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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Engraving. Our^. . in p. 



Spec. Char., 4'c. Erect, branched. Branches very villous at the apex. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acute, on short petioles, glabrous ; petioles villous ; nerves of 

 leaves puberulous. Flowers axillary, few, almost sessile. Berries globose, 

 glabrous. Stems flexuous. Leaves about an inch long ; upper ones the 

 smallest. Peduncles hardly a line long. Berries distinct, ovate, acuminated, 

 black. {Bon s Mill.) An erect deciduous shrub. Japan. Height ifl. to 

 5 ft. Introduced in 180G. Flowers?; June and July. Berries black ; ripe?. 



C. Berries either distinct or joined together. Corolla very gibbous at the Base. 

 Erect bushy Shrubs. Ciiphdnthce Dec. 



Derivation. From Kuplios, gibbous, and anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flower being gibbous 

 on one side at the base. 



jj 25. L. iNvoLUCR.v^TA Bunlis. The involucrated Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Banks Herb, ex Spreng. Syst, 1. p. 759. ; Dec. Prod., -1. p. 33G. ; Don's Mill., 3 



p. 449. 

 Si/noni/7ne. Xyli5steum involucratiim Richards, in Frank. First Journ. cd. 1. append, p. 6. 

 Engravings. Our fgs. 937, 998, i.99. 



HOT, 938, 999. L. invohicratii. 



S);ec. Chai:, c^-r. Erect. Branches acutely tetragonal. Leaves ovate or oval, 

 petiolate, membranous, beset with appressed hairs beneath. Peduncles 

 axillary, 2 3-flowered. Bracteas 4 ; two outer ovate, two inner broad, 

 obcordate, at length widening, clothed with glandular pubescence. Corolla 

 pubescent, gibbous at the base on the outside ; yellowish, tinged with red 

 Style exserted. (Don's Mill.) An erect shrub< North-west America, 

 between lat. 54 and 64 (but probaMy confined to the vicinity of the 

 Saskatchawan) ; thence to the Rocky Mountains, Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. In 

 troduced in 1824. Flowers yellowish, tinged with red ; May. Fruit ?. 



26. L. Ledebou'r// Eschsch. 

 suckle. 



Ledebour's Honev- 



Jdcntificatinn. Eschsch. Mem. Act. Soc. Petersb., 10. p. 284. ; Hook. 



et Am. in Beech Voy. pt. p. 14.'). ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 449. 

 Engraving. Oar Jig. 1000. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., dye. Erect. Branches elongated, acutely 

 tetragonal. Leaves ovate or obiong, somesvhat acu- 

 minated, stiff, pubescent, tomentose on the nerves. 

 Peduncles axillary, 2 o-flowered. Bracteas 4; 2 outer 

 ones ovate ; 2 inner broad obcordate, pubescent, at 

 length increasing in size. Corollas gibbous at the base 

 on the outside. Berries distinct. (Don's Alill.) An 

 erect deciduous shrub. California. Height 2 ft. to 

 3 ft. Introduced in 1838. Flowers yellow, tinged 

 with red ; June and July. Berries dark purple; ripe 

 in September. 



Very nearly allied to L. invoaicrata. 



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