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LONC'HITIS 



LONICERA 



long; Ifts. light grt'oii aiul soft, cut nearly or quite to the 

 niiilrib into oblong-cronalo si>gnis. Triip. Afr., (^ii)i>, 

 Mauritius anil ScychclU's. 



LONCHOCARPUS- (,/";'<-'-/n/i/, from tl>e shape of 

 the (HulK l.tijiiniindau. 'I'riH's or eliiubing shrubs, in 

 inan>- speeies. in Trop. Anier. !uul Afr. anil Austral., 

 aiipiuently not in the traile and little cult. IjVS. alter- 

 nate, oilil-pinnate, the Ifts. opposite aiiil souietinies 

 sti]H'llate: Hs. papiliimacetms, violet, purple or white, 

 RK-eniose or panieulate; stanilanl very broad or rarely 

 linear-oblong; win^s oblique or falcate, lightly adhering 

 to ktvl above the elaw; keel areuateor nearly straight ; 

 stamens 9 and 1: pod oblong or elongated, flat, inde- 

 hiseent, the siHxls few or only 1. An indigo is seemed 

 from the genus. L. Bdrleri, Benth., is a glabrous elimbcr 

 from Guinea: Ifts. 5-7, oblong, 5-t) in. long: fls. rose- 

 coloreil, in clusters of S or 10. IJ.M. t)94;{. Said to be a 

 good climber for the warndiouse. L. rdf:vus, DC, from 

 S. .\mer., h:i.s Ifts. 13-15, lanceolate, acuminate: fis. 

 large and showj', rosiM-olorwl. L. latifoiiiwi, HBK., 

 W. Indies, Cent. .Vmer. to S. Amcr., a shrub or tree, 

 has 2-4 pairs of elliptic or lance-oblong Ifts., and pale 

 purple fls. 



On L. specidsxis, Bolus, about 10 years ago Harms 

 founded the genus Boliisanthus {H. spccidstis, Harms). 

 It is describwl by Bolus ;is a very distinct si)ecies with 

 large and hanilsome bright blue fls. : tree, 15 ft. or more: 

 Ivs. stalked, the Ifts. oblique-lanceolate and very 

 acuminate: fls. l(>-:iO in terminal recurved or jjendulous 

 racemes. Delagoa and Transvaal. — Probably not cult. 

 to any extent. L_ jj_ b_ 



LONGAN: Euphoria. 



LONICERA (after Adam Lonicer or Lonitzer, a Ger- 

 man physician and naturalist, 1528-1586). Including 

 Caprifolium, Xyldsteu7n, Nintda and Chamxc&rasus. 

 Caprifoliacese. Honeysuckle. Ornamental shrubs 

 grown for their handsome, usually profusely produced, 

 often fragrant flowers and attractive berries. 



Deciduous, rarely half-evergreen or evergreen, 

 upright or climbing: Ivs. opposite, usually short- 

 petioled, entire or very rarely sinuately lobcd, in a 

 few species with distinct stipules: fls. in axillary pedun- 

 cled pairs, each pair with 2 bracts and 4 bractlets, the 

 latter often more or less connate into a cupula, some- 

 times wanting, or fls. in sessile whorls at the end of 

 the branches; calyx .'')-toothed ; corolla with short or 

 slender, often gibbous tube, 2-lipped or almost equally 

 5-lobed; stamens 5; ovary inferior, usually 2-3-, rarely 

 5-celled; the pairs sometimes partly or wholly connate: 

 berry few- to many-seeded. — About 175 species 

 throughout the northern hemisphere, in Amer. south 

 to Mex., in Asia south to Java; about 90 species, besides 

 numerous varieties and many hybrids, are in cult. 

 For an account of the genus see Rehder, Synopsis of the 

 genus I^onicera in Ann. Rep. Mis.souri Bot. Gard. 

 14:27-2:i2, 20 pi. (1903). 



The honeysuckles belong to our most popular orna- 

 mental shrubs. They are of easy cultivation and propa- 

 gation, most of them are quite hardy and the flowers, 

 though rather small, arc. profusely produced, mostly of 

 pleasing and delicate colors varying from white or 

 yellow to pink, purj>le or scarlet, and followed by 

 attractive red, yellow, white, blue or black fruits; the 

 shrubs are never coarse or weedy, do not produce dead 

 wwxl to any extent, do not need much pruning, and arc 

 long-lived. 



