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beneatli ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Flowers dis- 

 posed in verticillate heads. Corolla glabrous, with an 

 elongated tube, which is gil)bous above the base ; the 

 limb nearly equal. Stamens almost enclosed. (Do7i^s 

 Mill.) Branches and peduncles glabrous. A decidu- 

 ous twining shrub. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. 

 Stems 6 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in IS^L Flowers 

 large, orange red ; June, July, and 

 August. Fruit ?. 



A great acquisition toour gardens; 



quite different from L. pubescens, L. 



parviflora, and L. Douglass ; and, if 



9S0. L. occidentaiis. ^hc presence or absence of hairs in 



the corolla are to be depended on, 



it is also different from L. ciliosa, which inhabits nearly 



the same country 



L. pilosa Willd,, Dec. Prod. iv. p. 233., Caprifolium 

 villosum //. B. ct KuntJi Nov. Gen. Amer. iii. p. 427. 

 t. 298. (and our fi^r, 981.), is a native of New Spain, 

 in cold places, witii purple flowers, not yet introduced. 



9S1. L. pilosa. 



ii. Xylosteum Dec. 



Identificalion. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; Don's Mill.. 3. p. 446. 



Synomjrncs. Xylosteon Jiiss. Gen. 212. ; Lonicera Roem. et Schult. Syst. .5. p. 19. ; Xylosteon and 



Chamaecerasus Tourn. Inst. p. 609. ; Xylosteum and Isika Adans. Fam. 2. p. ."iOl. ; Coboe'd Necic. 



Elexn. No. 219.', the Fly Honeysuckle; Hackenkirsche, Gcr.; Hondsbezien or Hondskarsen, 



Dutch. 

 Herivation. From xylon, wood, and osteon, a bone ; the wood of L. Xyl6steum bein< as hard as 



bone. 



Sect. Char., Sfc. Pedicels axillary, 2-flowered, bibracteate at the apex. Berries 

 twin, distinct, or joined together more or less ; 3-cel!ed in the young state; 

 rarely 2- celled in the adult state. The limb of the calyx is generally de- 

 ciduous, therefore the fruit is usually not crowned. (Uons Mill.) Climb- 

 ing or erect shrubs, deciduous, with leaves never connate. Of the easiest 

 culture, and extremely hardy. 



A. Ovaries and Berries altogether distinct. Stems twining. 



Nintooa Dec. Prod. iv. p. 33. 

 Derivation. Nintoo, or Sintoo, is the name of L. japonica in China. 



Flowers irregular. 



-5 14. L. coNFu'sA Dec. The confused Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 



Symmymes. Nintooa conlii.sa Strt. Hoyt. Brit. ed. 2. ; Lonicem japonica Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 583.; 



Nintoo, Sintoo, Kcempf. Amcen. ."i. p. 785. ; Capriftilium jap6nicum Loud. Hart. Brit, let ed. 

 Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 583. ; Bot. Reg., t. 70. ; and onr fig. 982. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Branches twining, pubescent. ^i>i4^ 

 Leaves ovate, acute, roundetl at the base, 'S^^felfj^ii 

 downy on both surfaces, as well as the pedun- \ ff^^T'lP^^fe^-'"!'' \, 

 cles. Peduncles axillary, longer than the ^^'^^r^j/QP^^ 

 petioles, 2-flo\vered, opposite, disposed in ^^^J'^^'^-^'"''' 

 something like a thyrse at the tops of the 

 branches. Calycine segments ovate, and, as 

 well as the corollas, pubescent. The flowers 

 are snow white at first, but gradually change 

 to a golden yellow colour ; hence it is called 

 Suikad.sara and Kinginqua, that is gold and 

 silver flowers, by the Japanese. Corolla about 

 an inch long, bilabiate. (Dons Mill.) A de- 

 ciduous twining shrub. Japan, China, aud the Himalayas. Stem 10 ft. t 



M M 3 



9,S2. L. corrusa. 



