XL. C'APRI FOLIA CE^E : LON1 



520 



Fruit ?. 



Caprifolium balearicum Dnw. 



Flowers purplish on the outside, yellow within, scented ; May and June. 

 Fruit yellow ; ripe in August. 



i. 4. L. IMPLE'XA Ait. The interwoven, or Minorca, Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 

 Synonymes. Caprifolium implexum Rccm. et Schult. Syst.5. p. 261. ; Vincibosco sempreverde, Hal. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 640. ; and ourfig. 967. 



Spec. Char., $c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 

 permanent, evergreen, glaucescent ; lower 

 ones oblong, distinct ; middle ones per- 

 foliate ; uppermost ones connate, forming a 

 hollow roundish cup. Flowers disposed 

 in capitate whorls, ringent ; purplish before 

 they open, but becoming paler on the out- 

 side as they expand, white on the inside; 

 but finally changing to yellow, as in the 

 common woodbine. (Don's Mill.) A twin- 

 ing evergreen shrub. Balearic Islands, 

 and Sicily. Stems. 10ft. to 15ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1772. Flowers purplish, finally 

 changing to yellow ; June to September. 



Variety. 



i- L. i. 2 balearica Viv. Camb. p. 84. 



Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2. vol. iv. p. 358.'; L. balearica Dec. Fl. Ft. 

 Suppl. 499. ; L. Caprifolium Desf. FL Alt. i. p. 183, Lower leave? 

 somewhat cordate ; upper ones connate, obovate, glaucous beneath. 

 Evergreen. Bark of branches violaceous, clothed with glaucous 

 bloom. Flowers 4 6 in a head, large, cream-coloured, 15 in, to 

 18 in. long. 



_l 5. L. FLAVA Sims. The yellow-JZoivcred Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Bot. Mag., t. 1318. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



Synovymes. Capnfdlmm flavum EU. Sketch. 1. p. 271. ; Caprifblium Frasen' Pursh Sept. 1. p. 271. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1318. ; and our fig. 968. 



Spec.^ Char., fyc. Quite glabrous. Branches 

 twining a little. Leaves ovate, sometimes 

 glaucous beneath, with cartilaginous margins ; 

 upper leaves connately perfoliate. Flowers 

 in terminal verticillate heads. Corollas rather 

 ringent; with oblong obtuse lobes. Flowers 

 bright yellow, but, as they fade, becoming 

 orange-coloured; very fragrant (Don's Mi/I.) 

 A twining, deciduous shrub. Paris Moun- 

 tains, in South Caro- 

 lina; and the Cats- 

 kill Mountains, New 

 York. Stem 10ft. to 

 12 ft. Introduced in 

 1810. Flowers bright 

 yellow ; June and 



9G8. L. flava. Juty' Fl*uit ?. 



A very desirable species, from the large size, rich 

 yellow colour, and grateful fragrance of its flowers ; 

 but somewhat tender, and, even in the neighbour- 

 hood of London, requiring the protection of a wall. 



6. L. (F.) PUBE'SCENS Sweet. 

 Honeysuckle. 



The pubescent 



Identification. Sweet Hort. Brit, p. 1P4. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. 

 Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



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