CHAP. LXIII. 



CAPRI FOLIA^CEiE. LONl'CER-r^. 



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a 25. L. (a.) microphy'i-la Willd. The smail-leaved Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 336. ; Willd. Rel. in Roem. et Schult. Syst., 5. p. 258. ; Don's Mill., 3 



p. 450. 

 Synonipne. L. alpigena Sicvcrs. 

 Engraving. Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., 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 -i-flowered, and shorter than the leaves. Corollas greenisii 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 -ift. high; a native of 

 Eastern Siberia, and introduced in 1818. Obviously a variety of the pre- 

 ceding species, 



* 26. L. OBLONGIFO^LIA Hook. The oblong-leaved Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284. t. 100. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 

 Synonyme. Xyl6steum oblongifolium Goldic in Edin. Phil. Journ., 6. p. 232. 

 Engravings. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., ]. 1. 100. ; and owr fig. 822. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. 



s 27. L. ceru'lea L. The h\ue-bcrried Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 349. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 



Synonymes. L. villbsa MUM. Cat., p. 22., Hook, ct Arn. in Beech. Voy. Ft. Bot., 1. p. 115. ; Xylos- 

 teon villftsum Wchx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. lOti., Richards, in Ftankl. First Journ., cd. 2., append, 

 p. 6. ; X. Solbnw Eaton Man. Bot., p. 518. ; L. velutina Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337. ; L. altuica Pall. Fl. 

 Ross., t. 37. ; Xylosteum caerCileum canadense Lam. Diet., 1. p. 731. ; X. canadense Du Ham. Arb., 

 2. p. 373. ; Caprifblium cjeruleum La7n. Fl. Fr., and Lodd. Cat., ed. 1&S6; Chama-cerasus ca-rOlea 

 Delarb. Fl. Au. ; L. pyrenilica Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 58. ; L. PallSisjV Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. III., 1. 131. 



Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Aust. Append., 5. t. 17. ; Sims Bot. Mag., 1. 1975. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t.37. ; 

 Led. Fl. Ross. Alt III., 1. 131. ; and our figs. 823, 824. 



Spec. Char., cfc. 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 



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 

 American and European plants of this species. (Doh'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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