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pairs, ovate, sometimes inclined to oblong ; f to i \ ins. long, \ to f in. wide : 

 rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base, bluntish or broad-pointed at the 

 apex ; dull green and sparsely downy above, grey-woolly beneath ; stalk 

 j^ in. long. Flowers produced towards the end of June, pendulous, in pairs 

 from the leaf-axils of the young shoots, white with a pinkish tinge. Corolla 

 about | in. long, downy ; calyx-lobes ovate, very short, pink-tipped ; style as 

 long as the corolla-tube. Berries blue-black. 



Native of Sikkim ; introduced by Sir Joseph Hooker in 1849. This species 

 has some affinity with and resemblance to L. rupicola, but is more erect ; 

 the leaves are in pairs, the style is longer, and the calyx-lobes shorter. 



LONICERA PERICL\MENOM var. BKLGICA. 



L. TRAGOPHYLLA, Hemsley. CHINESE WOODBINE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8064.) 



A deciduous climbing shrub, with smooth young shoots. Leaves oval, 

 tapering about equally to both ends ; 2 to 4| ins. long, | to 2 ins. wide ; 

 slightly glaucous above, glaucous and slightly downy beneath. The 

 uppermost pair of leaves are wholly united by their bases forming a diamond 

 shape ; the next pair lower down is less united, but still clasp the stem ; 

 still lower down come ^short-stalked leaves. Flowers bright yellow, produced 

 in a terminal head of ten to twenty. Corolla-tube 2^ to 3^ ins. long, 

 slenderly cylindrical, smooth outside, downy within ; across the two lips 

 the corolla measures I in. or more in width. Berries red. 



Native of the province of Hupeh, China ; discovered by Henry and 

 introduced for Messrs Veitch by Wilson in 1900. It flowered for the 

 first time at Cpombe Wood in July 1904. L. Caprifolium is closely related, 

 but differs in its whorled flowers and in the smooth interior of the corolla- 

 tube. L. tragophylla is the largest flowered and most showy of the true 

 honeysuckle (Periclymenum) group. It likes a deep moist loam, and Mr 

 Wilson recommends for it a semi-shaded position. 



