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CAPRIFOLIACE^E. V. LONICERA. 



Native of the western coast of North America, on the banks of 

 the Saskatchawan. Caprifolium Douglasii, Lindl. hort. trans. 

 7. p. 244. Corollas pubescent, bilabiate, deep orange red. 

 Leaves 4-6 inches long, deep green. Hooker in his fl. amer. 

 bor. 1. p. 282. considers this nothing but a variety of L. par- 

 vifldra. 



Douglas's Honeysuckle. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1824. Sh. tw. 



10 L.? MICROPHY'LLA (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 283.) 

 branches twining ; leaves small, on short petioles, cordate, ob- 

 tuse, stiff, hispid from pili as well as the branches, pale and 

 glaucous beneath. Fj . ^. H. Native of north-west America, 

 on the subalpine range of Mount Hood, in rocky, partially 

 shady places, abundant ; sparingly at the Grand Rapids, and on 

 steep rocks near Oak Point, on the Columbia. The specimens 

 examined have no flowers, but judging from the habit of the 

 plant it may perhaps safely be referred to this genus, and to 

 the present division of it. The leaves are hardly 6 lines long, 

 uniform, exactly cordate, very villous as well as the stems with 

 brown hairs. 



Small-leaved Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



11 L. GRA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 231.) branches twining; 

 leaves permanent, obovate, rather mucronate, glaucous beneath 

 and reticulately veined, glabrous : upper ones connately perfo- 

 liate ; spikes composed of approximate whorles of flowers ; 

 corollas ringent. Fj . / '\ H. Native of North America, from 

 Carolina to New York, on the mountains, rambling among 

 rocks in shady moist situations, but rare. Hort. angl. p. 15. 

 no. 10. t. 8. Caprifolium gratum, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 

 161. Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 262. L. Virginiana, 

 Marsh, arb. 136. ? Periclymenum Americanum, Mill. diet. no. 

 7. Branches reddish brown. Flowers inclining to scarlet on 

 the outside, according to Pursh. Corolla ringent, reddish on 

 the outside, and yellow inside. Berries red. 



Pleasant Honeysuckle. Fl.Ju. Sept. Clt. 1730. Sh. tw. 



* Limb of corolla nearly equal. Periclymenum, Town. 



12 L. SEMPERVIRENS (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 230.) quite gla- 

 brous ; leaves permanent, evergreen, obovate or ovate, glaucous 

 beneath, glabrous : upper ones connately perfoliate ; spikes 

 nearly naked, composed of whorls of flowers ; tube of corolla 

 ventricose on the upper side ; limb nearly regular, with 5 

 roundish lobes. ^ ' """ H. Native of North America, from 

 New York to Carolina, in stony dry woods. Hort. angl. t. 7. 

 Knor, del. 1. t. 53. Caprifolium sempervirens, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 105. Periclymenum sempervirens, Mill. diet. no. 

 1. Alaternus sempervirens, Roehl. ex Steud. Periclymenum 

 Virginiacum, Riv. mon. 116. Branches brown. Leaves deep 

 green above, 2 inches long and an inch broad. Whorls of 

 flowers usually 3, at the top of each branch. Flowers of a 

 beautiful scarlet outside and yellow inside, about 1 inch long> 

 inodorous. There are several varieties of this species, particu- 

 larly one with an almost upright stem. 



Var. a, major (Ait. 1. c.) leaves roundish, fj. ^ H. Curt, 

 bot. mag. 781. Schmidt, arb. t. 104. Great Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle. 



Var. ft, minor (Ait. 1. c.) leaves oblong, acute at both ends : 

 upper ones obtuse, perfoliate. fj . *~*. H. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1753. Ker. bot. reg. t. 556. L. connata, Meerb. icon. t. 11.? 

 Small Trumpet Honeysuckle. According to the figure in bot. 

 mag. the flowers are scarlet both outside and inside. 



Evergreen or Trumpet Honeysuckle. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1656. Shrub tw. 



13 L. CILIOSA (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 612.) plant twining; upper 

 part of the branches hairy on one side ; leaves coriaceous, reti- 

 culated, ovate, on short petioles, glaucous beneath, and ciliated 

 on the margins : upper ones connately perfoliate : spikes composed 



of approximate verticillate heads of nearly sessile flowers ; tube 

 of corolla hairy, ventricose in the middle : limb nearly equal. 

