54 LONICERA 



by two rather sickle-shaped bracts J in. long, and borne on a stalk | to | in. 

 long. Corolla rosy tinted white, $ in. diameter ; the tube scarcely as much 

 long, swollen on one side at the base ; the lobes roundish ovate, spreading. 

 Berries red, globose, J in. diameter ; each pair united only at the base. 



Native of the eastern Pyrenees and the'Balearic Isles ; introduced, according 

 to Aiton, in 1739. A very pretty shrub, perhaps the most pleasing in flower of 

 all the dwarf bush honeysuckles. It blossoms profusely every year in the 

 rock garden at Kew, and is an admirable shrub for such a position 



L. QUINQUELOCULARIS, Hai^vick. 



A large deciduous shrub, 12 to 15 ft. high in cultivation, said to be 

 sometimes a small tree where wild ; young shoots purplish, very downy. 

 Leaves oval, sometimes inclined to obovate and orbicular, rounded or 

 tapered at the base, mostly short-pointed, but sometimes rounded at the 

 apex ; i to 2^ ins. long, to i ins. wide ; dull green and at first downy 

 above, greyish and more downy beneath. Flowers creamy white changing 

 to yellow ; arranged in pairs, produced on a stalk ^ in. long from the 

 leaf-axils in June. Corolla two-lipped, f in. across ; the upper lip round- 

 toothed ; tube j in. long, bellied ; stamens about as long as the upper 

 lip, downy at the base. Berries translucent white, round to oval. 



Native of the Himalaya and China : long cultivated at Kew. It is a 

 robust, and, when in flower, rather handsome shrub, flowering more freely 

 than the majority of bush honeysuckles do with us. It is very distinct 

 on account of its white transparent fruits, which distinguish it from 

 deflexicalyx, Maackii, Xylosteum, and other of its immediate allies. 



L. TRANSLUCENS, Carriere (Revue Horticole, 1872, p. 240). This is 

 very closely allied to and perhaps only a form of the above. The leaves 

 are longer pointed, more markedly ciliate, and the upper surface rougher 

 than in quinquelocularis : the corolla tube also is shorter and more 

 protuberant on one side. A sturdy bush, 10 ft. high, that flowers freely. 



L. RUPICOLA, Hooker fit. 



A very dense bush, forming a rounded mass of interlacing branches 

 6 to 8 ft. high ; branchlets smooth when young ; bark peeling off in thin 

 strips the second year. Leaves often in threes, oblong or ovate, rounded 

 or slightly heart-shaped at the base, blunt at the apex ; \ to I in. long, 

 about half as wide ; dull green and smooth above, pafer and downy 

 beneath, often becoming smooth ; stalk \ in. or less long. Flowers produced 

 in May and June in pairs from the shoots of the current year, often six 

 at one joint, fragrant ; corolla pale pink, \ in. across, the tube \ in. long, 

 downy on both sides ; lobes rounded-ovate, equal. Calyx-lobes narrow- 

 oblong, downy ; style and flower-stalk very short. 



Native of the Himalaya ; long cultivated at Kew. It is closely allied 

 to L. thibetica, but is distinguished by the dull green, blunt-ended leaves 

 not being white-felted beneath. These two species differ from all other 

 cultivated honeysuckles in their globose shape and impenetrable mass 

 of branches. It is striking, but does not blossom freely. 



L. SEMPERVIRENS, Linnceus. TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 781.) 



A vigorous, climbing shrub, evergreen in mild localities ; young shoots 

 smooth, glaucous. Leaves oval or somewhat obovate, \\ to 2f ins. long, 

 I to 2 ins. wide ; rich green and smooth above, bluish and slightly downy 



