540 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves oblong or oval, clothed with velvety pu- 

 bescence beneath. Peduncles elongated, erect. Bracteas obsolete. Tube 

 of corolla hairy, gibbous at the base on one side. Limb unequal, deeply 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip 4-toothed, and the lower one nearly entire. Berries 

 joined in one, which is bi-umbilicate at the top, bluish black in the dried 

 state, and about the size of a pea. (Don's Mill.) An erect shrub. Island 

 of Montreal, in the St. Lawrence, about Montreal ; Lake Winnipeg ; and 

 the western parts of the state of New York. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1823. Flowers yellow ; April and May. Fruit bluish black ; ripe 

 in August. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



at 30. L. C^ERU'LEA L. The bins-berried Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 349. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 



Synonymes. L. vill6sa MliM. Cat. p. 22. ; Xyl6steon villosum Mtchx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 1. p. 106. ; 



X. SoKmis Eaton Man. Bot. p. 518. ; L. velutlna Dec. Prod. 4. p. 337. ; L. altaica Pall Fl. Ross. 



t. 37. ; Xylosteum caruleum canadt'nse Lam. Diet. 1. p. 731 . ; X. canadense Du Ham. Arb. 2. 



p. 373. ; Caprifdlium caeruleum Lam. Fl. Fr., Chamaccerasus casrCHea Delarb. Fl. Au. ; L. py- 



renaica Pall. Fl. Ross, p. 58 ; L. Pallasii Led. Fl. Uoss. Alt. 111. t. 131. Ciliegia alpina, Ital. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1965. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 37. ; Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 131. ; and our 



figs. J005. and 1006. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves oval-oblong, ciliated, stiffish, densely clothed 

 with pubescence while young. Peduncles~short, 2-flowered, reflexed in the 

 fructiferous state. Bracteas 2, subulate, longer than the 

 ovaria. Tube of corolla glabrous, short, gibbous on one 

 side at the base ; lobes of limb short, nearly equal. Ber- 

 ries closely joined in one, which is 

 bi-urnbilicate at the apex. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, tubular. Berries 

 elliptic or globose, dark blue, and 

 covered with a kind of bloom. Bark 

 of young shoots purplish. There 

 is no difference between the Ame- 

 rican and European plants of this 

 species. (Z)o's Mil/.) An erect 



1005. L. ceeridea. 



1006. L. caerulea. 



shrub. Euroi 



ope, and throughout the woody country of British North 

 America, as far as lat. 66 ; and of Siberia and Kamtschatka. Height 

 3ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1629. Flowers greenish yellow; March and 

 April. Fruit dark blue ; ripe in August. 



m 31. L. ORIENT A^LIS Lam. The Oriental Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 1. p. 731. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 



Synonymes. L. caucasica Pall. PL Ross. 1. p. 57. ; L. carulea Gtild. Itin. 1. p. 423., Chamaecorasus 



orientals /aurifblia Tourn. Cor. p. 42. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1007 from Tournefort's specimen in the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves on very shor 

 petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, 

 smoothish. Peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves. Bracteas 2, setaceous. Berries 

 joined in one, didymous and bi-umbilicate at 

 the apex, 10-seeded. Leaves stiffish, veiny, 

 larger than in L. caerulea. Flowers greenish 

 yellow. (Don's Mill.) An erect shrub. 

 Iberia and Asia Minor, in woods. Height 

 3ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1825. Flowers 

 greenish yellow ; April to June. Berries 

 black or dark blue j ripe in September. 



.a 32. L. IBE'RICA Bieb. The Georgian Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Bieb. 11. Taur., and Suppl., 395. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 337. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 

 Synonyme. Xylosteon iWricum Bieb. Cent. PL Ear. 1. t. 13. ex Suppl., and Load. Cat. ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Bieb. Cent. Fl. rar., 1. t. 13., ex Suppl. ; znAfigs. 1008. 1009. from living specimens. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves petiolate, cordate, roundish, tomentose or 



