LONICERA 



LONICERA 



941 



|;i. fragTantissima , Lindl. (L., or Coprifolium, Nia- 



irilli, Hort.). Similar to the former, but with long 

 jfd slender recurving and almost glabrous branches: 

 |s. broadly ovate or obovate, acute, almost glabrous, 

 tt bristly on the midrib beneath and ciliate, 1-2% in. 



ig: corolla glabrous outside. March-May. G.C. III. 



>A5. R.H. 1873, p. 169. Less hardy than the former. 

 iith have handsome half -evergreen foliage and very 



rly, sweet-scented, though not very showy flowers. 



DD. Bractlets present, small, glandular: fls. dull 

 violet or brownish red. 



12. alpigena,Linn. Shrub, to 8 ft., with stout branches: 

 s. oblong-obovate or oblong, short acuminate, glossy 

 ul dark green above, light green and often pubescent 

 -neath, 2-4 in. long : fls. long-peduncled, with short 

 sually yellowish green tube and brownish red limb: 

 . bright scarlet, shining. April, May. Mts. of M. Eu. 

 id W Asia. Very handsome in fruit. 



1313. Lonicera Tatarica (X%). 



13. orientalis, Lam. (L. Caucdsica, Bieb.). Shrub, 

 o 10 ft., almost glabrous: Ivs. elliptic or ovate to ob- 

 ong-ovate, rarely oblong-lanceolate, dark green above, 

 jale or glaucescent beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. short-pe- 

 luncled, pale violet or pinkish: fr. black, wholly con- 

 late. May, June. W. Asia to Kamschatka. Gt. 11:359. 

 -Pis. and frs. not very conspicuous. 



cc. Ovaries and frs. separate. 



D. Fls. white or yellowish white, changing to yellow: 

 branches pubescent. 



14. Xyl6steum, Linn. Fig. 1312. Shrub, to 10 ft. : Ivs. 

 broadly oval to obovate, acute, dull green, pubescent 

 above, usually glabrous at length, 1-3 in. long: fls. pe- 

 duncled, yellowish white, often slightly tinged red, hairy 

 outside : bractlets pubescent, about half as high as ovary : 

 berries dark red. May, June. Eu., W. and N. Asia, 

 sometimes escaped from cultivation. B.B. 3:241. 



15. M6rrowi, Gray. Shrub, to 6 ft., with wide spread- 

 ing branches : Ivs. oval or oblong-ovate, dark green 

 above, grayish tomentose beneath, 1-2 in. long: fls. 

 peduncled, pure white at first, pubescent outside, upper 

 lip divided nearly to the base, with spreading lobes: 

 bractlets pubescent, about as long as ovary: fr. blood- 

 red. May, June. Japan. A. F. 11:1267. Gng. 5:329. 

 Very decorative, with its bright red fruit from August 

 until late in fall. There is also a var. with yellow fruit. 



16. Kuprechtiana, Regel. Shrub, to 12 ft. : Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, usually dark green 

 above, grayish pubescent beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. on 

 rather long peduncles, pure white at first, glabrous out- 

 side: bractlets only glandular-ciliate, small, about one- 

 third of the ovary : f r. red or sometimes yellow. May, 

 June. Manshuria. Gt. 19:645. This species and the 

 preceding are likely to hybridize with the following; 

 these hybrids are very common, and may be recognized 

 by the glabrescent foliage and the tinge of pink in the 

 fls. The true L. Huprechtiana is much rarer than its 

 hybrids. 



DD. Fls. pink or red, sometimes white, but not 

 changing to yellow. 



17. Tatarica, Linn. Fig. 1313. Shrub, to 10 ft., almost 

 glabrous : Ivs. cordate or rounded at the base, ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, sometimes slightly pubescent 

 beneath when young, 1-2% in. long: fls. slender-pedun- 

 cled, pink, crimson or wh ite, the upper lip deeply divided, 

 spreading: bractlets small, glabrous: fr. red, rarely 

 yellow. May, June. S. E. Russia to Siberia. B.R. 1:31. 

