CAPRIFOLIACEjE. V. LONICERA. 



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FIG. 78. 



hing like a thyrse at the tops of the branches ; calycine seg- 

 ments ovate, and are as well as the corollas pubescent. fj . |0> . 

 H. Native of Japan and China. Nintoda confusa, Sweet, 

 hort. brit. ed. 2. Lonicera Japonica, Andr. bot. rep. t. 583. 

 Ker. bot. reg. t. 70. Delaun. herb. amat. t. 132. but not 

 of Thunb. Nin-too Sin-too, Kaempf. amoen. 5. p. 785. 

 The flowers are snow-white at first, but gradually change 

 to a golden yellow colour, hence it is called Sui-Kadsura and 

 Kinginqua, i. e. gold and silver flowers, by the Japanese. Co- 

 rolla about an inch long, bilabiate. 



Confused Honeysuckle. Fl. July. Clt. 1805. Shrub tw. 



18 L. LONGIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 333.) glabrous in every 

 part ; branches twining ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 shining above and pale beneath ; peduncles short, 2-flowered, 

 about the length of the petioles ; 



tube of corolla very long and 

 filiform : limb bilabiate. Tj . *"* 

 H. Native of China and Nipaul. 

 Caprifolium longiflorum, Sabine, 

 ex Lindl. bot. reg. 1232. Nin- 

 tooa longiflora, Sweet, hort. brit. 

 ed. 2. Caprifolium Japonicum, 

 D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 140. 

 Caprifolium Nepalense, G. Don, 

 in Loud. hort. brit. 79. Flowers 

 several inches long, at first snow 

 white, but finally changing to a 

 golden yellow colour. 



Long-flowered Honeysuckle. 

 Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1826. Sh. 

 tw. 



1 9 L. JAPONICA (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 89.) stems twining, flexuous, 

 hairy ; branchlets opposite, very hairy, bearing 2 leaves and 

 2 sessile flowers at the top FTP 70 



of each ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acutish, villous, pale 

 beneath : uppermost ones 

 the smallest ; corolla tu- 

 bular, irregular, villous. 

 fj. ^. H. Native of 

 China and Japan. Nin- 

 tooa Japonica, Sweet, hort. 

 brit. ed. 2. L. Cbinensis, 

 Wats. dend. brit. t. 117. 

 L. flexu6sa,Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1037. Ker. bot. reg. 712. 

 but not of Thunb. Leaves 

 about an inch long. Corolla about an inch long, red, and 

 villous on the outside and white inside, sweet-scented, equal in 

 length to the stamens. 



Japan Honeysuckle. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1806. Sh. tw. 



20 L. JAVA'NICA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 334.) stem twining; 

 leaves ovate or oval-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, 

 ciliated, glabrous above, glaucous and tomentose beneath ; pe- 

 duncles 2-flowered, axillary, solitary, but so much crowded at 

 the tops of the branches as to appear somewhat corymbose. 

 Jj . r> . G. Native of Java, in woods on Mount Tjerimai. Ca- 

 prifolium Javanicum, Blum, bijdr. p. 653. 



Java Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



21 L. LOUREIRI (D. C. prod. 4. p. 334.) climbing or twining; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, subcordate at the base, rather 

 pilose on both surfaces ; peduncles 2-flowered, axillary, solitary : 

 those at the tops of the branches disposed in dense heads. ^ 

 '"X G. Native of Java, on the tops of Mounts Cede and 

 Tjerimai. Caprifolium Loureiri, Blum, bijdr. p. 653. Flowers 

 white ? 



Loureiro's Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



22 L. COCIIINCHINE'NSIS ; climbing or twining, much branched ; 

 leaves ovate, pubescent, small ; peduncles 2-flowered, axillary ; 

 berries distinct, roundish, Tj . **\ H. Native of Cochin-china, 

 among bushes and in hedges. L. Xylosteum, Lour. coch. p. 

