50 LONICERA 



L. MICROPHYLLA, Willdenow. 



A deciduous shrub, of stiff, sturdy habit, up to 3 ft. high ; branchlets short, 

 smooth. Leaves oval or obovate, to I in. long, \ to | in. wide ; dull grey 

 green above ; glaucous, finely downy, and with well-defined nerves beneath ; 

 stalk Y 1 ^ in. long. Flowers pale yellow, produced in pairs from the leaf-axils, 

 on stalks |- in. long. Corolla two-lipped, scarcely \ in. long, the tube about as 

 long as the lips. Berries bright red, united. 



Native of the arid parts of the north-west Himalaya, Thibet, Siberia, etc. ; 

 introduced in 1818. It is a suitable plant for the rock garden, where, however, 

 its chief attraction would be its low, neat habit and grey aspect, for it bears 

 flowers and fruits very sparingly in our climate. 



L. MORROWI, A. Gray. 



A vigorous, deciduous shrub, 8 ft. or more high, of loose, spreading habit ; 

 young shoots grey with down. Leaves oval or ovate, i to 2^ ins. long, 

 half as wide ; rounded or tapering at the base, rounded or with a short 

 slender point at the apex ; downy and dull green above, greyish and woolly 

 beneath ; stalk \ in. long. Flowers creamy white changing to yellow with 

 age, produced in pairs from the middle or upper leaf-axils of short branchlets, 

 in May and June. Corolla downy, two-lipped, with a slender tube j in. 

 long, the deep spoon-shaped lobes \ in. long, spreading ; style hairy ; 

 flower-stalk up to f- in. long. Bracts hairy on the margins ; fruit red. 



Native of Japan ; allied to L. Xylosteum, from which it differs in having 

 a smooth, not glandular, ovary. It is useful for furnishing semi-wild parts 

 of the grounds. 



L. BELLA, Zabel^ -is a hybrid between this species and L. tatarica. Its 

 leaves are frequently rounded or slightly heart-shaped as in tatarica. 



L. MYRTILLUS, Hooker fiL 



A deciduous shrub, of dense, compact, rounded habit, 3 or 4 ft. high ; 

 shoots downy when quite young. Leaves oval or ovate, \ to \ in. long, 

 about \ in. wide ; dark green above, rather glaucous beneath, smooth on 

 both surfaces, margins decurved. Flowers pinkish white, fragrant, borne in very 

 shortly stalked pairs ; corolla between tubular and bell-shaped, \ in. long, 

 smooth outside, hairy at the mouth inside ; lobes equal, spreading ; style 

 much shorter than the tube, smooth ; bracts linear, \ to 3- in. long. Fruit 

 orange-red. 



Native of the Himalaya and Afghanistan. It forms a neat, pleasing 

 bush, but our climate is too dull for it to flower sufficiently freely to produce 

 any effect. It is one of the bush honeysuckles which are distinguished 

 by a very short style and a tubular, regularly lobed corolla, hairy at 

 the mouth inside. From the others of this group here mentioned it is 

 distinguished by its /stiff branches and small leaves, and from all except 

 angustifolia by the two-celled ovary. Blossoms in May. 



VAR. DEPRESS A, Rehder (L. depressa, Royle). Differs only from the 

 above by the flower-stalks being twice as long, and the broader, oval bracts. 



L. NIGRA, Linnceus. 



A deciduous shrub, of stiff, rounded habit, 3 to 5 ft. high, with mostly 

 oval leaves, i to 2 ins. long, downy along the midrib beneath, sometimes 

 over the entire surface when quite young. Flowers produced in axillary 

 pairs, each pair on a smooth or slightly downy, slender stalk f to over 



