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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Synonymes. Caprifolium pubesoens Goldie in Edin. Pkil. Journ. 1822, April, p. 323 ; L. hirsClta 



Eaton Man. Bat. Ed. 3. p. 341. ; L. Goldii Spreng. Syst. 1. p. 758. 

 Engravings. Hook. Exot. Fl., t. 27. ; Hot. Mag., t. 3103. ; and owe fig. 969. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves broad-ovate-elliptic, on short petioles, pubescent 

 and ciliated, glaucous beneath ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Spikes or 

 racemes composed of verticillate heads of flowers. Corollas beset with 

 glandular pubescence. Flowers yellow. (Don's Mill.) This appears to 

 hold the place in the more northern parts which L. fiava does in the south ; 

 of which, indeed, Dr. Torrey suspects it to be a variety. {Hook. Fl. Bor. 

 Amcr., p. 282.) A deciduous twining shrub. North America, in Massa- 

 chusetts, Vermont, New York, and Canada, in many places. Stems 10ft. 

 to 12 ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers yellow ; June and July. Fruit?. 

 It appears hardier than the preceding sort. 



_ 7. L. PARVIFLO V RA Lam. The small-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lam. Diet, 1. p. 728. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



Synonymes. Caprifolium parvifldrum Pursh Sept. 1. p. 161. ; LonieeM dioica Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 



13. p. 181. ; L. mddia Murr. Nov. Comm. Gott. 1776 p. 28. t. 3. ; Caprifolium bractebsum Michx. 



Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 105. ; Caprifblium diofcum Rocm. et Schult. Syst. 5. p. 2GO. ; Caprifblium 



glaucum Mcench ; glaucous Honeysuckle ; ChSvrefeuille dioique, Fr. ; Meergriines Geissblatt, 



Ger. ; Middelboore Kamperfoelie, Dutch. 

 Engravings. Krauss, t. 27. ; and our figs. 970. and 971. 



970. L. parvif!6ra. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Quite glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic, sessile ; lower ones somewhat 

 connate ; upper ones connately perfoliate, 

 very glaucous beneath. Flowers disposed 

 in verticillate heads. Corollas glabrous, 

 with tubes gibbous 

 at the base on one 

 side. Filanlents ra- 

 ther hairy. Flow- 

 ers yellow, and 

 smaller than in any 

 of the foregoing 

 species, but vary- 

 ing exceedingly in 

 their colour ; for 

 there is a variety " a= *? 4- 



mentioned by Mi- 971 . L . parvifiora. 

 chaux in which 



they are purple. (Doris Mill.) A deciduous twining shrub. New England to 

 Carolina, in rocky shady situations; frequent in Canada. Stem 10ft. to 

 15ft. Introduced in 1776. Flowers small, yellow ; June and July. Fruit 

 scarlet. 



-i 8. L. (p.) DOUGLASS/I Dec. Douglas's Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. 



Amer., 1. p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 

 Synonyme. Capriffclium Dougl&SM Lindl. Hort. Trans. 7. 



Engraving. Our fig. 972. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's 

 herbarium. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval, acute at both 

 ends, petiolate, glabrous, ciliated, tomentose 

 on the outside ; upper ones connate. Flow- 

 ers disposed in capitate whorls. Stigmas 

 exserted. Stamens enclosed. Corollas 

 pubescent, bilabiate, deep orange red. 

 Leaves 4 in. to 6 in. long, deep green. 

 (Doris Mill.) A deciduous twining shrub. 

 Western coast of North America, on the 

 banks of the Saskatchawan. Stems 10 ft. 

 to 15 ft. Introd.1824. Flowers deep orange 

 yellow ; July to September. Fruit ?. 



