XL. caprifolia'ce/i: : loni'cer^. 



529 



Flowers purplish on the outside, yellow within, scented ; May and June. 

 Fruit yellow ; ripe in August. 



i. 4. L imple'xa Aii. The interwoven, or Minorca, Honeysuckle. 



!. p. 444. 

 sempreverde, Hal. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., i. p. 331. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444 

 ^ynouyincs. Caprifolium implexum liivm. et Schuli. Syst.b. p. 2G1. ; Vincibosco 

 Engravings 



Bot. Mag., t. 640. ; and our.^g. 9G7. 



Spec. Char., S^-c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 

 I permanent, evergreen, glaucescent ; lower 

 ! ones oblong, distinct ; middle ones per- 

 foliate ; uppermost ones connate, forming a 

 hollow roundish cup. Flowers disposed 

 in capitate whorls, ringent ; purplish before 

 they open, but becoming paler on the out- 

 side as they expand, white on the inside ; 

 but finally changing to yellow, as in the 

 common woodbine. {Doll's Mill.') A twin- 

 I ing evergreen shrub. Balearic Islands, 

 and Sicily. Stems. 10ft. to loft. Intro- 

 duced in 1772. Flowers purplish, finally 

 changing to yellow ; June to September. 



I Variety. 



9G7. L, impUrs.1. 



Fruit ?. 



L L. i. 2 balearica Viv. Camb. p. 84. Caprifolium balearicum Bum. 

 Coiirs. Bot. Cult., ed. 2. vol. iv. p. 358. ; L. balearica Dec. Fl. Fr. 

 Siippl- 499. ; L. Caprifolium De.^. Fl. Alt. i. p. 183. Lower leave? 

 somewhat cordate ; upper ones connate, obovate, glaucous beneath. 

 Evergreen. Bark of branches violaceous, clothed with glaucous 

 bloom. Flowers 4 6 in a head, large, cream-coloured, 13 in. to 

 18 in. long. 



J 5. L. flaH'a Sims. The yellow-^oivcred Honeysuckle. 



[Identification. Bot. Mag., t. 1318. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



,Synonymes. Capriffilium flavum Ell. Sketch. 1. p. 271. ; Caprifblium Fraserj Pursh Sept. 1. p. 271. 



^Engraviny.s. Bot. Mag., t. 1318.; and our fig. 9C8. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Branches 

 twining a little. Leaves ovate, sometimes 

 ghiLicous beneath, with cai'tilaginous margins ; 

 tipper leaves connateiy perfoliate. Flowers 

 in terminal verticillate heads. Corollas rather 

 ringent; with oblong obtuse lobes. Flowers 

 bright yeUow, but, as they fade, becoming 

 orange-coloured; very fragrant. (Don^sMill.) 

 A twining, deciduous shrub. Paris Moun- 

 tains, in South Caro- 

 lina; and the Cats- 

 kill Mountains, New 

 York. Stem 10 ft. to 

 12 ft. Introduced in 

 1810. Flowers bright 

 \elIow ; June and 

 July. Fruit ?. 



I .V ver}- (.iesirable species, from the large size, rich 

 jellow colour, and grateful fragrance of its flowers ; 

 ut somewhat tender, and, even in the neighbour- 

 ood ot London, requiring the protection of a wall. 



1 -2 6. L. (f.) pube'scens Sweet. The pubescent 

 Honeysuckle. 



p. 1?4. ; D3C. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; 



'entification. Sweet Hort. Brit 

 Doti's Mill., 3. p. 445. 



909. L. (f.) uub^sccDi. 



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