CAPRIFOLtACE^. Sdd 



Several exotic species of both sections are much cultivated. 



1. L. Periclymenum, Linn. (fig. 466). Common H. t Woodbine. A 

 woody climber, scrambling over. 1 bushes and trees to a considerable 

 height. Leaves ovate or oblong, glabrous above, usually slightly downy 

 or hairy underneath ; the lower ones contracted at the base or stalked, 

 the upper ones rounded and closely sessile, but not united. Flowers 

 several together, closely sessile in terminal heads, which are always 

 stalked above the last leaves. Corolla about 1 inches long. Berries 

 small and red. 



In woods, thickets, and hedges, in western and central Europe, from 

 southern Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, but not extending to the 

 Russian frontier. Common throughout Britain. FL summer and 

 autumn. 



2. L. Gaprifolium, Linn. (fig. 467). Perfoliate H. Very much like 

 L. Periclymenum, but quite glabrous ; the leaves broader, the uppermost 

 pairs in the flowering branches united at the base, and the heads of 

 flowers closely sessile within a pair of leaves united into a- single broadly 

 rounded perfoliate leaf ; or the flowers are sometimes separated into 

 two tiers, with a perfoliate leaf under each. 



In hedges and woods in central and south-eastern Europe, and per- 

 haps western Asia, but often confounded with the two common southern 

 species, L. impLexa, and L. etrusca. Not truly wild in Britain, but long 

 since cultivated for ornament, and almost naturalised in some counties 

 in England and the south of Scotland. FL spring and early summer. 



3. L. Xylosteum, Linn. (fig. 468). Fly H. An erect, much 

 branched shrub, 8 or 4 feet high, of a pale green, and downy in all its 

 parts. Leaves ovate, entire, and stalked, about 1 j inches long. Flower's 

 of a pale-yellowish white, downy and scentless, only 4 or 5 lines long, 

 hanging 2 together from short, axillary peduncles, with 2 small narrow 

 bracts close under them. Berries bright scarlet, with 2 or 3 seeds in 

 each. 



In thickets and hedges, almost all over Europe and Russian Asia, 

 extending northward to the Arctic Circle. Dispersed over various 

 parts of Britain, generally as an escape from cultivation, but believed 

 to be really indigenous in some parts of south-eastern England. It is 

 very common in our shrubberies. Fl. early summer. 



V. LINNJEA. LINN-EA, 



Calyx with a border of 5 teeth. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, 

 narrowed at the base into a short tube. Stamens 4. 



A genus of a single species, dedicated to the great master of natural 

 v \ science, with whom it was an especial favourite. 



1. L. borealis, Gronov. (fig. 469). Linncea. A slender evergreen, 

 creeping and trailing along the ground to the length of a foot or more. 

 Leaves opposite, small, broadly ovate or obovate, and slightly toothed 

 at the top. Flowering branches short and erect, with 2 or 3 pairs of 

 leaves, and terminated by a long slender peduncle branched near the 

 top into 2 pedicels, each bearing an elegant, gracefully drooping, and 

 fragrant flower of a pale pink or white colour, above 5 lines long. 

 Ovary globular and very hairy, the rest of the plant more or less 



