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LONICEKA 



L. DIOICA, Linnceus. 



(L. glauai, Hill.') 



A spreading or twining deciduous shrub ; young stems and leaves quite 

 smooth. Leaves oval or oblong, tapered at both ends, i| to 4 ins. long, i to 2 

 ins. wide ; green above, vividly glaucous beneath. Flowers yellow, tinged 

 with purple, produced during June and July in a terminal cluster, two or more 



LONICERA DEFLEXICALYX. 



pairs of leaves beneath it being united. Corolla f in. long, the tube about 

 equal to the lips in length, swollen at the base, smooth outside. Berries red. 



Native of Eastern N. America ; introduced in 1776. This honeysuckle 

 succeeds very well under cultivation in good loam ; if given the support of 

 a stout central stake, it will form a low, spreading, rather elegant bush, and 

 although without any great beauty of flower is striking for the very glaucous 

 under-surface of the leaf. 



Nearly allied to the above, and sometimes confused with it, is 

 L. GLAUCESCENS, Ry.dberg. This differs chiefly in having the leaves downy 

 beneath and the corolla downy outside ; as a rule only the uppermost pair of 

 leaves is united. The style and the base of the stamens are downy ; the 

 corolla-tube rather longer than the lips. 



