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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



798 



411., with a fig. ; Matth. Volgr., vol. 2. p. 321., with a fig. ; Cam- Epit, 713., with 

 t. 123. ; Krauss, t. 6. ; and our Jig. 798. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches twining. Leaves 

 deciduous, obovate, acutish, glaucous ; upper- 

 most ones broader and connate. Flowers 

 ringent, terminal, disposed in capitate whorls. 

 Stems twining from left to right. Buds acute, 

 glaucous. The lower leaves are distinct, and 

 somewhat stalked ; two or three of the upper 

 pairs united ; the uppermost of all forming a 

 concave cup. Flowers in one or more axillary 

 whorls, the uppermost whorl terminal ; with 

 a central bud, 6 in each whorl, highly fragrant, 

 2 in. long, with a blush-coloured tube. Ber- 

 ries elliptical, of a tawny orange colour, each 

 crowned by an almost entire calyx. (Don's 

 Mill. t iii. p. 44-4.) Native of the middle and 

 south of Europe, even to the river Tereck in 

 Siberia, and on Mount Caucasus, in woods, 

 hedges, and thickets. In England, it has been 

 occasionally found in similar situations, in an apparently wild state : but it 

 is rare ; and we think it may fairly be doubted whether it has any claim to 

 be considered truly indigenous. As it very frequently seeds abundantly in 

 gardens, and as the fruit is greedily eaten by birds, the seeds carried away 

 by them may very probably have sprung up in various situations. Culture, 

 uses, &c., as in the preceding species. 



3. L. (C.) ETRU'SCA Santi. 



The Etruscan Honeysuckle. 



Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. 



FL Fr. 



Identification. Santi Viagg., 1. p. 113. t. 1. ; Savi Fl. Pis., 8. p. 236. : 



SuppL, 500. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 

 Synonymes. L. etrusca Hort. Fl. Anstr., 1. p. 298. ; Caprifblium etruscum Rocm. et Schult. Ki/st., 5. 



p. 261. ; Periclymenum Gouan Hort., p. 101. ; Caprifolium italic-lira perfoliutum prze'cox Tourrt 



Inst., p. 608. ' 

 Engravings. Santi Viagg., 1. p. 113. t. 1. ; and our^. 799. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches twining. Leaves deci- 

 duous, obovate, obtuse, pubescent, lower ones on 

 short petioles, upper ones connately perfoliate, 

 acute, glabrous. Flowers disposed in verticillate 

 heads, with usually about three heads on the top of 

 each branch. Flowers glabrous, sweet-scented, 

 purplish on the outside, and yellow inside. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 44-4.) Native of the south of France, Si- 

 cily, Vallais, Carniola, and Dalmatia, on hills, where 

 it forms a twining shrub, flowering in May and June. 

 Judging from the plants in British gardens, we 

 should consider it only a variety of L. Caprifolium. 



799 



fc. 4. L. IMPLE'XA Ait. The interwoven, or Minorca, Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. ; Viv. Fl. Cors., p 4 exclusive o 

 thesynonymes ; Camb. Bat., p. 84. ; Guss. Sic., 1. p. 257. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 



. ., . . . ., . . . 



Synonyme. Caprifolium implexum Rocm. et Schult. Syst., 5. p. 261. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 640. ; and our jig. 800. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Branches 

 twining. Leaves permanent, evergreen, 

 glaucescent ; lower ones oblong, distinct ; 

 middle ones perfoliate; uppermost ones 

 connate, forming a hollow roundish cup. 

 Flowers disposed in capitate whorls, ringent; 

 purplish before they open, but becom- 

 ing paler on the outside as they expand, 

 white on the inside ; but finally changing to 

 yellow, as in the common woodbine. (JDon*t 

 Mill., iii. p. t4o.) Native of the Balearic 



