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perfoliatum (Pale perfoliate Honeysuckle), which is 

 distinguished by having the uppermost pair of leaves 

 connate, or united by their bases ; and L. Xylosteum 

 (Upright Fly Honeysuckle), an erect shrub, with downy 

 leaves^ and pale-yellow, scentless flowers, which grow in 

 pairs. 



LINN^fiA BOREALIS 



4. LlNN^lA. 



L. Boredlis (Linnsea). The only species. Deservedly 

 regarded with peculiar interest as being the "little 

 northern plant, long overlooked, depressed, abject, 

 flowering early/ 7 which Linnaeus himself selected as 