 R.H. 1868:392. Gt. 18:627. Variable in size and shade 

 of fls. Var. alba, Regel (var. alba grandiflora, Hort.). 

 Fls. white, large. Var. angustifdlia, Kirchn. (L. ang^ls 

 tdta, Winder.). Lvs. narrow-lanceolate: fls. bright pink. 

 Var. latifolia, Loud. (var. grandiflora and var. grandi- 

 flora rubra, Hort.; var. speciosa, var. pulcherrima, 

 Hort.). Large-leaved form, with large pink fls., the 

 lobes bordered lighter pink. R.H. 1844:109. A form of 

 this with deeper pink fls. is var. speciosa, Carr. (var. 

 spUndens, Regel). R. H. 1868:392. Gt. 18:627. Var. 

 parvifdlia, Jager (var. grdcilis, Carr.; L. parvifolia, 

 Hayne, not Edgew.). Lvs. smaller, obtuse: fls. pure 

 white, small, with broad and short lobes : fr. orange-red. 

 Var. rubrifldra, DC. (L. Sibirica, Hort.) . Fls. deep pink. 



18. floribunda, Boiss. & Buhse. Shrub, to 8 ft. ; finely 

 tomentose: Ivs. roundish ovate to oval, obtuse, pubes- 

 cent on both sides, bluish or grayish green, K-1% in. 

 long: fls. slender-peduncled, light pink, upper lip di- 

 vided (not beyond the middle), with ovate erect lobes: 

 bractlets small, pubescent: fr. red. June. Transcauc., 

 Persia. Gt. 42, p. 103, Figs. 4-6. -Very free-flowering 

 shrub, with distinct, bluish green foliage. 



AA. Habit climbing, rarely almost shrubby. 



B. Fls. in pairs, 2-lipped, sometimes crowded at the 



end of branches ; tube slender. (Nintoa.) 



19. Japdnica, Thunb. Fig. 1314. Climbing, to 15 ft. 

 high: branchlets usually pubescent when young: Ivs. 

 half -evergreen, roundish ovate to oblong, pubescent be- 

 neath or almost glabrous, l%-3 in. long: fls. short-pedi- 

 celled, white, changing^ to yellow, often purplish out- 

 side, very fragrant, glandular-pubescent outside, l%-2; 

 in. long: fr. black, separate. June-Aug. China, Japan; 

 naturalized in some places from N. Y. to N. C. B. B. 

 3:240. -Var. aureo-reticulata, Arb. Kew. (L. reticuldta 

 aurea, Hort. L. brachypoda reticuldta, Hort.). A form 

 of var. flexuosa, with the smaller and shorter Ivs. hand- 

 somely netted yellow. B.H. 21:59. Var. flexudsa, Arb. 

 Kew. (L. flexudsa, Thunb. L. brachypoda, DC.). Less- 

 high climbing: Ivs. ovate or oblong, obtusish, mostly 

 only pubescent on the veins beneath : peduncles usually 

 as long as petioles or shorter: corolla 1-1% in. long, 

 with the limb shorter than tube: bractlets broad, as 

 long as ovary. Var. Chinensis, Bak. (L. Chintnsis, 

 Wats.). Lvs. ovate, acute, ciliate and pubescent only at 

 the veins beneath, often with purplish hue beneath: 

 peduncles usually longer than petioles: corolla l%-2 in. 

 long, tube about as long as limb: bractlets narrow,, 

 about half as long as ovary. B.R. 9:712. B.M. 3316. 

 L.B.C. 11:1037. Var. Halliana, Arb. Kew. (L. flexudsa. 



1314. Lonicera Japonica (X%). 

 Commonly known in this country us L. Halliana. 



Halliana, Dipp. Caprifolium Halliamim, Hort.). Of 

 vigorous growth : Ivs. usually pubescent on both sides 

 when young, oblong-ovate, acute, to 2% in. long: fls. 

 short-peduncled ; tube as long as limb : bractlets broad, 

 half as long as ovary. Flowering in fall, otherwise 

 hardly different from the type, A.G. 12 :663. Gng. 3 :293, 



