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bluntly spurred at the base ; with short, nearly equal, lobes. Berries dis- 

 tinct, red, divaricate. Flowers white, with a tinge of red or yellow; tube 

 ventricose above ; limb with short acute segments ; style protruded. 

 (Don's Mil/., iii. p. 448.) A shrub, from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, a native of 

 North America, on mountains among rocks, in rich soils ; from Canada to 

 Virginia, and throughout Canada to the Saskatchawan. It was introduced 

 in 1824, and, in British gardens, flowers in June and July. It is of the 

 easiest culture in any soil, and is readily propagated by cuttings. The white- 

 flowered variety mentioned by Pursh, is said to be Faccinium album. 



* 19. L. PYRENA'ICA L. The Pyrenean Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 248. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 448. 



Si/nonymes. Caprifdlium pyren&icum Lam. Fl. Fr., 3. p. 366. ; Xyl6steum pyrenaicum Tourn. Inst., 

 '609. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Glabrous, erect. Leaves obovate- lanceolate, acute, glaucous 

 beneath. Peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Bracteas oblong- 

 linear, foliaceous. Flowers almost regular. Berries globose, distinct. 

 Corolla white, twice the size of that of L. Xylosteum, funnel-shaped. 

 Limb 5-cleft, flat ; with equal, ovate, obtuse segments. (Dons Mill., iii. 

 p. 448.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 5 ft., a native of 

 the Pyrenees, on calcareous rocks, in exposed situations. Introduced in 

 1739, and flowering in May. A very hardy shrub, of easy culture, and 

 frequent in collections. 



sa 20. L. PUNI'CEA Sims. The crimson-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 2469. j Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 448. 



Si/nonyme. Symphoricarpos pun(ceus Sivt. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2469. ; and our fig. 815. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect. Leaves ovate, subcordate 

 at the base, of the same colour on both surfaces. 

 Peduncles axillary, and almost terminal, 2- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves. Tube of 

 corolla rather gibbous at the base ; segments of 

 corolla nearly equal, irregularly arranged, 3 one 

 way and 2 another. Berries distinct ? Flowers 

 deep red, or crimson. Leaves sometimes three 

 in a whorl on the young shoots. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 448.) A shrub, growing to the height of 

 from 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1822, and 

 flowering in April and May. 



* 21. L. XYLO'STEUM L. The bony-wooded, or upright, Fly Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 248 ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 448. 



Synonymcs. Caprifolium dumetbrum Lam. Fl. Fr. t 3. p. 367. : Xylosteum dumetbrum Mcench 



Meth., p. 502. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 916. ; Fl. Grasc., t. 223. ; (Ed. Fl. Dan., t. 808. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 153. 



t.59. ; Riv. Mon. Irr., t. 120. ; Mill. Icon., 167. f. 1. and our fig. 816. 



Spec. Char., $c. Erect, downy. Leaves ovate, acute, petiolate, soft. Pe- 

 duncles 2 flowered, snorter than the leaves. Bracteas hairy, double ; the 

 two outer ones lanceolate, spreading ; inner a small concave scale under 

 each germ. Berries oval, distinct, 1 -celled, 6-seeded. Flowers small, cream- 

 coloured, downy. Calyx of 5 obtuse lobes. Berries scarlet. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 449.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 8ft. to 10 ft., flowering 

 in July ; and, according to Sir J. E. Smith, of " little beauty, and no 

 known utility, though common in plantations." It is a native throughout 

 nearly the whole of Europe, even to Caucasus, in thickets, hedges 

 and rocky places, and by the sides of woods. It has been found in a few 

 situations in Britain, but is a very doubtful native. Linnaeus says that 

 it makes excellent hedges in a dry soil ; that the clear parts between the 

 joints of the shoots are used, in Sweden, for tobacco-pipes; and that the 



