40 LONICERA 



in 1909. Closely allied to L. Henryi, which has hairy young shoots and 

 bigger leaves. 



L. ALTMANNII, Regel. 



A deciduous shrub 6 to 8 ft. high ; young shoots purplish, hairy. Leaves 

 ovate or oval, f to 2 ins. long, half to three-fourths as wide ; rounded or 

 tapered at the base, mostly pointed, ciliate, more or less hairy ; stalk \ in. or 

 less long. Flowers in pairs, each pair subtended by two hairy bracts \ in. 

 long ; corolla white, \ in. long, the slender tubular base rather longer than 

 the lobes, and with a protuberance near the base ; hairy outside ; flower-stalk 

 about j in. long. 



Native of Turkestan ; introduced from St Petersburg in 1899, but very rare. 

 It belongs to the same group as hispida, but has comparatively inconspicuous 

 bracts, and the corolla-tube differs in being longer than the lobes. Flowers in 

 April and May. 



L. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Wallich. 



A deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 ft. high, of rounded elegant habit, the outer 

 branches pendulous ; young shoots smooth. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, rounded 

 or tapering at the base, slender pointed, | to 2 ins. long, to | in. wide, bright 

 green and smooth above except at first, paler and slightly downy beneath, 

 especially on the midrib ; stalk T ^ in. or less, long, woolly. Flowers pinkish 

 white, produced in May and June in pairs from the lower leaf-axils of the 

 young branchlets, each pair on a slender drooping stalk \ to f in. long. 

 Corolla tubular, the tube \ in. long, the lobes equal, about one-third as long 

 as the tube. Style quite short and hidden. Berries red, edible ; each pair 

 united. 



Native of the Himalaya ; introduced by Sir Joseph Hooker about 1849. 

 If it flowered more freely it would be an attractive shrub, as it is perfectly 

 hardy and of elegant growth ; its flowers are fragrant. 



L. C^ERULEA, Linnceus. 



A deciduous sturdy bush of rounded habit, 2 to 4 ft. high ; branchlets stiff, 

 smooth, or hairy only when young. Leaves oval, obovate or oblong, rounded 

 at the apex, ^ to i^ ins. long, J to I in. wide ; more or less (sometimes very) 

 hairy beneath, especially on the midrib and veins ; stalk hairy, J in. or less 

 long. Flowers twin, produced from the leaf-axils, yellowish white. Corolla 

 ^ to | in. long, funnel-shaped, hairy outside, with a sac at the base of the 

 tube ; bracts awl-shaped, ciliate. Fruit blue. 



A widespread species inhabiting, in one or other of its numerous forms, 

 the higher altitudes and latitudes of the three northern continents. It has 

 little or no merit for gardens, but has some botanical interest. The single 

 oval berry which constitutes the fruit is not, as was long supposed, the wholly 

 united ovaries of each pair of flowers, but really a pair of free ovaries enclosed 

 by the cupula an upgrowth of the bractlets. 



A variable shrub, the leaves and branches in some forms much more hairy 

 or downy than in others, and the fruit sometimes roundish. They are all 

 distinguished by the curious character mentioned, where two flowers appear 

 to rise from one ovary. 



L. CAPRIFOLIUM, Linnaus. PERFOLIATE WOODBINE. 



A deciduous climber, up to 20 ft. high, not downy on any part except some- 

 times the outside of the corolla. Leaves obovate or oval, usually tapered at 

 the base, rounded at the apex ; 2 to 4 ins. long, about half as wide ; glaucous, 



