LONICERA 



LONICERA 



1907 



3. spindsa, Jacquernont. Rigid spinescent shrub to 

 4 ft.: Ivs. linear-oblonp;, about 'iin. long: fls. ?^in. 

 long with slondor t'.vlindric tiibo and K])r('ading limb; 

 etamcns :iiid style oxscrtcd: fr. i)aj(' bluish red or 

 whitisli. bloomy. Himalayas. Var. Alberti, Kchd. {L. 

 Albcrlt, Kegel). Shrub with slender ;irehing or jMo- 



2107. Lonicera giacilipes. (XH)- No. 5. 



cumbent branches: Ivs. linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 sometimes with 2^ teeth at the base, glaucous or 

 bluish green, ^2-1/i in- long: fls. on slender, erect 

 peduncles, rosy pink, fragrant. Turkestan. Gt. 

 30:1065. B.M. 7394.— Very graceful shrub. 



Section Isika. 



4. canadensis, Marsh. (L. ciliata, Muhl.). Fig. 



2196. Shrub, to 5 ft.: Ivs. ovate or oval, acute, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, ciliate, pubescent 

 beneath when young, lJ-2-3 in. long: fls. slender- 

 peduncled, always in pairs, yellowish, sometimes 

 slightly tinged red, ?iin. long: fr. light red. April, 

 May: fr. in June, Julv. Canada to Pa. and Mich. 

 B.B. (ed. 2) 3:281. 



5. gracilipes, Miq. (L. Phyloin'd^, Hort.). Fig. 



2197. Shrub, to 6 ft., almost glabrous: Ivs. roundish- 

 ovate to obl(ing-<jvate, ciliate, bright green, often with 

 reddish margin, 1-2 '-2 in. long: peduncles slender, 

 nodding, usually 1-fld.; corolla pink, rarely white, 

 ^'sin. long: fr. rather large, pendulous, bright red. April, 

 May; fr. in June. Japan. G.F. 10:265 (adapted in 

 J'ig. 2197). S.I.F. 2:73. The form described here is var. 

 glahra, Miq,; the typical form has the Ivs. ciliate and 

 pubescent beneath, particularly on the midrib, and is 

 not in cult. Var. albiflora, Maxim. A form with white 

 fls, Var, glanduldsa, .Maxim, Lvs. and fls. i)ubescent: 

 ovaries glandular, — .\ graceful species; one of the ear- 

 liest to bloom, and very handsome in June with its 

 pendulous scarlet frs. 



6. tangtitica, Maxim. Low shrub with spreading 

 branches: branchlet glabrous: lvs. obovatc to obovate- 

 oblong, acute or obtusish, cuneate at base, ciliate, 

 usually sparingly hairy above, glabrous and glaucescent 

 beneath, 'i-l)4 in. long: fls. slender-stalked, pendu- 

 lous; bracts subulate; calyx-teeth minute; corolla 

 tubular-funnelform, slightly ventricose below the 

 middle, limb upright, whitish, flashed pink, H^n. long; 

 style exscrted: fr. bright red. May, June; fr. in July. 

 W. China. Gt. 40, p, hsl. 



7. cjerftlea, Linn, Much-branched erect or spreading 

 shrub, to 5 ft,, with glabrous or pubescent branehlets: 



winter-buds often several, superposed : lvs. often stipu- 

 late, oval or obovate to oblong-lanceolate, pubescent or 

 almost glabrous, |)al(^ or glaucous green, 1-2 in. long: 

 fls. short-jieduncled, yellowish or greenish white, 'a-Jij 

 in. long: fr. blue, bloomy; berries connate only at the 

 base, but wholly covered by the coimate bractlets and 

 hence seemingly connate. April, May. N. Ku., N. Asia 

 and N. Amer. B.M. 1965. — A very variable species; the 

 typical form is a spreading shrub with cllii)tic to oblong 

 lvs. glabresc^ent lik(> the branehlets and occurs in Ku. 

 and N. Asia. Var, altaica, Sweet (L. Pdllaxii, Ledeb.). 

 Branehlets and lvs, hirsute: fr. subglobose. N. Eu. to 

 Japan. Var. edilUs, Kegel. Lvs. oblong to lanceolate, 

 pubescent like the branehlets: fr. oblong. E. Siberia, 

 Tibet. Var. gracilifldra, Dipp. (L. Karclinii, Hort., not 

 Bunge). With upright rather slender, bright red 

 branches, slightly pubescent: lvs. ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 puberulous on both sides: fls. with slender tube. 

 Var. villdsa, Torr. & Gray (L. tnllosa, Muhl. 

 Xyldatt'um Soldnis, Eaton). Shrub, to 3 ft. with upright 

 branches: winter-buds upright, always solitary: lvs. 

 oval or obovate to oblong, usually pubescent: corolla 

 campanulate, tube as long or shorter than limb. N. 

 Anier. south to Tenn., Wis. and Calif. B.B. (ed. 2) 

 3:281. 



8. pileata, Oliver. Low, spreading shrub, sometimes 

 prostrate: lvs. evergreen or half-evergreen, ovate to 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtusish, dark green and glossy above, 

 glabrous, J^-lJ^in. long: fls. short-stalked, upright; 

 bracts connate into a cupule inclosing the ovaries; 

 calyx with a cap-like downward production at the base; 

 corolla funnelform, whitish, gibbous at the base, Jain. 

 long, fragrant; stamens cxserted : fr. purple, surrounded 

 at the base by the persistent cupula. April, Mav; fr. 

 in July. Cent, and W. China. B.M. 8060. G.C. IIL 

 35: 243; 47: 2.36. R.H. 1909, pp. 376, 377. H.L 

 16:1585. — Though the fls. are insignificant, the hand- 

 some evergreen foliage and the purple frs. render it a 

 desirable slu-ub; it resembles a small-lvd. privet. 



9. nitida, Wilson. Shrub, to 6 ft., with upright 

 branches: lvs. broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 subcordate to broadly cuneate at the base, glossy above, 

 glabrous except short hairs on the midrib above and on 

 the very short petioles, M-J-ain. long: corolla slightly 

 larger: otherwise like the preceding species, of which it 

 is possibly only a variety. W. China. — Apparently 

 hardier than the 



preceding species. 



10. hispida, Pall. 

 Shrub, with spread- 

 ing bristly - hispid 

 or glabrescent 

 branches: winter- 

 buds large, 2- 

 valved : lvs. obovate 

 to oblong, cihate 

 and hirsute, at least 

 when yoimg, some- 

 times glaucous 

 beneath, lli-^H 

 in. long: fls. nod- 

 ding, white, funnel- 

 form, strongly gib- 

 bous at the base, 

 hairj' outside, 1-1 K 

 in. long; bracts 

 ovate, ciliate, 

 whitish, ^4-\ in. 

 long; bractlets 

 none; ovaries gla- 

 brous or glandular: 

 fr. oblong, bright 

 red. April, May; 

 fr. in June, July. 

 Altai to Himalayas. 2198. Lonicera involucrata. (XH)- No- '2. 



