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CAPRIFOLIACEjE. IV. DIERVILLA. V. LONICERA. 



4 T. HiRSt/TUM (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 180.) plant suffruticose, 

 hairy ; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, entire, acuminated ; 

 flowers axillary, sessile, much shorter than their numerous lan- 

 ceolate bracteas ; berries 5 -seeded. H..H. Native ofChitta- 

 gong, where it flowers during the hot season. 



Hairy Fever-wort. PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



Cult. These species of Triosteum will grow in almost any 

 kind of soil, although they prefer a peat or vegetable mould ; 

 and they are easily increased by dividing at the root, or by seed, 

 which generally ripen in abundance. 



IV. DIERVI'LLA (named by Tournefort in compliment to 

 M. Dierville, a French surgeon, who was the first to introduce 

 D. Canadensis into Europe). Tourn. act. ac. par. 1706. t. 7. f. 1. 

 Lin. hort. cliff, p. 63. t. 7. Juss. gen. 211. D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 330. Lonicera species, Lin. gen. Weigela, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 

 6. Lam. ill. 105. and Weigelia, Pers. ench. 1. p. 176. ex R. Br. 

 in Wall. pi. asiat. 1. p. 15. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblong, 

 bibracteate at the base : limb 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 3-cleft, spreading twice the length of the calyx. Stamens 5, 

 somewhat exserted. Stigma capitate. Capsule oblong, acute, 

 1 -celled, not crowned by the limb of the calyx, as in most of 

 the other genera of the present order. Seeds numerous, mi- 

 nute. Erect shrubs. Leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated. 

 Peduncles axillary, bibracteate, usually dichotomous, 2-3 or 4- 

 flowered. 



1 D. CANADE'NSIS (Willd. enum. 1. p. 222.) leaves on short 

 petioles, ovate, acuminated, serrated, and are, as well as the 

 petioles, glabrous, tj . H. Native of Carolina, New England, 

 Newfoundland, on rocks and the highest mountains ; through- 

 out Canada to the Saskatchawan ; and from Hudson's Bay to 

 the Rocky Mountains. Lonicera Diervilla, Lin. mat. med. p. 

 62. Sims, bot. mag. 1796. D. Tournefortii, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 107. D. humilis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 214. D. lutea, 

 Pursli, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 102. D. trifida, Moench, meth. 492. 

 D. Arcadiensis, Duham. arb. 1. t. 87. Smidth, arb. t. 116. 

 Flowers yellow. Fruit a brown dry capsule. There are a num- 

 ber of varieties of this plant in respect to size of flowers, and 

 leaves. Root creeping, throwing up suckers. 



Canadian Diervilla. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. Shrub 3 

 to 4 feet. 



2 D. JAPO'NICA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 330.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, ovate, acuminated, having the veins and petioles hairy 

 above. I? . H. Native of Japan, near Jedo ; and of Faconia. 

 Weigela Japonica, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 90. t. 16. and in Lin. trans. 

 2. p. 331. nov. gen. 1. p. 5. act. holm. 1780. p. 137. t. 5. 

 Sima Utsugi, Kosmpf. amoan. 5. p. 855. Corolla purple. 



Japan Diervilla. Shrub. 



3 D. COR^EE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 330.) leaves petiolate, 

 obovate, serrated, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles stem-clasping, 

 ciliated. Jj . H. Native of Japan. Weigela Corseensis, Thunb. 

 in Lin. trans. 2. p. 331. Weigela Coraeensis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 176. Sorei Utsugi, Koempf. icon. sel. ed. Banks, t. 45. 

 Flowers large, campanulate. Perhaps a congener of the pre- 

 ceding. 



Corcea Diervilla. Shrub. 



Cult. The species of Diervilla are well fitted for the front 

 of shrubberies ; and they are easily increased by cuttings put 

 into the ground in autumn and spring ; or by suckers, which rise 

 from the roots in plenty. 



V. LONICE'RA (named after Adam Lonicer, a German who 

 was born in 1528, and died in 1586. There was another Loni- 

 cer, John, who wrote comments on Dioscorides). Desf. fl. atl. 

 1. p. 183. Lam. ill. t. 150. D. C. prod. 4. p. 330. Lonicera 



species, Lin. and many other authors. Caprifolium and Xylos- 

 teum, Juss. gen. p. 212. Xylosteum, Caprifolium, Chamae- 

 cerasus, and Periclymenum, Tourn. inst. t. 378 and 379. 