 Ij . ^\ H. Native of North America, on the banks of the 

 Kooskoosky. Caprifolium cilidsum, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. 

 p. 160. L. ciliata, Dietr. lex. suppl. 4. p. 263. Flowers deep 

 yellow. Peduncles beset with glandular hairs. 



Ciliated-\eaved Honeysuckle. Fl.Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh. tw. 



14 L. OCCIDENTALS (Hook, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 282.) twin- 

 ing ; leaves oval, almost sessile, glabrous, ciliated, glaucous 

 beneath : upper ones connately perfoliate ; flowers disposed in 

 verticillate heads ; corolla glabrous, with an elongated tube, 

 which is gibbous above the base : the limb nearly equal ; sta- 

 mens almost inclosed. Tj . r> . H. Native about Fort Van- 

 couver, on the Columbia. Caprifolium occidentale, Lindl. bot. 

 reg. t. 1457. Caprifolium ciliosum, Dougl. mss. The flowers 

 are longer than any other British North American species, and 

 of a full orange red. Branches and peduncles glabrous. 



Western Honeysuckle. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. Shrub tw. 



15 L. PILOSA (Willd. mss. ex Kunth, D. C. prod. 4. p. 333.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, ending in an acute, cuspidate point, ciliated, 

 pilose on the nerves beneath : upper ones connately perfoliate ; 

 flowers disposed in a verticillate terminal head ; heads sessile : 

 tube of corolla long : limb nearly equal. Tj . "^. H. Native of 

 New Spain, in frigid places. Caprifolium pilosum, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 427. t. 298. Flowers purple. 



Pilose Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



SECT. II. XYLOSTEUM (ZvXov, xylon, wood, and oareov, osteon, 

 a bone ; the wood of L. xylosteum is as hard as bone). D. C. 

 fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 271.- D. C. prod'. 4. p. 333. Xylosteon, 

 Juss. gen. 212. Lonicera, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 19. 

 Xylosteon and Chameecerasus, Tourn. inst. p. 609. Xylos- 

 teum and Isika, Adans, fam. 2. p. 501. Cobse'a, Neck. elem. 

 no. 219. Pedicels axillary, 2-flowered, bibracteate at the apex. 

 Berries twin, distinct, or joined together more or less, 3-celled 

 in the young state, rarely 2-celled in the adult state ; the limb 

 of the calyx is generally deciduous, therefore the fruit is usually 

 not crowned.- Climbing or erect shrubs. Leaves never connate. 



1. Nintooa (Nin-tooo* Sin-too is the name of L. Japonica 

 in China). D. C. prod. 4. p. 333. Ovaria and berries altogether 

 distinct. Stems scandent. Flowers irregular. 



16 L. MACRA'NTHA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 333.) branches twining, 

 hispid ; leaves ovate or oblong, rather cordate at the base, and 

 acuminated at the apex, of an ash-grey colour and villous beneath, 

 glabrous above, except along the nerves ; peduncles axillary 

 and terminal, 2-flowered, longer than the petioles, the whole 

 forming an ample leafy raceme ; calycine segments subulate, 

 hispid ; corolla very long. Tj . r >. H. Native of Nipaul, at 

 Suembu, and of Silhet. Caprifolium macranthum, D. Don, 

 fl. nep. p. 140. Xylosteon scandens, Ham. mss. Lon. Japo- 

 nica, Wall, in litt. and in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 174. Leaves 3-5 

 inches long, shining above, and villous along the nerves and 

 margins: beautifully reticulated, glaucous, villous, and hairy 

 beneath. The flowers are at first snow-white and gradually 

 changing into a beautiful yellow, acquiring thereby a peculiarly 

 varied appearance. Berries nearly globular, smooth, deep 

 purple, covered slightly with a pale bloom, crowned by the 

 permanent villous calyx, 3-celled ; cells 4-seeded. In Nipawl 

 this species embellishes most of the forests, both in the valley 

 and on the surrounding hills. 



Large-Jlorvered Honeysuckle. Fl. April, June. Shrub tw. 



17 L. CONFU'SA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 333.) branches twining, 

 pubescent ; leaves ovate, acute, rounded at the base, downy on 

 both surfaces as well as on the peduncles ; peduncles axillary, 

 longer than the petioles, 2-flowered, opposite, disposed in some- 



