LONICEilA 



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L. HENRY i, Hems Icy. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8375.) 



An evergreen climber, with slender, very downy young shoots. Leaves 

 oblong, with a lance-shaped apex and a rounded or heart-shaped base ; 

 1 1 to 4 ins. long, f to ii ins. wide ; dark green above, paler and rather 

 glossy beneath ; downy only on the midrib and margins ; stalk \ to \ 

 in. long. Flowers purplish red, produced during June at the end of the 

 shoot in a cluster 2 or 3 ins. across ; each stalk is twin-flowered. Corolla 

 two-lipped, | in. across, the lips much reflexed, the tube about \ in. long, 

 hairy within, smooth out- 

 side ; stamens slightly downy ; 

 style hairy, protruded ^ in. 

 beyond the corolla ; bracts 

 awl-shaped, about j in. long. 

 Fruit blackish purple. 



Native of China and 

 Thibet ; introduced by Wil- 

 son in i oo8,and first flowered 

 at Nuneham in 1910. It is 

 a free -growing climber of 

 the same character as L. 

 japonica, which is, however, 

 very distinct in the big leaf- 

 like bracts. Botanically, it 

 is more closely allied to 

 alseuosmoides and Giraldii. 



L. HIRSUTA, Eaton. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 3103 ; 



L. Douglasii, De Candolle ; 



L. pubescens, Sweet.~) 



A deciduous twiner, with 

 glandular - downy, slender 

 young shoots. Leaves oval, 

 2 to 3! ins. long, i^ to 2 ins. 

 wide; dark dull green above, 

 grey beneath, downy on both 

 sides especially beneath, 

 ciliate ; uppermost one or 

 two pairs connate, pointed ; 

 lower ones stalked. Flowers 

 orange-yellow, about I in. 



long, produced in several whorls on short-stalked spikes at the end of the 

 shoot, and sometimes from the axils of the connate leaves beneath. Corolla 

 two-lipped, the tube slender but slightly swollen towards the base ; covered 

 outside with sticky glandular down ; hairy within. 



Native of N.E. America; introduced in 1822. It is now uncommon, and 

 L. glaucescens is often made to do duty for it in nurseries and gardens, 

 but that species is not glandular on the branchlets or corolla, and its leaves 

 are not downy above. 



L. HISPIDA, Pallas. 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, with bristly young shoots. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, rounded or broadly tapered at the base, often blunt at the 



LONICERA CH^ETOCARPA. 



