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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III 



Sect. II. LoNiCE v R7?yE. 

 GENUS III. 



DIERVI'LL/1 Tourn. THE DIERVILLA. Lin. fy.rt. Pentandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Act. Ac. Par., 1706, t. 7. f. 1. ; Lin. Hort. Cliff., p. 63. t. 7. ; Juss. Gen., 211. ; 



Dec Prod., 4. p. .;.;<>. 



Vtinimi/mcs. Lonici-rrt sp. Lin. Gen. ; Welgela Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 6. ; Weigelm Pers. Ench., 1. 

 'p. 17*!., ex R. Br. in Wall. PI. Asiat., 1. p. 15. 

 Di-rimifion. Named by Tourncfprt, in compliment to M. Dicrvillc, a French surgeon, who was the 



first to introduce D.'canadt'nsis into Europe. 



Description, fyc. Erect deciduous shrubs, of easy culture. 



* l. D. CANADE'NSIS Willd. The Canadian Diervilla. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 222. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 

 Xummi/mes. Lonfcera Diervilla Lin. Mat. Med., p. 62., Sims Dot. Mag., 1796. ; D. Tournefort// 

 ' Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 107. ; D. humilis Pers. Ench., 1. p. 214., and Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; ; 

 D. lutea Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 162. ; D. trifida Mcench MtfA., 492. ; D. arcadi5nsis Du Ham. 



Engravings. Bot Mag., t. 1796. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. 1. 87. ; Schmidt Baum.,t. 116. ; and on ifigs. 794,795. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, serrated, and, as 

 well as the petioles, glabrous. Flowers yellow. Fruit a dry brown capsule. 



There are a number of varieties of this 

 plant, differing in respect to the size of 

 the flowers and of the leaves. Root 

 creeping, throwing up suckers. (Don's 

 Mi//., in. p. 444.) A native of Carolina, 

 New England, and Newfoundland, on 

 rocks and the highest muontains ; where 



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it forms a shrub growing to the height of 3ft. or 4ft. It was introduced 

 in 1739, and flowers in June and July. In British gardens, it is of the 

 easiest culture in almost any soil; and it multiplies abundantly by suckers. 



App. i. Species of Diervilla. not yet introduced. 



D.japdnica Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Welgelo jap6nica Thunb. ; is a native of Japan, with ovate 

 acuminated leaves, and the corolla purple. 



D.cor^nsis Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Welgela coraensis Thunb. ; WeigMifl corarfnsU Pers. ; ia a 

 native of Japan, closely allied to the preceding sort. 



GENUS IV. 



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LONFCER^ Desf. THE LONICERA, or HONEYSUCKLE. Lin. Syst. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Desf. Fl. AtL, 1. p. 183. i Lam. 111., t. 150. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 3:50. ; Don's Mill., 



p 444 

 Synonyine. Lonicem sp. Lin., and many authors ; Caprifblium and Xylostcum, Juss. Gen., |>. 'Jli 



