LONICERA LOROPETALUM 59 



L. TRICHOSANTHA, Bureau and Franc/iet. 



(L. ovalis, JBatali>/.~) 



A deciduous bush, of vigorous growth and rounded, dense, leafy habit, 

 probably 8 ft. or more high, the whole plant with a pale greyish aspect ; 

 young shoots at first downy, becoming smooth later in the season. Leaves 

 oval, often inclined to obovate, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the 

 base and short pointed or rounded at the apex, I to 2 ins. long, ^ to ij 

 ins. wide ; dull grey-green above, paler beneath, both sides at first" downy 

 becoming almost smooth, especially above ; stalk ^ to j in. long. Flowers 

 pale yellow, fading to a deeper shade ; corolla | to f in. long, hairy outside. 

 Calyx bell-shaped, but split into two parts. Berries red. 



Native of Szechuen, China ; discovered by the Russian traveller Potanin. 

 Introduced in quantity by Wilson about 1908. A robust species of the 

 same class as deflexicalyx and quinquelocularis. 



L. XYLOSTEUM, Linnceus. FLY HONEYSUCKLE. 



A deciduous shrub up to 10 ft. high, more in diameter, very bushy ; 

 young shoots downy. Leaves oval or obovate, rounded or broadly tapered 

 at the base ; mostly with a short abrupt apex, i j to 2^ ins. long, half or 

 more than half as wide ; downy on both surfaces ; stalk" ^ in. long, downy. 

 Flowers not scented, yellowish white, tinged sometimes with red, produced 

 in pairs on downy stalks up to in. long. Corolla very downy, conspicuously 

 two-lipped, f in. across, the tube short and bellied. Fruits red, often showy 

 in August. 



Native of Europe and W. Siberia, found wild in parts of S.E. England, 

 where it may be a true native. 



Var. LUTEA. Fruits yellow. There are numerous other varieties varying 

 in the degree of pubescence on the plant, etc., which need not be adverted 

 to further. 



L. YUNNANENSIS, Franchet. 



A low creeper, with slender, smooth stems. Leaves oblong or narrowly 

 obovate, i^ to 3 ins. long, about one-third as wide ; smooth above, glaucous 

 and smooth or slightly downy beneath, very shortly stalked. The upper 

 pair or pairs of leaves are united into a round or oblong disk, in the axils of 

 which the stalkless flowers are borne. Corolla yellow, f to I in. long, 

 smooth outside, hairy within. 



Native of Yunnan ; discovered by Delavay. It is allied to the American 

 L. dioica. 



Var. TENUIS, Rehder.&. smaller-leaved form found by Henry at Mengtze 

 in Yunnan, inhabiting rocky mountains up to 6000 to 7000 ft. Corolla f in. 

 long, white changing to yellow. It has been introduced by Wilson to the 

 Coombe Wood nursery. 



LOROPETALUM CHINENSE, Oliver. HAMAMELIDACE^. 



(Gardeners' Chronicle, 1883, i., fig. 23.) 



An evergreen shrub of bushy, very twiggy habit, 5 or 6 ft. high; 

 branchlets crooked, wiry, covered thickly with brownish stellate down. 

 Leaves ovate or oval, i to 2\ ins. long, f to i^ ins. wide; markedly 

 unequal at the base, pointed at the apex ; rough and with scattered^ hairs 