 150. Tube of corolla very long; limb bilabiate: one of the 

 lips 4-cleft and the other entire. Berry red. Flowers white. 



Cochin-china Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



23 L. TELFAI'RII (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 

 190.) branches twining, pubescent; leaves petiolate, oblong, 

 acute, obtuse at the base or cordate, glabrous above in the adult 

 state, and densely clothed with velvety pubescence beneath ; 

 peduncles bibracteate at the apex, 2-flowered, axillary, solitary, 

 one half shorter than the petioles : the terminal ones forming a 

 kind of head ; calyx villous : with minute, ovate, acute teeth ; 

 tube of corolla elongated, equal, villous. f; . '~ > . H. Native 

 of China. Lonicera Periclymenum, Lour. coch. p. 150. Closely 

 allied on the one hand to L. confusum, D. C. from which it 

 differs in the leaves being smooth above, and in the shorter 

 peduncles, and on the other to L. Leschenaultii, Wall, which, 

 however, is said to have ovate-subcordate ciliated leaves ; and 

 villous branches. 



Tel/air's Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



24 L. LESCHENAU'LTII (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 178.) 

 branches twining ; leaves ovate, subcordate, acute, quite entire, 

 smooth above, hoary and villous beneath : with the margins 

 ciliated ; peduncles 2-flowered, axillary, solitary, or in terminal 

 fascicles. ]j . rs . H. Native of the East Indies, on the Nelli- 

 ghery Mountains, where it is called Moulle Gueda by the natives. 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long ; petioles villous. At the apex of each 

 peduncle there is an involucrum, consisting of six unequal vil- 

 lous bracteas, which support the two flowers. Calycine teeth 

 linear, villous. Corolla large, probably yellow ; with a villous 

 slender tube, about an inch in length ; and a bilabiate limb, 

 which is nearly as long as the tube ; the upper lip consisting of 

 4 ovate, obtuse lobes ; under lip deeply divided; throat villous. 

 Ovarium ovate, villous. Stamens long. 



Leschenault's Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



25 L. GLABRA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 175.) glabrous 

 in every part ; branches twining ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 glaucous beneath, glabrous except on the nerves beneath, which 

 are pubescent ; peduncles axillary and terminal, short, villous, 

 bearing towards the apex several opposite, approximate, very 

 short, 2-flowered pedicels ; tube of corolla rather short, cylin- 

 drical, widening at the apex ; bracteas ovate. Jj . / "\ H. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul, on the top of Sheopore, and from Kabelas in the 

 valley. L. nigra, Thunb. jap. p. 8!). and in Lin. trans. 11. 

 p. 330. ? Bark of branches shining, brownish. Leaves 3-5 

 inches long, seldom obtuse at the base ; the upper surfaces 

 polished ; petioles about half an inch long, surrounding the 

 stem and branches with an elevated margin, as in L. acuminala. 

 Flowers yellow, smooth, with a purplish bloom on the outside, 

 supported by a common involucrum, consisting of 6 very small, 

 ovate, ciliated bracteas. Calycine segments subulate, ciliated. 

 Tube of corolla about an inch long, widening at the apex into 

 a bilabiate limb, which as well as the filaments and style are 

 rather hairy : upper lip trifid, obtuse, the intermediate lobe 

 retuse : the under lip oblong. Berries distinct, almost black, 

 3-celled ; cells 4-seeded. 



Smooth Honeysuckle. Shrub tw. 



26 L. ACUMINA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 177.) branches 

 twining, villous ; leaves ovate to oblong, cordate, acuminated, 

 slightly hairy, membranous ; peduncles axillary, longer than 

 the petioles, villous, 2-flowered; bracteas linear, acuminated, 

 ciliated, longer than the ovaries ; corolla not gibbous, funnel- 

 shaped, fj . / ~ > . H. Native of the Himalaya, at Gosaingsthan. 



