540 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM KRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Erect. Leaves oblong or oval, clothed with velvety pu- 

 bescence beneath. Peduncles elongated, erect. Bracteas obsolete. Tube 

 of corolla hairy, gibbous at the base on one side. Limb unequal, deeply 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip 4-toothed, and the lower one nearly entire. Berries 

 joined in one, which is bi-umbilicate at the top, bluish black in the dried 

 state, and about the size of a pea. (Doll's Uli//.) An erect shrub. Island 

 of Montreal, in the St. Lawrence, about INIontreal ; Lake Winnipeg ; and 

 the western parts of the state of New York. Height 3 ft. to 4 It. Intro- 

 duced in 1823. Flowers yellow , April and May. Fruit bluish black ; ripe 

 in August. Horticultural Society's Gard^p. 



St "0. L. c^eru'lea L. The h\ue-l)e?ricd Honeysuckle. 



Ideniifica/wn. Lin. Sp., 34!). ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. ^37. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 4r)0. 



S>/no>ii/mrx. L. villosa MUM. Cat. p. 22. ; Xyl6steon villosuni Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 106. ; 



X. Solonw Eaton Man. Bot. p. 51S. ; L. velutina Dec. Prod. 4. p. 337. ; L. altaica Pall. I'l. Itoss. 



t. 37. ; Xylusteum csruleum canadunse Lam. Diet. 1. p. 731.; X. canadense Dn Ham. .hb.% 



p. 373. ; Capriftilium ciEidleum Lain. Fl. Fr., Cliama:;cer.isns ccerCllea Dclarb. Fl. Au. ; \.. py. 



renaica Fall. Fl. Jioss. p. 58 ; L. Pallasn Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111. t. 131. Ciliegia alpina, Hal. 

 Fngravmffs. Bot. Mag., t. 10G5. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 37. ; Led. Fl. Ross. Alt. 111., t. 131. ; and oar 



/u;s. 100.5. and lOOG. 



Spec. Char., eye. Erect. Leaves oval-oblong, ciliated, stifTish, densely clothed 

 with pubescence while young. Peduncles short, 2-flowered, reflexed in the 

 fructiferous state. Bracteas 2, subulate, longer than the 

 ovaria. Tube of corolla glabrous, short, gibbous on one 

 side at the base ; lobes of limb short, nearly equal. Ber- 

 ries closely joined in one, which is 

 bi-umbilicate at the apex. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, tubular. Berries 

 elliptic or globose, dark blue, and 

 covered with a kind of bloom. Bark 

 of young shoots purplish. There 

 is no difference between the Ame- 

 1005. L.ciDrukri. '"icau aiid European plants of this iqog. L.caruira. 



species. {Dons Mi//.) An erect 

 shrub. Europe, and throughout the woody country of British North 

 America, as far as lat. 66 ; and of Siberia and Kamtschatka. Height 

 3 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1629. Flowers greenish yellow; March and 

 Aj)ril. Fruit dark blue ; ripe in August. 



m 3L L. orientaYis Lam. The Oriental Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lam. Diet.. 1. p. 731. ; Dec. Prod.. 4.'p. 3.37. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 

 Si/noni/mc.i. L. caiicasica Pall. Fl. Ross. 1. p. 67. ; L. cKrillea Oiild. Ilin. 1. p. 423., Charafficrrasia 



oricntalis /anrifiilia Tonrn. Cor. p. 42. 

 Engraving. Our Hg. 1007 from Toiirnefort's specimen in the British Museum 



Spec. C/iar., S)-c. Erect. Leaves on very shor 

 petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, 

 smoothish. Peduncles 2-flowerci.l, shorter than 

 the leaves. Bracteas 2, setaceous. Berries 

 joined in one, didymous and bi-unihihcate at 

 the aj)ex, 10-seeded. Leaves stifRsh, veiny, 

 larger than in L. coerulea. Flowers greenish 

 yellow. {Don's Mi//.) An erect shrub. 

 Iberia and Asia Minor, in woods. Height 

 3ft. to [) ft. Introduced in 1825. Flou'crs 

 greenish yellow ; April to June. Berries 

 black or dark blue; ripe in September. loor. l. oriemahs. 



j 32. L. ibe'rica Bieb. The Georgian Honeysuckle. 



Idcntilcation. Bieb. PI. Taur., and Suppl., 3n.'5. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. ,357. ; Don's Mil!., 3. p. J-'O. 

 Stjnoni/me. Xylosteon ilu'ricum liicb. Cent. PI. Tiar. 1. t. 13. <U' SnppL, and Load. Cat. ed. 183R. 

 Engravings. Bieb. Cent. Fl. rar., !. r. 13., ex Suppl. ; anifigs. 1008. lOoy. from living specimens. ! 



Spec. Char., ^r. Erect. Leaves petiolate, cordate, roundish, tomentose oij 



