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D. .Berries two on each Peduncle, joined together in one, which is bi-umbilicate 

 at the Apex. Erect, bushy, deciduous Shrubs. Isikse Adam. 



Derivation. A name, the origin of which is unknown, employed by Adanson to designate this 

 division of the genus. 



3k 27. L. ALPI'GENA H. The alpine Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 248. ; Dec. Prod.. 4. p. 336. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 449. 

 Synonymes. Caprifolium alplnum I, am. Fl. Fr.; Caprifolium 



alpigenum Gtertn. Friict. 1. p. 136. Is^ka alpigena Bbrck. ; 



Isika lucida Mcench ; Xylosteum alpigenum Lodd. Cat. ; 6*ha- 



majcerasus alpigena Delarb. ; Cherry Woodbine j Hecken- 



kirsche, Ger. ; Chamaeceraso, Ital. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Aust., t. 271 ; N. Du Ham., 1. t. 16. ; and 



our Jigs. 1001. and 1002. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Erect. Leaves oval-lanceolate 

 or elliptic, acute, glabrous or pubescent, on very 

 short petioles, rather ciliated. Peduncles 2-flow- 

 ercd, shorter than the leaves. Corolla gibbous 

 at the base, and greenish yellow tinged with red 

 or purple. Berries red, and of the size and 

 appearance of those of a cherry ; whence it is 

 called cherry woodbine by Johnson. Leaves 

 large. (Don's Mi//.) A large, upright, deciduous 

 shrub. Middle and South of Europe, in sub- 

 alpine places and mountains. Height 5ft. to 

 8 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers greenish 

 yellow, tinged with red ; April and May. Fruit 

 red ; ripe in August. 



Variety. 



g L. a. 2 sibirica Dec. Prod., iv. p. 336. L. 

 sibirica Vest in Rcem. et Schult. Syst. 5. 

 p. 259. Lower leaves rather cordate. 

 Peduncles thickened a little under the 

 flowers. Like most other varieties of 

 trees and shrubs, natives of the West of 

 Europe, and also indigenous to Siberia, coming into leaf and flower 

 a week, or more, earlier than the species. 



_* 28. L. (A.) MICROPHY'LLA Willd. The small-leaved Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 336. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 

 Synonymes. L. alpfgena Sievers ; L. montana, and L. mexicana Hort. 

 Engravings. Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. 111., t. 213. ; and our Jig. 1003. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, glaucous 



beneath, rather villous on both surfaces, and sometimes 



rounded at the base. Peduncles 



2-flowered, and shorter than the 



leaves. Corollas greenish yellow. 



Berries joined, of a reddish orange 



colour. The epidermis falls from 



the branches. (Don's Mill.) An 



erect shrub. Eastern Siberia. 



Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 

 in 1818. Flowers greenish yellow; April and 

 May. Fruit reddish orange ; ripe in August. 



j 29. L. OBLONGIFO'LIA Hook. The oblong-leaved 

 Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284. 1. 100. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 450. 

 Sirnonyme. Xylosteum oblongifblium Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ. 



6.p 232 

 Engravings. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 1. 100. ; and our fig. 1004. 



1001, 1002. L. 



