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w *+ Corolla mostly shorter, hairy within. 

 = Foliage conspicuously glaucous. 



L. Sullivantii, Gray. Leaves large, smooth, and oval or ovate-oblong, 

 sessile, and most of those on the flowering stems connate (the uppermost 

 forming a saucer-like disk), very glaucous; flowers pale yellow, very 

 slightly gibbous below, in a somewhat loose cluster ; filaments nearly 

 glabrous. Ohio, W. and S.; also cult., as L. FL\VA and L. CANADENSIS. 



L. glauca, Hill. Leaves oblong, less glaucous than the last and 

 sometimes puberulent beneath, the 1-4 upper pairs connate ; flowers 

 smaller than the last (' or less long), purplish or greenish, in a small 

 compact cluster, more gibbous below ; filaments hairy. N. Eng. W. 



= = Foliage green or very nearly so, hairy. 



L. hirsiita, Eaton. HAIRY H. Leaves large and broad-oval, dull and 

 veiny, downy and somewhat whitened below, about 2 of the upper 

 pairs connate ; flowers in loose whorls, orange-yellow and clammy pubes- 

 cent ; the tube slightly gibbous. Woods, Me., W. 



*- <- Leaves all separate and short- stalked. 



L. Periclymenum, Linn. (L. BELGICA.) Leaves ovate, obtuse, atten- 

 uated at the base, sometimes downy, glaucous beneath ; flowers red out- 

 side and buff within, ringent, disposed in terminal heads. Eu. Some 

 varieties bloom throughout the summer. 



L Japdnica, Thunb. (L. CONF^SA ; also L. BRACHYPODA, L. FLEXUOSA, 

 and L. HALLIA.NA of gardens.) JAPANESE H. Long-trailing or climbing 

 vine with variable foliage ; leaves (sometimes variegated) generally ovate 

 and blunt, but sometimes acute, thin (but nearly evergreen in favorable 

 localities), and more or less hairy, at least when young, never glaucous ; 

 slender stems hairy ; flowers long (2'), hairy, white or reddish outside, 

 fading to yellow, fragrant at nightfall. Common ; from Japan and China. 



8. DIER VILLA, BUSH HONEYSUCKLE, WEIGELA. (Named for 

 Dr. Dierville, who took the common species from Canada to France.) 



* Corolla pale or honey-yellow, and slender funnel-form, not showy ; pod 



oblong. 



D. trlfida, Moench. Common N. ; l-4 high, with oblong-ovate, 

 taper-pointed leaves on distinct petioles, mostly 3-flowered peduncles, 

 and slender, pointed pods ; flowers all summer. Banks. 



D. sessilifdlia, Buckley. Along the Alleghanies S. ; has lance-ovate, 

 sessile leaves, many -flowered peduncles, and short-pointed pods. 



* * Corolla showy, mostly rose-colored, funnel-form, with an abruptly 

 narrowed base ; very slender, stalk-like ovary and linear pod. Species 

 much confused, but the following are the sources of the garden WEIGELAS. 

 From Japan and China. 



D. fldrida, Sieb. & Zucc. Known under many names, as WEIGELA and 



DlERVILLA ROSEA, D. AMABILIS, W. ALBA, W. ISALIN^E, 6tC. Calyx teeth 



lanceolate ; corolla rose-color ; seeds wingless and triangular ; leaves 

 ovate -lanceolate, serrate ; 5-8. Common in cult. 



D. Japdnica, DC. (D. HORTENSIS.) Usually lower ; calyx teeth 

 linear ; corolla rose-color, the tube broadly funnel-shaped ; seeds (as in the 

 two next) winged ; plant more or less hairy, the under side of the young 

 leaves especially so ; flowers numerous, nearly or quite sessile. 



D. grandiflbra, Sieb. & Zucc. Larger, 5-10 or sometimes even more, 

 with linear calyx teeth ; plant glabrous or very nearly so, the leaves much 

 larger than in the last; the creamy (becoming rose) flowers on com- 



