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973. L. hispidula. 



974. L. hispidula 



^ 9. L. HISPI'DULA Dougl. The bristly Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dougl. MSS. 



Synonyms. Caprifolium hispidulum Lindl. Sot. Reg. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1761. ; and our figs. 973. and 974. 



Spec. Char.) $c. Hispidly pilose. 

 Umbels pedunculate. Corolla 

 smooth, bilabiate, longer than 

 the tube of the limb. Sta- 

 mens exserted. Leaves peti- 

 olate, cordate-ovate, obtuse, 

 glaucous beneath, sessile to- 

 wards the summit. Stem 

 slender. Flowers small. 

 (Lindl.~) A prostrate shrub. 

 North-west America, in woods. 

 Stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 

 in 1826. Flowers rose-co- 

 loured, nearly scentless ; July 

 and August. Fruit ?. 



A very rare species, quite 

 different from all the other 

 honeysuckles. Tn common soil it can scarcely be kept alive ; but in peat 

 and loam it grows as readily as any other hardy American plant. 



-$ 10. L. GRA^TA Ait. The pleasant, or evergreen, Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod. 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 

 Synonymet. Caprif fclium gra^tum Pursh Sept. \. p. 161.; L. virginiana Marsh Arb. 136.: ?7 > cri- 



clymenum americanum Mill. Diet. No. 7. ; Caprifolio sempreverde, Itat. 

 Engravings. Hort. Angl., p. 15. No. 10. t. 8.; and OUT fig. 975. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves permanent, obovate, rather mucronate, 

 glaucous beneath, and reticulately veined, glabrous ; upper 

 ones cormately perforate. Spikes composed of approximate 

 whorls of flowers. Corollas ringent. Branches reddish 

 brown. Flowers inclining to scarlet on the outside, accord- 

 ing to Pursh. Corolla ringent, reddish on the outside, and 

 yellow inside. Berries red. (Don's Mill.) A sub-evergeen 

 twining shrub. Carolina to New York, on the mountains, 

 rambling among rocks, in shady moist situations, but rare. 

 Stems 15 ft. to 20ft. Introd. 

 1730. Flowers yellow, red, 

 and white ; June or July to Sep- 

 tember, and sometimes till the 

 commencement of frost. Fruit 

 red ; ripe in September. 



The plant is of 



plant is of vigorous 

 growth, with woody stems, and 

 will live longer than most of the 

 other species. It is inferior in 

 vigour only to L. japonica, the 

 Caprifolium flexudsum of the nurseries. 



975. L. grata. 



B. Limb of Corolla nearly equal. Pcrictymenum 

 Tourn. 



-i 11. L. SEMPERVI^RENS Ait. The evergreen 

 Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



Identification, Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 230. ; Dec. Prod., 4. 



p 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 

 Synonymes. Capri folium sempervlrens Mfchx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 



1. p. 105. ; fericlymenura sempervlr^ns Mill. Diet. No. 1. , 

 M M 2 



S7G. L. sempervlrerx 



