2gQ CAi'lllFOJ.iACE-E. Lonki-ra. 



5. LONICERA, Linn. Honeysucklk. Wuudbisk. 



Calyx minutely 5-toutheil. Corolla tubular, fuunelform, or oblong-canipanulate ; 

 the tube commonly gibbous at baso ; the limb irregulaily or sometimes almost regu- 

 larly r)-lol)eil, oilun bilabiuto {\, i. o. 4 loben in tho ui)i)or, I in tin* lower lii)). Sta- 

 mens 5, inserted on tbe tube of tho corolla. Ovary 2-3-cellea, with numerous 

 ovules in each cell : style filiform : stigma capitate. Berry several-seeded. Twin- 

 ing or erect shrubs, with sculy buds, and spicato or geminate llowers. Leaves 

 entire, or occasionally sinuuto-iiinnatiiid on vigorous young shoots. 



Genus widely (Usiniseil over the noitlicin liemispliero, several cultivated for ornnninnt and 

 fi-a"riince, esitecially lliu Knro^lelln lioiieysuctklcs, L. Caprifoliain and L. KlruHca ; tlie Anuirican 

 Trumpet 'll., L. acmpcn-iirns, wliicli lias an almost regular (.orolk ; Chineso or Juimn II., L. Ja- 

 ponica, etc. '; and, anioug the upriglil species, L. Tarlarica, the Tartarean Honeysuckle. 



L. CIMOSA, Toir., a conmiou Oregon sii(<-ies with corolla slightly Lihiliiatc, may occur in Cali- 

 fornia. Ai)|):'irently a lorni of it, with rather smaller leaves and llowers, was collected on San 

 Francisco Mountain, in Arizona, by Dr. I'alnier. 



§ 1. Stems or branches more or less twining or disposed to twine : flowers sessile in a 

 terminal inten'iqded spike or head, or some in the axils of the upper {and com- 

 monly connate) leaves, usually rather large and showy: calyx-teeth persistent 

 on the {red or orange) berry : corolla in all the Calif or aian species decidedly 

 bilabiate, the upper lij> i-lobed, the lower narrow and entire. {Sometimes 

 there are foliaceous stipxdes or lohat seem to be such between the leaves.) — 

 Caprifolium, DC. 

 1. L. hispidula, Dougl. in iiot. Keg. Foliaceous stipular appendages between 

 the leaves often present: leaves mostly oval, the lower short-petioled ; uppermost 

 pairs commonly connate : spikes naked, slender : corolla pink or yellowish ; its tube 

 hairy inside, not longer than the limb : stamens and especially the long stylo ex- 

 serted, more or less hairy at base. — All the Californian specimens seem to belong 

 to one species, of which this is the oldest name. — (Jniy, Troc. Am. Acad. viii. (527. 

 The leailing forms are : — 



Var. Douglasii, the (irst described form, from Oregon : leaves (i - U inches long) 

 at least beneiith and their margins and slender branches hirsute or i)ulH'scent with 

 spreading hairs: inflorescence and pink flowers glabrous. — L. microphylla. Hook. 

 Fl. i. 283. Caprifolium hispidulum, Lindl. iJot. Jieg. t. 1761. 



Var. subspicata: a bushy form, along the coast from IVfonterey Bay to San 

 Diego, seldom climbing, with small leaves more or less pubescent, the uppermost 

 often distinct ; the branchlets, inllorescence, and flowei-s glandular-pubescent. — /.. 

 subspicata. Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. 349 ; Torr. Bot. :Mex. Bound. 71, t. 29. 



Var. interrupta: resembling the preceding, but glabrous throughout, often 

 glaucous : filaments slightly hairy at base. — L. interrupta, Benth. PI. llartw. 313. 



Var. vacillans : mostly climbing, larger, either glabrous or pubescent, with or 

 without hirsute hairs : inflorescence and flowers glandular-hirsute or pubescent, 

 varying to glabrous. — L. Califomica, Torr. & Gray, Fl. ii. 7. L. ciliosa, Hook. »V; 

 Arn., not of Foir. L. pilosa, Kellogg, Froc. Calif. Acad. i. 02. 



Connnon tliroughout the State, on liillsides, iic. Corolla about half un inch long. 



§ 2, Stems in the American sjm.ies erect, never twining : all the leaves distinct : flowers 

 a pair {sessile or their bases united) at the summit of an axillary peduncle. — 

 Xylosteum, DC. 

 2. L. involucrata. Banks. Pubescent, leafy : leaves varying from ovate- 

 oblong to broadly lanceolate, mostly acuminate, thin, petioled : peduncles .shorter 

 than the leaf: bracts 4 to 6, forming a conspicuous foliaceous involucre: corolla 

 tubular, with short lobes, viscid-pubescent, yellowish : ovaries and black-purple 



