538 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



Engraving. Our^r- . in p. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect, branched. Branches very villous at the apex. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acute, on short petioles, glabrous ; petioles villous ; nerves of 

 leaves puberulous. Flowers axillary, few, almost sessile. Berries globose, 

 glabrous. Stems flexuous. Leaves about an inch long ; upper ones the 

 smallest. Peduncles hardly a line long. Berries distinct, ovate, acuminated, 

 black. (Don's Mill.) An erect deciduous shrub. Japan. Height 4 ft. to 

 5ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers?; June and July. Berries black ; ripe?. 



C. Berries either distinct or joined together. Corolla very gibbous at the Base. 

 Erect bushy Shrubs. Cuphdntha Dec. 



Derivation. From kuphos, gibbous, and anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flower being gibbous 

 on one side at the base. 



j 25. L. INVOLUCRA'TA Banks. The involucrated Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Banks Herb, ex Spreng. Syst, 1. p. 759. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 336. ; Don's Mill., 3 



Sijnonyme. XylSsteum involucratum Richards, in Frank. First Journ. ed. 1. append, p. 6. 

 Engravings. Our Jigs. 997, 998, 999. 



997, 998, 999. L. involucrata. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Branches acutely tetragonal. Leaves ovate or oval, 

 petiolate, membranous, beset with appressed hairs beneath. Peduncles 

 axillary, 2 3-flowered. Bracteas 4 ; two outer ovate, two inner broad, 

 obcordate, at length widening, clothed with glandular pubescence. Corolla 

 pubescent, gibbous at the base on the outside ; yellowish, tinged with red. 

 8tyle exserted. (Don's Mill.) An erect shrub. North-west America, 

 between lat. 54? and 64 (but probably confined to the vicinity of the 

 Saskatchawan) ; thence to the Rocky Mountains. Height 2ft. to 3ft. In 

 traduced in 1824. Flowers yellowish, tinged with red ; May. Fruit ?. 



j 26. L. LEDEBOU'R// Eschsch. Ledebour's Hone}- 

 suckle. 



Identification. Eschsch. Mem. Act. Soc. Petersb., 10. p. 284. : Hook. 



et Arn. in Beech Voy. pt. p. 145. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 449. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1000. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Branches elongated, acutely 

 tetragonal. Leaves ovate or oblong, somewhat acu- 

 minated, stiff, pubescent, tomentose on the nerves. 

 Peduncles axillary, 2 3-flowered. Bracteas 4 ; 2 outer 

 ones ovate ; 2 inner broad obcordate, pubescent, at 

 length increasing in size. Corollas gibbous at the base 

 on the outside. Berries distinct. (Don's MM.) An 

 erect deciduous shrub. California. Height 2ft. to 

 3 ft. Introduced in 1838. Flowers yellow, tinged 

 with red ; June and July. Berries dark purple; ripe 

 in September. 



Very nearly allied to L. involucrata. 