 Caprifolium and Lonicera, Roem. et Schultes, syst. Lonicera 

 and Xylosteum, Torrey, fl. un. st. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx 5-toothed 

 (f. 78. a.). Corolla tubular (f. 78. b. f. 79. b.}, campanulate, 

 or funnel-shaped : with a 5-cleft, usually irregular limb (f. 78. 

 b. f. 79. 6.). Stamens 5. Style filiform ; stigma capitate (f. 

 78. c.). Berry 3-celled ; cells few-seeded. Seeds crustaceous. 

 Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, sometimes con- 

 nate, entire, but sometimes somewhat runcinate (f. 79. e.) in the 

 same species. Flowers axillary, variously disposed. 



SECT. I. CAPRIFOLIUM (caper, a goat, and folium a leaf; 

 in reference to the climbing habit of the species). D. C. fl. fr. 

 4. p. 270. D. C. prod. 4. p. 331. Caprifolium, Juss. gen. 

 212. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 19. Lonicera, Torr. fl. 

 un. st. 1. p. 242. but not of Schultes. Berries solitary, while 

 young 3-celled, but when mature usually 1 -celled, crowned by 

 the tube of the calyx, which is permanent. Flowers disposed in 

 capitate whorls. Climbing shrubs. 



* Flowers ringenl. Caprifolium, Tourn. inst. p. 608. 



1 L. CAPRIFO V LIUM (Lin. spec. p. 246.) branches twining ; 

 leaves deciduous, obovate, acutish, glaucous : uppermost ones 

 broader and connate ; flowers ringent, terminal, disposed in capi- 

 tate whorls, fj . / "\ H. Native of middle and south Eurupe, 

 even to the Terek, in woods, hedges, and thickets. In England 

 in like situations ; in a wood near Elsfield, Oxfordshire, plentiful ; 

 in Chalkpit Close, Hinton, Cambridgeshire, certainly wild ; also 

 in another coppice in the same parish. In several woods in the 

 south of Scotland. Smith, engl. bot. t. 799. Jacq. austr. t. 

 357. Engl. gard. cat. 14. t. 5. Dodon. pempt. 411. with a 

 figure. Math, valgr. vol. 2. p. 321. with a figure. Cam. epit. 

 713. with a figure. Rivin. irr. t. 123. Periclymenum perfo- 

 liatum, Ger. emac. p. 891. with a figure. Stem twining from 

 left to right. Buds acute, glaucous. The lower leaves are dis- 

 tinct and somewhat stalked ; 2 or 3 of the upper pairs united : 

 the uppermost of all forming a concave cup. Flowers in one 

 or more axillary whorls : the uppermost whorl terminal : with 

 a central bud, 6 in each whorl, highly fragrant, 2 inches long, 

 yellowish, with a bluish-coloured tube. Berries elliptical, of a 

 tawny orange colour, each crowned by an almost entire calyx. 



Goat's-leafor Pale-perfoliate Honeysuckle. Fl. May, June. 

 Britain. Shrub tw. 



2 L. ETRU'SCA (Santi, viagg. 1. p. 113. t. 1.) branches twin- 

 ing ; leaves deciduous, obovate, obtuse, pubescent : lower ones 

 on short petioles : upper ones connately perfoliate, acute, gla- 

 brous ; flowers disposed in verticillate heads : with usually 

 about 3 heads on the top of each branch. Jj. / ~ > . H. Native 

 of the south of France, Sicily, Vallais, Carniola, Dalmatia, on 

 hills. Savi, fl. pis. 8. p. 236. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 500. L. 

 Etrusca, Host, fl. aust. 1. p. 298. Caprifolium Etruscum, 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 261. L. Periclymenum, Gouan, 

 hort. p. 101. Caprifolium Italicum perfoliatum prae'cox, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 608. Flowers glabrous, sweet-scented, purplish 

 on the outside, and yellow inside. 



Etruscan Honeysuckle. Fl, May, June. Clt. ? Shrub tw. 



3 L. IMPLE'XA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 231.) quite glabrous ; 

 branches twining ; leaves permanent, evergreen, glaucescent i^ 

 lower ones oblong, distinct : middle ones perfoliate : uppermost 

 ones connate, forming a hollow roundish cup ; flowers dis- 

 posed in capitate whorls, ringent. Tj . / ~ > . H. Native of the 

 Balearic Islands and Sicily. Sims, bot. mag. t. 640. Viv. fl. cors. 

 p. 4. exclusive of the Guss. syn. Camb. bal. p. 84. et Guss. 



