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ovate, acute, petiolate, soft ; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; bracteas hairy, double : the 2 outer ones lanceolate, 

 spreading : inner a small concave scale under each germ ; ber- 

 ries oval, distinct, 1 -celled, 6-seeded. Jj . H. Native nearly 

 throughout the whole of Europe, even to Caucasus, in thickets, 

 hedges, and rocky places, and by the sides of woods. In Britain 

 in like situations ; in the fissures of rocks under the Roman wall 

 near Shewing-Reels, or rather Sewen-Rele, in Northumberland, 

 plentiful ; and certainly wild, in a coppice called the Hacketts, 

 to the east of Houghton Bridge, 4 miles from Arundel, Sussex. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 916. fl. graec. t. 223. Oed. fl. dan. t. 808. 

 Duh. arb. 1. p. 153. t. 59 Riv. mon. irr. t. 120. Mill. fig. 

 167. f. 1. Caprifolium dumetorum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 367. 

 Xylosteum dumetorum, Moench. meth. p. 502. Flowers small, 

 cream-coloured, downy. Calyx of 5 obtuse lobes. Berries 

 scarlet. A shrub of little beauty and no known utility, though 

 common in plantations. Stamens and styles villous. The wood 

 is extremely hard. 



Far. ft, leucocarpa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 335.) berries white. 

 Duh. arb. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 52. 



Far. y, xanthocarpa (D. C. 1. c.) berries yellow. Duham. 1. c. 



Var. S, melanocarpa (D. C. 1. c.) berries black. Bauh. pin. 

 451. 



Bony-rvooded or Upright Fly Honeysuckle. Fl. July. Brit. 

 Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 



>36 L. NIGRA (Lin. spec. 247.) erect ; leaves oval-oblong or 

 elliptic, on short petioles, rather villous while young, but nearly 

 glabrous in the adult state ; peduncles 2-flowered, elongated, 

 shorter than the leaves. ^ H. Native of middle Europe, 

 in subalpine woods, as in France, Switzerland, Austria, Silesia, 

 Piedmont, &c. Jacq. aust. t. 314. Schmidt, arb. t. 110. Ca- 

 prifolium roseum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 368. Chamaecerasus nlgra, 

 Delarb. fl. auv. ed. 2. p. 130. Gesn. fasc. 37. t. 8. f. 48. 

 Corolla reddish and pubescent on the outside, but whitish on the 

 inside. Bracteas 4 under the ovaries : the 2 outer ones lan- 

 ceolate : and the inner quadrifid. Berries black, globose, joined 

 together at the side. 



Black-fruited Honeysuckle. Fl. March, May, Clt. 1597. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



37 L. HI'SPIDA (Pall, ex Willd. mss. Led. fl. ross. alt ill. t. 

 212.) branches hispid ; leaves ovate, ciliated, petiolate, glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; peduncles 2-flowered ; bracteas ovate-elliptic, 

 exceeding the berries. ^ . H. Native of Siberia, on the Altaian 

 mountains. Branches opposite, glabrous or bristly, brownish. 

 Leaves 2 inches or l inch long, and an inch broad, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, cordate at the base. Flowers greenish white, pen- 

 dulous. Berries distinct, purple. 



Hispid Honeysuckle. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



38 L. FLEXUOSA (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 330. but not 

 of Lodd. nor Ker.) erect, branched ; branches very villous at 

 the apex ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, on short petioles, glabrous ; 

 petioles villous ; nerves of leaves puberulous ; flowers axillary, 

 few, almost sessile ; berries globose, glabrous, fy . H. Native 

 of Japan, L. nigra, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 89. but not of Lin. L. 

 brachypoda, D. C. prod. 4. p. 335. Stems flexuous. Leaves 

 about an inch long : upper ones the smallest. Peduncles hardly 

 a line long. Berries distinct, ovate, acuminated, black. 



Flexuous-stemmed Honeysuckle. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



3. Cuphdnthce (from KV<J>OS, Tcuphos, a curve, and avOog, 

 anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flowers being gibbous on 

 one side at the base). D. C. prod. 4. p. 336. Berries either 

 distinct or joined together. Corollas very gibbous on one side 

 at the base. Erect bushy shrubs. 



