XL. CAPHIFOLIA^E.E : LONl'CERv/. 527 



Derivation. From caper, a goat, and folium, a leaf ; in reference to the climbing habit of the 

 species ; or, as appears much more probable, because goats are fond of browsing on its leaves. 



Sect. Char. Berries solitary, while young 3-celled, but when mature usually 

 1-celled, crowned by the tube of the calyx, which is permanent. Flowers 

 disposed in capitate whorls. Twining shrubs, mostly deciduous ; natives of 

 Europe, the North of Africa, China, Nepal, and North America ; all of 

 easy culture, and tolerably hardy, but none of them of long duration. 



A. Floivcrs ringent. Caprifolium Tourn. Inst., p. 608. 

 _$ 1. L. PERICLY'MENUM L. The Woodbine, or common Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 247. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



Synonymes. Periclymenum Ger. Emac. p. 891. ; Periclymenum germanicum Riv. Mon. Irr. 

 t. 122. ; P. hortense Gesn. Icon. Pict. fasc. 1. 38. t. 7. f. 49. ; Caprifblium Periclymenum Rcem. et 

 Schult. 5. p. 262. ; Caprifblium sylyaticum Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 365. ; Caprifolium Rail Syn. p. 458. ; 

 Woodbind ; Chevrefeuille des Bois, Fr. ; wildes gemeines Geissblatt, Ger. ; gewoone Kamper- 

 foelie, Dutch ; Madre Selva, Ital. and Span. 



Derivation. Perielymenum, from peri, round about, and kulio, to roll. Woodbine is a corruption 

 of woodbind, and both allude to the habit of the common sort, of winding itself round every tree 

 and shrub within its reach, and binding them together. In the time of Chaucer, the woodbine 

 was considered as the emblem of true love, from this property. The name of Honeysuckle has 

 reference to the fondness of children for this plant, who amuse themselves with drawing the 

 trumpet-shaped corollas from the calyx, to suck the honey from the nectary. Chevrefeuille and 

 Geissblatt both signify literally, goat's leaf. The Spanish and Italian names, Madre Selva, wood 

 mother, and the Dutch name Kamperfoelie, the champion mace, seem to have little relation to 

 the plant. 



Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 800. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 107. ; and our Jig. 963. 



Spec. Char., 6fc. Leaves all separate, deciduous, sometimes 

 downy, glaucous beneath, ovate, obtuse, attenuated at the 

 base ; upper ones the smallest. Heads of flowers all ter- 

 minal, ovate, imbricated. Flowers ringent. There are va- 

 rieties of this species with either smooth, pubescent, or 

 variegated leaves; and, when the plant grows by the sea 

 side, they are occasionally more glaucous and rather succu- 

 lent. Corollas externally deep red ; or, in the earlier-flower- 

 ing varieties, all over buff-coloured ; in the maritime plant, 

 smaller and greenish. Berries nearly globular, accompanied Ae . 



/ r\ Tl/r-77 \ A ' i-i 963.L.Pcncl/menum. 



by permanent bracteas. (Dons Mill.) A twining deciduous 

 shrub, which always turns from east to west. Europe ; common in hedges, 

 groves, and thickets ; plentiful in Britain. Stem 15 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers 

 rich yellow ; June and July, and, in moist summers, also in August, 

 and sometimes in September. Fruit deep red, bitter and nauseous ; ripe 

 in September. 



Varieties. 



-i L. P. 2 serotinum 

 Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 i. p. 378. Peri- 

 clymenum ger- 

 manicum Miller 

 Dictionar. No 4., 

 (Schmidt,Oester. 

 Baumz. t. 108.; 

 and our fig. 964.) 

 Branches gla- 

 brous. Flowers 



late, and reddish. 964 . L . P. serdan 



This, the Iat3 red 



honeysuckle, produces a greater number of flowers together than 

 either the Italian (No. 3.) or Dutch honeysuckle, so that it makes a 

 finer appearance than either of them during its period of flowering. 

 Introduced in 1715. 



J L. P. 3 belgicum. Periclymenum germanicum Mill. Diet. No. 4. 

 Branches smooth, purplish. Leaves oblong-oval, of a lucid green 

 above, but pale beneath, on long petioles. Flowers in terminal ver- 

 ticillate heads ; each flower arising out of a scaly cover, reddish on 



