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ARBORETUM AND IRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



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high, native of North-west America, between lat. 54° and 6i° (but pro- 

 bably confined to the vicinity of the Saskatchawan) ; thence to the Rocky 

 Mountains. It was introduced in 1B24-, and flowers in May. 



a. Hardy Species of Luiiicera belonging to the Division Cuphdntha' of the 

 Section Xylosteum, which are not yet introduced. 



L. gibhdsa Willd., Xyl6steuai mcxic^num //. B. ct Kunlh, is a native of Mexico, in woods, with 

 the corolla scarlet. 



L. A/ocJHiina Dec, L. gibbftsa Moc. ct Scsse, is a native of Mexico, very nearly allied to the 

 preceding species, but differs in the corolla being yellowish, and, when decaying, of a blood colour, 

 permanent, and jagged, with the bracteas spreading. The berries are globose, and of a dark purple. 



L. LedchourW Eschsch., Don's MiU., 3. p 44a A native of California, so nearly allied to L. involu. 

 crata, as hardly to be distinguishable from it. 



D. Berries two on each Peduncle, joined together in one, which is bi-umbilicate 

 at the Apex. Erect branching Shrubs. — Isika: Adans. 



Derivation. A name, the origin of which is unknown, employed by Adanson to designate this 

 division of the genus. 



« 2-I-. L. .\lpi'gen.\ //. The alpine Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 248. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. -^X. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 449. 



Synonijmcs. Caprifblium alplnum Lam. Ft. Fr.\ CapriRilium alpigenum Gcvrln. Fruct., 1. p. lofi. ; 



Isika alpigcna Biirck. ; Isica liicida Mccnch ; Xylosteum alpigenum Ludd. Cat. ; Chama;ci.'rasu3 



alpigena Detarb. ; Cherry Woodbine: Heckenkirsche, Gcr. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Aust., t 274. ; N. Du Ham., 1. 1. 16. ; Mill. 



Icon., t. 167. f 2. ; Lob. Icon., t. 173. ; and onr figs. 820, 821. 



Spec. Char.y Sfc. Erect. Leaves oval-lanceolate, or 

 elliptic ; acute, glabrous, or pubescent, on very 

 short petioles, rather ciliated. Peduncles 2-flow- 

 ered, shorter than the leaves. Corolla gibbous 

 at the base, and greenish yellow tinged with red 

 or purple. Berries red, and of the size and ap- 

 pearance of those of a cherry ; whence it is called 

 cherry woodbine by Johnson. Leaves large. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. +49.) A shrub, from 3 ft. 

 to 5 ft. high, a native of the middle and south of 

 Europe, in subalpine places and mountains. Intro- 

 duced in 1596, and flowering in April and May. 

 One of the oldest and hardiest of our shrubs, and 

 of the easiest propagation and culture. 



Variety. 



s* L. fl. 2 sibirica Dec. Prod., iv. p. 336. ; L. 

 sibirica Vest in Roem. et Schult. Syst., 5. 

 p. 259. — Lower leaves rather cordate. 

 Peduncles thickened a little under the 

 flowers. A native of Siberia ; and, like 

 most other varieties of trees and shrubs, 

 natives of the west of Europe, indigenous 

 to Siberia, coming into leaf and flower, a 

 week, or more, earlier than the species. 



