XL. CAPRIFOLIA^CE^ : LONl'CER^. 



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Derivalion. From caper, a goat, and folium, a leaf ; in reference to the climbing habit of the 

 species ; or, as appears much more prot)able, because goats are fond of browsing on its leaves. 



SecL Char, Berries solitary, while young 3-felied, but when mature usually 



1-celled, crowned by the tube of the calyx, which is permanent. Flowers 



disposed in cafntate whorls. Twining shrubs, mostly deciduous ; natives of 



Europe, the North of Africa, China, Nepal, and North America ; all of 



easy culture, and tolerably hardy, but none of them of long duration. 



A. Flowers ringent. CaprifoUum Tourn. Inst., p. 608. 



J i. L. Pericly'weni'm L. The Woodbine, or common Honeysuckle. 



Jdentificatiun. Lin. .Sp., p. 247. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. : Don's Jlill., 3. p. 44-5. 



Synonymi'S. Periclyraenum Ger. Emiic. p. 8!)1. ; Periclymenum germanicum Biv. Mon. Irr. 



t. 122. ; P. hnrtense Gcf7i. Icon. Pict. fasc. 1. 38. t. 7. f 49. ; Caprifblium /'ericlymeiium Rcem. et 



Scliull. .'i. p. 2fl2. ; Caiiriftilium sylv&ticura Lnm. Fl. Fr. 3. p. Sfi.'i. ; faprifftlium Rait Syn. p. 4.58. ; 



Woodbind ; Chevrefeaille des Bois, Fr. ; wildes gemeines Geissblatt, Ger. ; gewoone Kamper- 



foelie, Dutch : Madre Selva, Itnl. and Span. 

 Derivation. Periclymenum, from peri, round about, and ktdid, to roll. Woodbine is a corruption 



of woodbind, and both allude to the habit of the common sort, of winding itself round every tree 

 \ and shrub within its reach, and binding them togetlier. In the time of Chaucer, the woodbine 

 I was considered as the emblem of true love, from this property. The name of Honeysuckle has 

 ' reference to tlie fondness of children for this plant, who amuse themselves with drawing the 

 . trumpet-shaped corollas from the calyx, to suck the honey from the nectary. Chevrefeuille and 



Geissblatt both signify literally, goat's leaf. The Spanish and Italian names, Madre Selva, wood 



mother, and the Dutch name Kamperfoelie, the champion mace, seem to have little relation to 



the plant, 

 i Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 800. ; Schmidt Arb., t. 107. ; and our^ 963. 



! Spec. Char., i^c. Leaves all separate, deciduous, sometimes 

 I downy, glaucous beneath, ovate, obtuse, attenuated at the 

 ' base ; upper ones the smallest. Heads of flowers all ter- 

 I minal, ovate, imbricated. Flowers ringent. There are va- 

 1 rieties of this species with either smooth, pubescent, or 

 i variciiated leaves; and, when the plant grows by the sea 

 side, they are occasionally more glaucous and rather succu- 

 lent. Corollas externally deep red ; or, in the earlier-flower- 

 ing varieties, ail over buff-coloured ; in the maritime plant, 

 smaller and greenish. Berries nearly globular, accompanied 

 by permanent bracteas. (Don's Mill.) A twining deciduous 

 shrub, which always turns from east to west. Europe; common in hedses, 

 groves, and thickets ; plentiful in Britain. Stem 15 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers 

 rich yellow ; June and July, and, in moist summers, also in August, 

 and sometimes in September. Fruit deep red, bitter and nauseous; ripe 

 in September. 



Varieties. 



I -S L. P. 2 serotimim 

 Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 i. p. 378. feri- 

 clxnieniiin ger- 

 manicum Miller 

 Dictionar, No 4., 

 (Schmidt,Oester. 

 Baumz. t. 108.; 

 and OUT fg. 964.) 

 Branches gla- 

 brous. Flowers 

 late, and reddish. 

 This, the latj red 



honeysuckle, produces a greater number of flowers together than 

 either the Italian (No. .3.) or Dutch honeysuckle, so that it makes a 

 finer appearance than either of them during its period of flowering. 

 Introduced in 1715. 

 .5 L. P. 3 belgicnm. Periclymenum germanicum Mill. Diet. No. 4. 

 Branches smooth, purplish. Leaves oblong-oval, of a lucid green 

 above, but pale beneath, on long petioles. Flowers in terminal ver- 

 ticiUate heads ; each flower arising out of a scaly cover, reddish ou 



9G3.L.Periclymenuni. 



964. L. P. serdtinum. 



