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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Siinonymes. CapriR>liura pubescens Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ. 1822, April, p. 323 ; L. hirsdf 



FaiIoii Man. Bot. Ed. 3. p. 311. ; L. Goldie' Spreng. Syst. 1. p. 758. 

 Engravings. Hook. Exot. Fl., t. 27. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3103. ; and our Jig. 969. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves broatl-ovate-elliptic, on short petioles, pubescent 

 and ciliated, glaucous beneath ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Spikes or 

 racemes composed of verticillate heads of flowers. Corollas beset with 

 glandular pubescence. Flowers yellow. (Don's Mill.) This appears to 

 hold the place in the more northern parts which L. fljiva does in the south ; 

 of which, indeed. Dr. Torrey suspects it to be a variety. (IIoo/c. Fl. Bor. 

 Amer., p. 282.) A deciduous twining shrub. North America, in Massa- 

 chusetts, Vermont, New York, and Canada, in many places. Stems 10 ft. 

 to 12 ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers yellow ; June and July. Fruit?. 

 It appears hardier than the preceding sort. 



- 7. L. PARViFLO^RA Lam. The small-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 1. p. 728. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 44-5. 



Synonytnes. Caprifolium parvifldrum Pursh Sept. 1. p. 161. ; Lonicero dioica Lin. St/st. Veg. ed. 



13. p. 181. ; L. media Murr. Nov. Comm. Giitt. 1776 p. 28. t. 3. ; Caprifblium bracte'bsum Michx. 



Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 105. ; CaprifMium diolcum Rccm. et Schult. Syst. 5. p. 260. ; CapriiBlium 



glaucum Mcench ; glaucous Honeysuckle ; Ch&vrefeuille dioique, Fr. ; Meergriines Geissblatt, 



Ger. ; Middelboore Karaperfoelie, Dutch. 

 Engravings. Krauss, t. 27. ; and our figs. 970. and 971. 



Sjyec. Char., c^c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic, sessile ; lower ones somewhat 

 connate ; upper ones connately perfoliate, 

 very glaucous beneath. Flowers disposed 

 in verticillate heads. Corollas glabrous, 

 with tubes gibbous 

 at the base on one 

 side. Filaments ra- 

 ther hairy. Flow- 

 ers yellow, and 

 smaller than in any 

 of the foregoing 

 species, but vary- 

 ing exceedingly in 

 their colour ; for 

 there is a variety 

 mentioned by Mi- 

 chau.x in which 

 they are purple. (Doll's Mill.) A deciduous twining shrub. New England to 

 Carolina, in rocky shady situations; frequent in Canada. Stem 10ft. to 

 15 ft. Introduced in 1776. Flowers smdl, yellow ; June and July. Fruit 

 scarlet. 



-^ 8. L. (p.) Douglass// Dec. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. 



Amer., 1. p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 44.5. 

 Synonyme. Caprif6lium DouglasiY Lindl. Hort. Trans. 7. 



p. 244. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 972. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's 



herbarium. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval, acute at both 

 ends, petiolate, glabrous, ciliated, tomento.se 

 on the outside ; upper ones connate. Flow- 

 ers disposed in capitate whorls. Stigmas 

 exserted. Stamens enclosed. Corollas 

 pubescent, biliibiate, deep orange red. 

 Leaves 4 in. to 6 in. long, deep green. 

 (Don's Mill.) A deciduous twining shrub. 

 Western coast of North America, on the 

 banks of the Saskatchawan. Stems 10 ft. 

 to 15ft. Introd.lS24-. Flowers deep orange 

 yellow; July to September. Fruit?. 



070. I parvifldra. 



971. L. parviflj)ra. 



Douglas's Honeysuckle. 







a72. L. (p.) DougtiULii'. 



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