LONICERA 



LONICERA 



1907 



3. spinosa, Jacquemont. Rigid spinescent shrub to 

 4 ft.: Ivs. linear-oblong, about l A\n. long: fls. %in. 

 long with slender cylindric tube and spreading limb; 

 stamens and style exserted: fr. pale bluish red or 

 whitish, bloomy. Himalayas. Var. Alberti, Rehd. (L. 

 Alberti, Regel). Shrub with slender arching or pro- 



2197. Lonicera gracilipes. (X l /Q- No. 5. 



cumbent branches: Ivs. linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 sometimes with 2-4 teeth at the base, glaucous or 

 bluish green, H~1J4 m - long: fls. on slender, erect 

 peduncles, rosy pink, fragrant. Turkestan. Gt. 

 30: 1065. B.M. 7394. Very graceful shrub. 



Section ISIKA. 



4. canadensis, Marsh. (L. cilidta, Muhl.). Fig. 



2196. Shrub, to 5 ft.: Ivs. ovate or oval, acute, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, ciliate, pubescent 

 beneath when young, lJ^-3 in. long: fls. slender- 

 peduncled, always in pairs, yellowish, sometimes 

 slightly tinged red, 2l?ni- long: fr. light red. April, 

 May: fr. in June, July. Canada to Pa. and Mich. 

 B.B. (ed. 2) 3:281. 



5. gracilipes, Miq. (L. Phylomelse, Hort.). Fig. 



2197. Shrub, to 6 ft., almost glabrous: Ivs. roundish- 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, ciliate, bright green, often with 

 reddish margin, 1-2 Y'i in. long: peduncles slender, 

 nodding, usually 1-fld.; corolla pink, rarely white, 

 %in. long: fr. rather large, pendulous, bright red. April, 

 May; fr. in June. Japan. G.F. 10:265 (adapted in 

 Fig. 2197). S.I.F. 2:73. The form described here is var. 

 glabra, Miq. ; the typical form has the Ivs. ciliate and 

 pubescent beneath, particularly on the midrib, and is 

 not in cult. Var. albiflora, Maxim. A form with white 

 fls. Var. glandulosa, Maxim. Lvs. and fls. pubescent: 

 ovaries glandular. A graceful species; one of the ear- 

 liest to bloom, and very handsome in June with its 

 pendulous scarlet frs. 



6. tangfttica, Maxim. Low shrub with spreading 

 branches: branchlet glabrous: Ivs. obovate to obqyate- 

 oblong, acute or obtusish, cuneate at base, ciliate, 

 usually sparingly hairy above, glabrous and glaucescent 

 beneath, H~l/ in. long: fls. slender-stalked, pendu- 

 lous; bracts subulate; calyx-teeth minute; corolla 

 tubular-funnelform, slightly ventricose below the 

 middle, limb upright, whitish, flushed pink, %in. long; 

 style exserted: fr. bright red. May, June; fr. in July. 

 W. China. Gt. 40, p. 581. 



7. caerillea, Linn. Much-branched erect or spreading 

 shrub, to 5 ft., with glabrous or pubescent branchlets: 



winter-buds often several, superposed: Ivs. often stipu- 

 late, oval or obovate to oblong-lanceolate, pubescent or 

 almost glabrous, pale or glaucous green, 1-2 in. long: 

 fls. short-peduncled, yellowish or greenish white, Yy~^A, 

 in. long: fr. blue, bloomy; berries connate only at the 

 base, but wholly covered by the connate bractlets and 

 hence seemingly connate. April, May. N. Eu., N. Asia 

 and N. Amer. B.M. 1965. A very variable species; the 

 typical form is a spreading shrub with elliptic to oblong 

 Ivs. glabrescent like the branchlets and occurs in Eu. 

 and N. Asia. Var. altaica, Sweet (L. Pdllasii, Ledeb.). 

 Branchlets and Ivs. hirsute: fr. subglobose. N. Eu. to 

 Japan. Var. edulis, Regel. Lvs. oblong to lanceolate, 

 pubescent like the branchlets: fr. oblong. E. Siberia, 

 Tibet. Var. graciliflora, Dipp. (L. Karellnii, Hort., not 

 Bunge). With upright rather slender, bright red 

 branches, slightly pubescent : Ivs. ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 puberulous on both sides: fls. with slender tube. 

 Var. villdsa, Torr. & Gray (L. villosa, Muhl. 

 Xyldsteum Solonis, Eaton). Shrub, to 3 ft. with upright 

 branches: winter-buds upright, always solitary: Ivs. 

 oval or obovate to oblong, usually pubescent: corolla 

 campanulate, tube as long or shorter than limb. N. 

 Amer. south to Tenn., Wis. and Calif. B.B. (ed. 2) 

 3:281. 



8. pileata, Oliver. Low, spreading shrub, sometimes 

 prostrate: Ivs. evergreen or half-evergreen, ovate to 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtusish, dark green and glossy above, 

 glabrous, ^-IJ^in. long: fls. short-stalked, upright; 

 bracts connate into a cupule inclosing the ovaries; 

 calyx with a cap-like downward production at the base; 

 corolla funnelform, whitish, gibbous at the base, ^in. 

 long, fragrant; stamens exserted: fr. purple, surrounded 

 at the base by the persistent cupula. April, May; fr. 

 in July. Cent, and W. China. B.M. 8060. G.C. III. 

 35: 243; 47: 236. R.H. 1909, pp. 376, 377. H.I. 

 16:1585. Though the fls. are insignificant, the hand- 

 some evergreen foliage and the purple frs. render it a 

 desirable shrub; it resembles a small-lvd. privet. 



9. nitida, Wilson. Shrub, to 6 ft., with upright 

 branches: Ivs. broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 subcordate to broadly cuneate at the base, glossy above, 

 glabrous except short hairs on the midrib above and on 

 the very short petioles, YtrYtfR- long: corolla slightly 

 larger: otherwise like the preceding species, of which it 

 is possibly only a variety. W. China. Apparently 

 hardier than the 



preceding species. 



10. hispida, Pall. 

 Shrub, with spread- 

 ing bristly - hispid 

 or glabrescent 

 branches: winter- 

 buds large, 2- 

 valved : Ivs. obovate 

 to oblong, ciliate 

 and hirsute, at least 

 when young, some- 

 tim-es glaucous 

 beneath, 1^-2^ 

 in. long: fls. nod- 

 ding, white, funnel- 

 form, strongly gib- 

 bous at the base, 

 hairy outside, 1-1 % 

 in. long; bracts 

 ovate, ciliate, 

 whitish, %-l in. 

 long; bractlets 

 none; ovaries gla- 

 brous or glandular: 

 fr. oblong, bright 

 red. April, May; 

 fr. in June, July. 



Altai to Himalayas. 2198. Lonicera involucrata. (XM). No. 12. 



