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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



^laternus sempervirens A'(rA/. ex Sicud. ; Periclifmenum virginiacum Iiiv. Hon. IIG. ; Jhulre 

 Selva de Virginia, Ilitl. 

 Engravings. Hurt. Angl., t. 7. ; Krauss, t. 1. ; and o\irfig. 97G. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Leaves persistent, sub-evergreen, obovate 

 or ovate, glaucous beneath ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Spikes nearly 

 naked, composed of whorls of flowers. Tube of corolla VL-ntricose on the 

 upper side; limb nearly regular, with 5 roundish lobes. Branches brown. 

 Leaves deep green above, 2 in. long and 1 in. broad. Whorls of flowers 

 usually 3, at tiie top of each branch. Flowers of a beautiful scarlet out- 

 side, and yell.)W inside, about 1 in. long, inodorous. There are several 

 ,rarieties of this species, particularly one with an almost upright stem. 

 {Don's Mill.) A sub-evergreen twining shrub. New York to Carolina, 

 in dry stony woods. Stems G ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1656. Flowers 

 scarlet ; from May till August. Fruit reddish yellow ; ripe in September. 



Varielles. 



1 



L. s. 2 vwjor Ait. Curt. Bot, 

 Mag. 1781. (Schmidt Bauni. 

 t. 104. ; and our Jig. 977.) 

 Leaves roundish, and flowers 

 very large, and of a brilliant 

 scarlet. 

 L. s. 3 minor Ait. Sims Bot. 

 Mag. 1753. (Ker Bot. Reg. 

 t. 556. ; and our fig. 978.) 

 L. conniita Meerb. Icon. t. 

 11.? Leaves oblong, acute 

 at both ends ; upper ones ob- 

 tuse, perfoliate. Flowers small, : 



and scarlet both outside and inside. 

 .^ L. s. ^ Browmi Gordon. Flowers larger 



and brighter than those of the species. 



A very desirable variet}'. 



L. s. niajnr. 



978. L. s minor. 



The fine scarlet flowers of this species, and the length of time during which 

 they are produced, render it a very desirable one; but it is somewhat tender, 

 and rather capricious in regard to situation. It will not thrive in clayey or 

 wet soil; neither in the smoke of cities, nor in a confined situation. It grows 

 well in sand, but still better in sandy peat. 



^ 12. L. ciLio^sA Pair. The ciliated-/(?rtr/ Honeysuckle. 



Idcniificatinn. Poir. Suppl., 5. p. G12. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p.'332. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 44G. 

 Synunymcs. Capril'blium cilibsum Pursh Fl. Amcr. Sept. 1. p. ICO. ; L. ciliata Diel.r. Lez. Supfl. 



4. p. 2G3. 

 Engraving, Our Jig. 979. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Upper part of the branches hairy on one 

 side. Leaves coriaceous, reticulated, ovate, on short petioles, 

 glaucous beneath, and ciliated on the margins ; upper ones con- 

 nately perfoliate. Spikes composed of approximate verticillate 

 heads of nearly sessile flowers. Tube of corolla hairy, ven- 

 tricose in the middle; limb nearly equal. Peduncles beset 

 with glantlular hairs. {Don's Mill.) A deciduous twining shrub. 

 North America, on the banks of the Kooskoosky. Stem 6 ft. 

 to 12 ft. Introduced in 1825. Flowers deep yellow; July 

 and August. Fruit ?. 97s. l. ciii6sx. 



_5 13. L. occidentaYis Hook. The Western Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Hook Fl. Bor. Anier., I. p. 282. ; Don's Jlill., 3. p. 44n. 



Synonymes. C.iprifMinm orcidcntale T.indl. Bot. JU'g. t. 1457. ; fnp.-ifiMium ciliftsum DottglasilSS. 



Engravings, Bot. Reg., t. 14.'i7. ; and ourjig. 980. 



Spec. Char., C)t. Leaves oval, almost sessile, glabrous, ciliated, glaucous 



