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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



-i 7. L. PARVIFLO'RA Lam. The small-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 1. p. 728. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 

 Sytumymes Caprifblium parviflorum Pursh Ft. Amer. Set., 1. p. 161. ; Lonfcero diofca Lin. Sust. 



p. 28. t.a : Caprifblium bractebsum 

 p. 105. ; CaprifMium dioicum Rcem. et Schult. Syst., 5. p. 260. ; Caprifo- 



. ., . . . 



ytumymes Caprifblium parviflorum Pursh Ft. Amer. Sept., 1. 

 leg., ed. 13. p. 181. ; L. media Murr. Nov. Comm. Gott., 1776, 



Mich* Ft. Bor. Amer., \. p. 105. ; CaprifMium dioicum Rcem. et cut. yst., . p. . ; aprfo- 

 lium glaucuni \Mcench ; glaucous Honeysuckle ; Chevrefeuille dioique, Fr. ; Meergrunes Geissblatt, 

 Ger. ; Miudclboore Kamperfoelie, Dutch. 

 Engravings. Murr. Nov. Comm. Gott., 1776, p. 28. t 3. ; and our figs. 803, 804. 



803 



804- 



Spec. Char., fyc. Quite glabrous. Branches 



twining. Leaves elliptic, sessile; lower 



ones somewhat connate ; upper ones con- 



nately perfoliate, very glaucous beneath. 



Flowers disposed in verticillate heads. Co- 



rollas glabrous, wi th 



tubes gibbous at the 



the base on one 



side. Filaments ra- 



ther hairy. Flowers 



yellow, and smaller 



than in any of the 



foregoing species, 



but varying exceed- 



ingly in their co- 



lour ; for there is a 

 variety mentioned by Michaux in which they are purple. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 445.) A twining shrub, native of North America, from New England to 

 Carolina, in rocky shady situations ; frequent in Canada, as far north as the 

 Saskatchawan ; and from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains. It was 

 introduced in 1776, and flowers in June and July. 



-3 8. L. (p.) DOUGLA X S// Dec. Douglas's Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 

 Synonyme. Caprifblium Douglasn Lindl. Hort Trans., 7. p. 244. 



Spec. Char., 8(C. Branches twining. Leaves oval, acute at both ends, petiolate, glabrous, ciliated, 

 tomentose on the outside ; upper ones connate. Flowers disposed in capitate whorls. Stigma ex- 

 serted. Stamens enclosed. Corollas pubescent, bilabiate, deep orange red. Leaves 4 in. to 6 in. 

 long, deep green. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 446.) Hooker, in his Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 28?., considers this 

 thing but a variety of L. parviflbra It is a twining shrub, a native of the western coast of North 



nothing out a variety ot L,. parvitiora it is a twining snruo, a native ot me western coast 01 worm 

 America, on the banks of the Saskatchawan. Introduced in 1824, and flowering in July and Sep- 

 tember. We have never seen the plant. 



i. 9. L. GRA^TA Ait. The pleasant, or evergreen, Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 

 Synonymcs. Caprifblium gr&tum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 161. ; Ratm.et Schult. Syst. : 5. p. 262. ; 



L. virginiana Marsh Arb., 136. ; ? Periclymenum americanum Mill. Diet., No. 7. 

 Engravings. Hort. Angl., p. 15. No. 10. t. 8. and our Jig. 805. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Branches twining. Leaves permanent, 

 obovate, rather mucronate, glaucous beneath, and reticu- 

 lately veined, glabrous; upper ones connately perfoliate. 

 Spikes composed of approximate whorls of flowers. Co- 

 rollas ringent. Branches reddish brown. Flowers in- 

 clining to scarlet on the outside, according to Pursh. 

 Corolla ringent, reddish on the outside, and yellow 

 inside. Berries red. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 446.) A twining 

 shrub, a native of North America, from Carolina to New 

 York, on the mountains, rambling among rocks, in shady 

 moist situations, but rare. Introduced in 1730, and 

 flowering from June or July to September, and some- 

 times till the commencement of frost. The plant is of 

 vigorous growth, with woody stems, and will live longer 

 than most of the other species. A plant against our 

 veranda at Bayswater has stood since 1825, and is now in 

 full vigour; having outlived L. Caprifolium, L. flavum, 

 L. pubescens, L. sempervirens, some varieties of L. 



