XL. CAPUIFOLIA'CE.E : LONl'CEU^/. 



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9. L. hisi'i'dula Dong/. The bristly Honeysuckle. 



Identification. DoukI. MSS. 



Synonymc. Caprifdlium hisp'uUiliun IJndl. Bot. Reg. 



Eagrtiviniis. Bot. Reg., t. 1761. ; and our ^i'S. 973. and 974. 



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Spec. Char., cf c. Hispidly pilose. 

 Umbels petliincuiate. Corolla 

 smooth, bilabiate, longer than 

 the tube of the limb. iSta- 

 niens exserted. Leaves peti- 

 olate, cordate-ovate, obtuse, 

 glaucous beneath, sessile to- 

 wards the summit. Stem 

 slender. Flowers small. 



{Lindl?) A prostrate shrub. 

 North-west America, in woods. 

 Stem 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 

 in 1826. Flowers rose-co- 

 loured, nearly scentless ; July 

 and August. Fruit ?. 



honevsiickles. In 



A very rare species, quite 

 lifferent from all the other 

 common soil it can scarcely be 



971. I/, hispidula. 



kei)t alive ; but in peat 



and loam it grows as readily as any other hardy American plant. 



-^ 10. L. GRA^TA Ait. The pleasant, or evergreen. Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ]. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod. 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 

 Syno)iymes. Caprif blium gratum Pursh Sept. 1. p. 161.; L. virginiana Marsh Arb. 13G. ; ?/'o,i- 



cljmenum americanum Mill. Diet. No. 7. ; Caprifolio sempreverde, Ital. 

 Engravings. Hort. Angl., p. 15. No. 10. t. 8.; and our^g^. 975. 



Spec. Char., t^c. Leaves permanent, obovate, rather mucronate, 

 glaucous beneath, and reticulately veined, glabrous ; upper 

 ones coimately perfoliate. Spikes composed of approximate 

 whorls of flowers. Corollas ringent. Branches reddish 

 brown. Flowers inclining to scarlet on the outside, accord- 

 ing to Pursh. Corolla ringent, reddish on the outside, and 

 yellow inside. Berries red. {Don's Mill.) A sub-evergeen 

 twining shrub. Carolina to New York, on the mountains, 

 rambling among rocks, in shady moist situations, but rare. 

 Stems 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introcl. 

 1730. Flowers yellow, red, 

 and white ; Juneor July to Sep- 

 tember, and sometimes till the 

 commencement of frost. Fruit 

 red ; ripe in September. 



The plant is of vigorous 

 "rowth, with woody stems, aiul 

 will live longer than most of the 

 other species. It is inferior in 

 vigour only to L. japonica, the 

 , t'aprifolium flexuosum of the nurseries. 



975. L. priita. 



iB. Limb of Corolla ncarli/ equal. Vericl^^mcnum 

 Tourn. 



-^ 11. L. sEMPERvi^RENS Ait. The evergreen 

 I Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



IdenHfication, Ait. Hort. Kcw., 1. p. 230. ; Dec. Prod., 4. 

 , p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 



Synonymes. Caprift)lium sempervlrens Miclix. Fl. Bor. Amer. 

 , 1. p. 105. ; Pericljmenum sempervlrens Mill. Diet. No. 1. ; 

 1 U M 2 



97G. L. sen'.pervlrenn 



