LONICERA 



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tutie gibbous at the base : ovary and bractlets usually 

 glandular. June, July. Vt. to Manitoba, .south to Pa. 

 and Ohio. B.M. 3103. Gn. 45, p. 307. 



1316. Lonicera Caprifolium (X }4)- 



32. Douglasi, Hook. (i. fittaHC^scen.9, Rydb. L.glauca, 

 Tar. Douglasi, A. Gray, partly). Climbing: branchlets 

 glabrous: Ivs. short-petioled or almost sessile, the up- 

 per connate, oval to obovate, glabrous above, pubescent 

 beneath, l}^-3 in. long: fls. in short, almost sessile 

 spikes; corolla yellow, mostly reddish outside and 

 hairy, %-l in. long; tube gibbous, longer than the limb: 

 ovary and bractlets glabrous. May, June. Ontario to 

 the Saskatchewan, south to Pa. and Neb. B.B. 3:238. — 

 Rare in cultivation, but sometimes a hybrid of Jj. hir- 

 siita and SuUivanti is found under this name in gar- 

 dens. It is figured in G.F. 9:345. 



33. di6ica, Linn. (L. glat'ica, Hill. L. media, Murr. 

 L. parvifldra, La,m.). Usually shrubby, with slender, 

 sarmentose branches, rarely climbing, glabrou.s: Ivs. 

 short-petioled or almost sessile, the upper connate, oval 

 to oblong, obtuse, with usually undulate and trans- 

 parent margin, very glaucous beneath, lM-3 in. long; 

 fls. in sessile or .short -stalked spikes, greenish or whit- 

 ish yellow, often tinged purplish, glabrous outside, 

 /i~% in. long, the tube gibbous, about as long as limb. 

 May, June. Quebec to Manitoba, south to Ohio and 

 N. C. B.R. 2:138. 



EE. Bracllel.i ax high as orunj or slightly shorter, 

 roundish. 



34. hispidula, Dougl. Bushy shrub with .sarmentose 

 branches, rarely twining, usually hirsute: Ivs. oval to 

 ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, often with foli- 

 aceous stipules, the upper connate or sometimes distinct, 

 usually small, rarely to 2}i in. long, ciliate and pubes- 

 cent, rarely glabrous • fls. in slender-peduucled and 

 often panlcled spikes, pink or yellowish, glabrous or hir- 

 sute, /^-/^ in. long, with short gibbous tube. June, 

 July. Brit. Columb. to Calif. B.R. 21:1761. -Var Cali- 

 fdmlca, Greene (var. vdcillans, A. Gray). Of more vig- 

 orous growth, with large Ivs. to 3 in. long : corolla 

 glandular-pubescent outside. Calif. 



CG. Corolla with almost regular or slightly S-lipped 

 limb: limb several times shorter than tube. 



35. cilidsa, Poir. {L. occidentdlis. Hook.). Low sar 

 mentose shrub : Ivs. petioled, ovate or oval, glaucous 



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beneath, glabrous but ciliate, the upper connate, 2^ in, 

 long: fls. in short-peduncled heads of one or few whorls; 

 corolla .slightly 2-lipped, with ventricose-gibbous tube, 

 yellow to orange-scarlet, sometimes hirsute outside, 

 l%-\% in. long. June, July. Brit. Col. to Calif, and 

 Ariz. 



36. semp^rrirens, Linn. {Caprifolinm sempirvirens , 

 Michx.). Trumpet Honevsuckle. Pig. 1318. High 

 climbing, glabrous; evergreen southward: Ivs. oval to 

 oblong, glaucous beneath, the upper connate, 2-3 in. 

 long: fls. in peduncled interrupted spikes; corolla with 

 almost equal limb; tube slightly ventricose, glabrous, 

 13^-2 in. long, scarlet or orange-scarlet, rarely yellow. 

 May-Sept. Conn, to Fla., west to Neb. and Tex. B.M. 

 781. R.H. 1856:361. Gn. 45, p. 307.-Var. flava, Regel 

 (i. fl&va niva, Hort.). Fls. yellow. Gt. 2:38. Var. 

 fuchsioides, Hort. (i. fuchsloides, Hort., not of Hemsl., 

 which is a Chinese species of the Nintoa group and not 

 yet introduced). Similar to var. minor, but tube more 

 expanded above, bright scarlet. Var. minor. Ait. Lvs. 

 oblong or narrow oblong: fls. more slender, orange-red 

 or orange-scarlet. Very free-flowering, but more tender. 

 B.M. 1753. B.B. 7:556. Gn. 34:300. Var. specidsa, Carr. 

 Differs from the type by more brilliant scarlet fls. P.S. 

 11 : 1128. Sometimes cult, as L. Magnevillea, a name also 

 applied to L. dioica, and a darker red form of i. Capri- 

 folium. 



L. angustifdlia.'WaW. Erect shrub, to 10 ft. : lvs. lanceolate: 

 fls. long-peduncled. white, fragrant, with regular 5-lobed limb. 

 Himal. F.S. 4, pp. 407, 408 6. Tender.— i. arMreo, Boiss. Erect 

 shrub or small tree, to 30 ft.: lvs. roundish ovate, pubescent: 

 fls. short-peduucled. 2-lipped, pinkish, small. Spain. — L. bella, 

 Zabel (L. Morrowi XTatarica). Intermediate between the two: 

 fls. white to pink. Garden origin.— L. bifldra, Desf .= L. canes- 

 cena.— L. cajiescens, Schousb. Climbing, grayish tomentose: 

 lvs. ovate, small: fls. in pairs, white, 2-lipped, with slender. long 

 tube, fragrant, Spain, N.Afr.— i. c/iri/srt?i^/ia,Turcz. Allied to 

 L. Xylosteum, higher; lvs. larger, acuminate: fls. larger, chang- 

 ing to bright yellow. N.E. A.sia. Gt. 12:404. Handsome hardy 

 shrub, with rntlier light green foliage and bright coral-red ber- 

 ries.— L. confiisa, I>0. Allied to L. eanescens. but fls. and lvs. 



1317. Lonicera SuUivanti (X%). 



somewhat larger and ovary glabrous. Japan, China. B.R. 1:70 

 (as L. Japonica). Gn. 45, p. 307. Has been often confounded 

 with L. Japonica, but is easily distiuguished by the small subu- 