39 L. GIBBO'SA (Willd. mss. in Schultes, syst. 5. p. 257.) 



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erect ; leaves on very short petioles, ovate-oblong, acuminated, 

 rounded at the base, pubescent beneath ; peduncles 2-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; bracteas linear, shorter than the ovaria; 

 tube of corolla gibbous on the outer side at the base ; berries 

 almost globose, joined at the side. T? . F. Native of Mexico, 

 at Real del Monte, in woods. Xylosteum Mexic&num, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 426. t. 297. Corolla scarlet; 

 with the limb oblique and bluntly 5-lobed. 



Gibbous-Rowered Honeysuckle. Shrub 3 feet. 



40 L. MOCINIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 330.) erect ; leaves 

 petiolate, elliptic-oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the base, pu- 

 bescent beneath ; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 bracteas oblong, acuminated, longer than the ovaria ; tube of 

 corolla gibbous above at the base ; berries globose, joined toge- 

 ther a little on the inner side. 1? . H. Native of Mexico. L. 

 gibbosa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Very nearly allied 

 to L. gibbosa, but differs in the corolla being yellowish : but when 

 decayed of a blood colour, permanent, and jagged, with the 

 bracteas spreading. Berries globose, dark purple. 



Mocino's Honeysuckle. Shrub. 



41 L. INVOLUCRA'TA (Banks, herb, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 759.) 

 erect ; branches acutely tetragonal ; leaves ovate or oval, petio- 

 late, membranous, beset with adpressed hairs beneath ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, 2-3-flowered ; bracteas 4 : 2 outer ones ovate : 

 2 inner broad, obcordate, at length widening, clothed with glan- 

 dular pubescence ; corollas pubescent, gibbous at the base on 

 the outside ; style exserted. Jj . H. Native of North-west 

 America, between lat. 54 and 64 (but probably confined to 

 the vicinity of the Saskatchawan), thence to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Lindl. bot. reg. 1179. Xylosteum involucratum, Richards, 

 in Frankl. 1. journ. ed. 2. append, p. 6. Corolla yellowish, 

 tinged with red. 



Involucrated Honeysuckle. Fl. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



42 L. LEDEBOU'RII (Eschsch. mem. act. soc. petersb. 10. 

 p. 284. Hook, et Am. in Beech, voy. pt. p. 145.) erect; 

 branches elongated, acutely tetragonal ; leaves ovate or oblong, 

 somewhat acuminated, stiff 1 , pubescent, tomentose on the nerves ; 

 peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered ; bracteas 4 : 2 outer ones 

 ovate : 2 inner broad-obcordate, pubescent, at length increasing 

 in size ; corollas gibbous at the base on the outside ; berries 

 distinct. I? . H. Native of California. Cham, et Schlecht. 

 in Linnsea, 4. p. 138. Very nearly allied to L. involucrata and 

 hardly to be distinguished from it. Flowers yellow, tinged 

 with red. 



Ledebour's Honeysuckle. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4. Islkce (a name employed by Adanson for this tribe 

 of the genus Lonicera, and is probably without a meaning). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 336. Berries 2 on each peduncle, joined 

 together in one, which is biumbilicale at the apex. Erect bushy 

 shrubs. Islka, Adans, fam. 2. p. 501. Isica, Mcench. met/i. 

 p. 504. 



43 L. ALPI'GENA (Lin, spec. 248.) erect; leaves oval-lan- 

 ceolate or elliptic, acute, glabrous, or pubescent, on very short 

 petioles, rather ciliated ; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; corollas gibbous at the base. J? . H. Native of 

 middle and south Europe, in subalpine places of mountains. 

 Jacq. fl. aust. t. 274. Duh. arb. ed. 2. vol. 1. t. 16. Mill, 

 fig. t. 167. f. 2. Caprifolium alpinum, Lam. fl. fr. Capri- 

 folium Alpigenum, Gaertn. fr. 1. p. 136. Islka Alpigena, 

 Borck, Isica lucida, Mcench. Chamascerasus Alpigena, De- 

 larb. Lob. icon. 173. Corolla greenish yellow, tinged with 

 red or purple. Berries red, size and appearance of those of a 

 cherry ; hence it is called Cherry woodbine by Jonstone. Leaves 

 large. 



Far. (3, Sibirica (D. C. prod. 4. p. 336.) lower leaves rather 

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