LONICERA 



LONICERA 



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>e gibbous at the base : ovary and bractlets usually 

 mdular. June, July. Vt. to Manitoba, south to Pa. 

 d Ohio. B.M. 3103. Gn. 45, p. 307. 



1316. Lonicera Caprifolium (X %). 



'32. Douglasi, Hook. (L.glaucescens, Rydb. L.glauca, 

 IT. Douglasi, A. Gray, partly). Climbing: branchlets 

 .abrous: Ivs. short-petioled or almost sessile, the up- 

 ,ir connate, oval to obovate, glabrous above, pubescent 

 jneath, 1/^-3 in. long: fls. in short, almost sessile 

 3ikes; corolla yellow, mostly reddish outside and 

 airy, %-l in. long; tube gibbous, longer than the limb: 

 vary and bractlets glabrous. May, June. Ontario to 

 |ie Saskatchewan, south to Pa. and Neb. B.B. 3:238. 

 are in cultivation, but sometimes a hybrid of L. hir- 

 ita and Sullivanti is found under this name in gar- 

 ens. It is figured in G.F. 9:345. 



33. dioica, Linn. (L. glauca, Hill. L. media, Murr. 

 '. parviflora, Lam.). Usually shrubby, with slender, 

 irmentose branches, rarely climbing, glabrous: Ivs. 

 lort-petioled or almost sessile, the upper connate, oval 

 ) oblong, obtuse, with usually undulate and trans- 

 arent margin, very glaucous beneath, l%-3 in. long: 

 s. in sessile or short-stalked spikes, greenish or whit- 

 ;h yellow, often tinged purplish, glabrous outside, 

 2-% in. long, the tube gibbous, about as long as limb. 

 lay. June. Quebec to Manitoba, south to Ohio and 

 :. C. B.R. 2:138. 



EE. Bractlets as high as ovary or slightly shorter, 

 roundish. 



34. hispidula, Dougl. Bushy shrub with sarmentose 

 ranches, rarely twining, usually hirsute: Ivs. oval to 

 vate, rounded or cordate at the base, often with foli- 

 ceous stipules, the upper connate or sometimes distinct, 

 isually small, rarely to 2% in. long, ciliate and pubes- 

 ent, rarely glabrous fls. in slender-peduncled and 

 ften panicled spikes, pink or yellowish, glabrous or hir- 

 ute, ^s-K in. long, with short gibbous tube. June, 

 uly. Brit. Columb. to Calif. B.R. 21:1761.-Var Cali- 

 ornica, Greene (var. vdcillans, A. Gray). Of more vig- 

 rous growth, with large Ivs. to 3 in. long : corolla 

 glandular-pubescent outside. Calif. 



cc. Corolla with almost regular or slightly 2-lipped 

 limb: limb several times shorter than tube. 



35. cilidsa, Poir. (L. occidentdlis, Hook.). Low sar 

 uentose shrub : Ivs. petioled, ovate or oval, glaucous 



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beneath, glabrous but ciliate, the upper connate, 2-4 in. 

 long: fls. in short-peduncled heads of one or few whorls; 

 corolla slightly 2-lipped, with ventricose-gibbou.3 tube, 

 yellow to orange-scarlet, sometimes hirsute outside, 

 !%-!% in. long. June, July. Brit. Col. to Calif, and 

 Ariz. 



36. sempSrvirens, Linn. (Caprifolium semptrvirens, 

 Michx.). TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE. Fig. 1318. High 

 climbing, glabrous; evergreen southward: Ivs. oval to 

 oblong, glaucous beneath, the upper connate, 2-3 in. 

 long: fls. in peduncled interrupted spikes; corolla with 

 almost equal limb; tube slightly ventricose, glabrous, 

 l%-2 in. long, scarlet or orange-scarlet, rarely yellow. 

 May-Sept. Conn, to Fla.,westto Neb. and Tex. B.M. 

 781. R.H. 1856:361. Gn. 45, p. 307. -Var. flava, Regel 

 (L. flava nova, Hort.). Fls. yellow. Gt. 2:38. Var. 

 fuchsioides, Hort. (L. fuchsioides, Hort., not of Hemsl., 

 which is a Chinese species of the Nintoa group and not 

 yet introduced ) . Similar to var. minor, but tube more 

 expanded above, bright scarlet. Var. minor, Ait. Lvs. 

 oblong or narrow oblong: fls. more slender, orange-red 

 or orange-scarlet. Very free -flowering, but more tender. 

 B.M. 1753. B.R. 7:556. Gn. 34:300. Var. specidsa, Carr. 

 Differs from the type by more brilliant scarlet fls. F.S. 

 11 : 1128. Sometimes cult, as L. Magnevillea, a name also 

 applied to L. dioica, and a darker red form of L. Capri- 

 folium. 



L. angustifblia, Wall. Erect shrub, to 10 ft.: Ivs. lanceolate: 

 fls. long-peduncled, white, fragrant, with regular 5-lobed limb. 

 Himal. F.S. 4, pp. 407, 408 ft. Tender. L. arborea, Boiss. Erect 

 shrub or small tree, to 30 ft.: Ivs. roundish ovate, pubescent: 

 fls. short-peduncled, 2-lipped, pinkish, small. Spain. L. bella, 

 Zabel ( L. Morrowi X Tatarica) . Intermediate between the two: 

 fls. white to pink. Garden origin. L. biflora, Desf .= L. canes- 

 cens. L. canescens, Schousb. Climbing, grayish tomentose: 

 Ivs. ovate, small: fls. in pairs, white, 2-lipped, with slender, long 

 tube, fragrant. Spain, N. Afr. L. chrysdntha, Turcz. Allied to 

 L. Xylosteum, higher: Ivs. larger, acuminate: fls. larger, chang- 

 ing to bright yellow. N. E. Asia. Gt. 12:404. Handsome hardy 

 shrub, with rather light green foliage and bright coral-red ber- 

 ries. L. confusa, DC. Allied to L. canescens, but fls. and Ivs. 



1317. Lonicera Sullivanti (X%). 



somewhat larger and ovary glabrous. Japan, China. B.R. 1:70 

 (as L. Japonica). Gn. 45, p. 307. Has been often confounded 

 with L. Japonica, but is easily distinguished by the small subu- 



