescent, bilal)iate, deep orange red. Leaves 4 in. to 6 in. 

 long, deep green. (Dcm's Mill., iii. p. 446.) Hooker, in his Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282., considers tlii.s 

 nothing but a variety of L. parviflfira. It is a twining shrub, a native of the western coast of North 

 America, on the banks of the Saskatchawan. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in July and Sep- 

 tember. We have never seen the plant. 



i- 9. L. graVa Ait. The pleasant, or evergreen. Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 4«i. 

 Symmymes. Caprif61ium gritum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 161. ; Brem.et Schult. Syst.. 5. p. 262. ; 



L. virginiana Marsh Arb., 136. ; ? Pericl^menum ame^ic^num Mill. Diet., No. 7. 

 Engravings. Hort. Angl., p. 15. No. 10. t. 8. andour fig. 805. 



Sj)cc. Char., ^-c. Branches twining. Leaves permanent, 

 obovate, rather mucronate, glaucous beneath, and reticu- 

 lately veined, glabrous; upper ones connately perfoliate. 

 Spikes composed of approximate whorls of flowers. Co- 

 rollas ringent. Branches reddish brown. Flowers in- 

 clining to scarlet on the outside, according to Pursh. 

 Corolla ringent, reddish on the outside, and yellow 

 inside. Berries red. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 446.) A twining 

 shrub, a native of North America, from Carolina to New 

 York, on the mountains, rambling among rocks, in sliady 

 moist situations, but rare. Introduced in 1730, and 

 flowering from June or July to September, and some- 

 times till the commencement of frost. The plant is of 

 vigorous growth, with woody stems, and will live longer 

 than most of the other species. A plant agauist our 

 veranda at Bays water has stood since 1825, and is now in 

 full vigour; having outlived L. C'aprifoliuin, L. flavum, 

 L. pubescens, L. semper vircns, some varieties of L. g„^ 



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