The upright or bush honeysuckles are very valuable 

 for shrubberies, and the low procumbent species, like 

 L. ajrirujifj, var. Alherti, L. thihulica, L. inliala, and L. 

 trichoHfirUha, are well suited for rockeries. Most of the 

 cultivated species are hardy Xorth, but L. Slandishii, 

 L. fragranliHifima, L. pileala, L. Ledchourii, L. quin- 



SMkicularis, L. Wehhiarui, L. rupicola, and other 

 iimalayan species are less hardy and need sheltered 



positions or jirotec^tion North. Some of the handsomest 

 m bloom are the well-known L. tatarica, L. Korolkovii, L. 

 xpiiioan var. Albirli, L. Mdackii, L. Morrmrii, L. Lede- 

 hoiirii. l'"or their sweet-scenteil early flowers, L. Stand- 

 isliii and L. frdijraiiti.fniinii are to be recommended, 

 lloueysuekles with very decorative fruits are L. Mur- 

 rowii, L. tatarica, L. gracilipes, L. alpigena, L. trichosan- 

 tlia, L. Maackii var. podocarpa, L. chrysanlha. Nearly 

 evergreen are L. pilcata and L. nitida; half-evergreen, L. 

 J'rnqranlissiina and L. Staiidinliii. Loniceras thrive in 

 almost any good garden soil, and prefer mostly sunny 

 positions, l)ut L. caiiadinnis, L. nigra, L. Lcdebourii, L. 

 Iii!!i)i(l(i and L. Xi/Iuatciim grow as well or better in p.artly 

 shaded situations. Pruning may be done during win- 

 ter exce])t in the early-flowering species, like L. Sta7td- 

 ishii, L. frograiilixsima, L. graci- 

 lipes and L. hispida. The climb- 

 ing honeysuckles are well ad- 

 apted for covering walls, arbors 

 and other trelliswork; they have 

 mostly handsome and often 

 sweet-scentetl flowers, in the 

 hardy L. Iragophylla as long as 

 3 inches, in the tender L. Ililde- 

 brandiana as long as 7 inches, 

 but are somewhat deficient in 

 foliage, with the exception of L. 

 japonica, and liable to become 

 leafless and unsightly at the base, 

 and therefore may be mixed with 

 other cUmbers, like ampelopsis, 

 akebia, clematis. They perhaps 

 show their beauty to the best 

 advantage when allowed to 

 ramble over shrubs and small 

 trees. Those of the Caprifolium 

 group are mostly hardy North, 

 with the exception of the species 

 of southern Europe and L. his- 

 pidula, while of the Nintoa group 

 L. japonica and L. Henryi are 

 hardy North, at least in a shel- 

 tered position; these species \ 

 make also a very handsome 

 ground-cover, and, like L. Peri- 

 clymenum., grow well in shade, 

 but the others prefer sunny posi- 

 tions. Propagation is by seeds 

 sown in fall or stratified and by 

 cuttings of ripened wood ; also by 

 greenwood cuttings under glass 

 in summer, but the species of the Peridymenum group 

 grow less readily in this way. Most species hybridize 

 very easily and ordy seeds collected from isolated plants 

 should be used for f)ropagation. L. spinosa var. Alberti 

 is sometimes grafted high on stems of L. tatarica, thus 

 forming a small weeping tree. 



2105. Lonicera thibetica. 



iX'A)- No. 2. 



alba, 20, 21,48. 

 Alberti, 3. 

 albiflora, 5. 

 alpigena. 18. 

 altaica, 7. 

 altissima, 17. 

 americana, 49. 

 anioena, 21. 

 anf/iistata, 20. 

 angustifolia, 20 and 



Huppl. list. 

 Arnoldiana, 21. 

 atrosanf?iiinea, 49. 

 aurea, 53. 



aureo-roticulata, 35. 

 aurora, 22. 

 belKlea, .53. 

 bclla, 23. 

 hrachypoda, 35. 

 Browiiii, 40. 

 Cicrulca, 7. 

 californica, 41. 



INDEX. 



calvescona, 26. 

 caiiailensis, 4. 

 caprifvUaidfS, 1.5. 

 Caprifolium, 48, 49. 

 cauiasiea, li). 

 chirtocarpa, 11. 

 chincnsis, 35. 

 chrysanlha, 31. 

 ciliata, 4. 

 ciliosa, 39. 

 dioica, 44. 

 DouolnFii, 43. 

 edulis, 7. 

 erubcsccns. 32. 

 etrusca, 40, 49, 52. 

 flava, 38, 46. 

 flavescimB, 12. 

 flexudsa, .35. 

 doribunda 22 and 



auppl. list. 

 Fortunci, 14. 

 fragrantissima, 14, 15. 



Frnfteri, 46. 

 fufh.sioides, 40. 

 gibbijlijra, 26, 31. 

 gigantpa, 52. 

 glabra, 5, 52. 

 glabrcticens, 22. 

 glandulosa, 5. 

 glnuca, 44. 

 plaucesecns, 43. 

 graciliflora, 7. 

 gracilipes, 5. 

 ffrnrilis, 20. 

 grandiflora, 20. 

 Hallian.a, 35. 

 Hockrottii, .50. 

 Henryi, 34. 

 Hildcbrandiana, 37. 

 hirsuta, 42. 

 hispida, 10, 11. 

 hispidula, 41. 

 horteriite, 48. 

 hulnilis, 12. 



