CHAP. LXIII. 



CAPRIF0L1a'cE;E. LONrCERy/. 



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812 



L. 

 L. 



Ench 



— Flowers and 



{Bon's Mill., p. +48.) A shrub, a 

 native of Tartar}', and growing to 

 the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft." It 

 was introduced in 1752, and flowers 

 in April and May. 

 Varieties. 



a L. t.2 albiflora Dec. Prod.,iii. 

 p. 335. ; L. pyrenaica Willd. 

 Baumz., p. 181. — Flowers 

 and fruit white. 

 * Z,. ^ 3 rubrijlora Dec, 1. c. 

 grandiflorum Lodd. Cat. 

 siblrica Hortid. ex Pen 

 fruit red. 



^ L. L4- lutea Lodd. Cat. has yellowish flowers and yellow fruit. 

 ^ L. t. 5 latifdUa Lodd. Cat. has broad leaves. 



Cu/ture, c^-c. This is one of the most hardy of European shrubs, and one 

 of the few which grow in the open gardens of Petersburg and Stockholm, 

 without protection during winter. It flowers about Petersburg in June, and 

 about London in April, having begun to put out its leaves in .January. In 

 Siberia, Pallas informs us, the berries, though bitter, nauseous, and purgative, 

 are eaten by the common people. The wood, which, when deprived of its 

 bark, is beautifully veined, is used for walking-sticks ; and the plant beintr 

 frequented by the Meloe vesicatorius L. (Cantharis vesicatoria Geoff.'), that 

 insect is collected from it for the apothecaries. In British gardens, the plant 

 is very common, and it is valued for its early leafing and flowering. It will grow 

 in any soil, and almost in any situation. It is readily propagated by cuttings. 



a 17. L. (t.) ni'gra L. The hXack-fruited Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 247. ; Dec. Prod., i. p. 335. ; Don's MilL, 3. p. 449. 



Synonymes. Caprifijlium rftseum Lain. Ft. Fr., 3. p. 368. ; Chama?cerasus nigra Delarb. Fl iuv 



ed. 2. p. 130. ■ ■ '• 



Engravings. Jacq. Aust., t. 314. ; Schmidt. Baum., 1. 110. ; Gesn., fasc. 37. t. 8. f. 48. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Erect. Leaves oval-oblong, or elliptic, on short petioles, 

 rather villous when young, but nearly glabrous in the adult state. Pedun- 

 cles 2-flowercd, elongated, shorter than the leaves. Corolla reddish, and 

 pubescent on the outside, but whitish on the inside. Bracteas 4, under the 

 ovaries ; the two outer ones lanceolate, and 

 the inner quadrifid. Berries black, globose, 

 joined together at the side. {Don\s MUL, 

 iii. p. 449.) A shrub, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high ; 

 a native of middle Europe, in subalpine 

 woods, as in France, Switzerland, Au.stria, 

 Silesia, Piedmont, &c. It was introduced in 

 1597, and flowers from March to May. It is 

 of the easiest culture and propagation in any 

 common soil. The plant in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden was, in 1835, after being seven years planted, 5 ft.high. 

 Variety. 



* L. P (t.) n. 2 camjmmflora ; Xylosteum campaniflorum Lodd. Cab., 

 t. 1361, ; and onr figs. 813, 814. ; has the flowers bell-shaped. 



18. L. (t.) cilia'ta ATuhl. The ci\\ate<\-leaved Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Miihl. Cat , p. 22. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. mo. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 448. 

 Synonymes. Xylosteum cilifitum Piirsli Fl. Anier. Sept., 1. p. 161. ; L. tat&rica Michx. Fl. Amer., 1. 

 p. 16()., but not of Lin. ; L. canadensis Room, ct Schult. Syst., 5. p. 260. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Erect. Leaves ovate or oblong, cordate, thin, ciliated, 

 villous beneath in the young state. Peduncles elongated. Bracteas 2, 

 ovate, three times shorter than the ovaries, which are distinct. Corolla 



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