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*+ ++ Corolla mostly shorter, hair;/ n-ithiti. 

 = Foliage conspicuoiislij glaucous. 



L. Sullivaiitii, Gray. Leaves large, smooth, and oval or ovate-oblong, 

 sessile, and most of those on the flowering stems connate (the uppermost 

 forming a saucer-like disk), very glaucous; flowers pale yellow, very 

 slightly gibbous below, in a somewiiat loose cluster; fllaments nearly 

 glabrous. Oiiio, W . and S.; also cult., as L. kl.\va and L. Canapensis. 



L. glatica, Hill. Leaves oblong, less glaucous than the last and 

 sometimes puberulent beneath, the 1-4 upper pairs connate ; flowers 

 smaller than the last (A' or less long), purplish or greenish, in a small 

 compact cluster, more gibbous below ; filaments hairy. - N. Eng. W. 



= = Foliage green or very nearly so, hairy. 



L. hirsiita, Eaton. IIaikv H. Leaves large and broad-oval, dull and 

 veiny, downy and somewhat whitened below, about 2 of the upper 

 pairs connate ; flowers in loose whorls, orange-yellow and clammy pubes- 

 cent ; the tube slightly gibbous. Woods, Me., W. 



-I- H- Lcdves all separate and shnrt-.^talked. 



L. Periclymenum, Linn. (L. Eki.gh a.) Leaves ovate, obtuse, atten- 

 uated at the base, souietimes downy, glaucous beneath ; flowers red out- 

 side and buff within, ringent, disposed in terminal heads. Eu. Some 

 varieties bloom tliruughout the summer. 



L. Japdnica, Thunb. (L. coxfusa ; also L. brachVpoda, L. fi.kxlosa, 

 and L. Hai,i,i.\na of gardens.) Japanesk H. Lor.g-trailing or climbing 

 vine with variable foliage ; leaves (sometimes variegated) generally ovate 

 and blunt, but s(3metimes acute, thin (but nearly evergreen in favorable 

 localities), and more or less hairy, at least when young, never glaucous ; 

 slender stems hairy; flowers long (2'), Imiry, white or reddish outside, 

 fading to yellow, fragrant at nightfall. Coiuumn ; from Japan and China. 



8. DIERVILLA, BUSH HONEYSUCKLE, WEIGELA. (Xamed for 

 Dr. Die rr tile, who took the common species from Canada to France.) 



*• Corolla pale or hnney-yellov\ and slender funnel-form, not shovy ; pod 

 oblong. 



D. trifida, Moench. Common N. ; l^'-4'^ high, with oblong-ovate, 

 taper-pointed leaves on distinct petioles, mostly .3-flowered peduncles, 

 and slender, jtointed pods ; flowers all summer. Banks. 



D. sessilif61ia, Buckley. Along the AUeghanies S. ; has lance-ovate, 

 sessile leaves, many-flowered peduncles, and short-pointed pods. 



* * Corolla shoicy. mostly rose-colored, funnel-form, with an abruptly 

 narrowed base ; very .^lender, stalk-like ovary and linear pod. Species 

 much confused, but thefdiowing are the sources ofthegai'den \VEniEi.AS. 

 From Japan and China. 



D. fidrida, Sieb. & Zucc. Known under many names, as \A'i:r(;i;i,A and 

 DiEUViLLA Ki)SEA, D. AJiABiLis, \Y. ALBA, \Y. IsAi.ix.E, etc. Calyx teeth 

 lanceolate ; corolla rose-color ; seeds wingless and triangular ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate ; 5°-8°. Common in cult. 



D. Japdnica, DC. (D. hortknsis.) Usually lower; calyx teeth 

 linear ; corolla rose-color, the tube broadly funnel-shaped ; seeds (as in the 

 two next) winged; plant more or less hairy, the under side of the young 

 leaves especially so ; flowers numerous, nearly or quite sessile. 



D. grandifldra, Sleb. & Zucc. Larger, S^-IO*^ or sometimes even more, 

 with linear calyx teeth ; plant glabrous or very nearly so, the leaves much 

 larger than in the last; the creamy (becoming ro.se) flowers on com- 



