LONICERA 



11. Jragrantissima, LiiKlI. (L., or CuprifoUum, Nia- 

 guarilli,HoTt.]. Similar to the former, but with long 

 and slender recurving and almost glabrous branches: 

 Its. broadly ovate or obovate, acute, almost glabrous, 

 but bristly on the midrib beneath and ciliate, l-2}i In. 

 long: corolla glabrous outside. March-May. G.C. III. 

 5:245. R.H. 1873, p. 169. -Less hardy than the former. 

 Both have handsome half-evergreen foliage and very 

 early, sweet-scented, though not very showy flowers. 



actUts present, 

 violet or 



fls. dull 



12. alpig6na,Linn. Shrub, to8 ft., with stoutbranches: 

 Ivs. oblong-obovate or oblong, short acuminate, glossy 

 and dark green above, light green and often pubescent 

 beneath, 2-4 in. long : fls. long-peduncled, with short 

 usually yellowish green tube and brownish red limb: 

 fr. bright scarlet, shining. April, May. Mts. of M. Eu. 

 and W. Asia. —Very handsome in fruit. 



1313. Lonicera Tatarica (Xra) 



13. orientilis, Lam. (L. Caucdsica, Bieb. ). Shrub, 

 to 10 ft., almost glabrous: Ivs. elliptic or ovate to ob- 

 long-ovate, rarely oblong-lanceolate, dark green above, 

 pale or glaucescent beneath, 2^ in. long: fls. short-pe- 

 duncled, pale violet or pinkish: fr. black, wholly con- 

 nate. May, June. W. Asia to Kamschatka. Gt. 11:359. 

 — Fls. and frs. not very conspicuous. 



cc. Ovaries and frs. separate. 



D. Fls. white or yellowish white, changing to yellow: 

 branches jmiescent. 



14. XyWsteum, Linn. Fig. 1312. Shrub, to 10 ft. : Ivs. 

 broadly oval to obovate, acute, dull green, pubescent 

 above, usually glabrous at length, 1-3 in. long: fls. pe- 

 duncled, yellowish white, often slightly tinged red, hairy 

 outside : bractlets pubescent, about half as high as ovary : 

 berries dark red. May, June. Eu., W. and N. Asia, 

 sometimes escaped from cultivation. B.B. 3:241. 



15. Mdrrowi, Gray. Shrub, to 6 ft., with wide spread- 

 ing branches : Ivs. oval or oblong-ovate, dark green 

 above, grayish tomentose beneath, 1-2 in. long: fls. 

 peduncled, pure white at first, pubescent outside, upper 

 lip divided nearly to the base, with spreading lobes: 

 bractlets pubescent, about as long as ovary: fr. blood- 

 red. May, June. Japan. A. P. 11:1267. Gng. 5:329.- 

 Very decorative, with its bright red fruit from August 

 until late in fall. There is also a var. with yellow fruit. 



16. Bupreclitia.na, Regel. Shrub, to 12 ft. : Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, usually dark green 

 above, grayish pubescent beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. on 

 rather long peduncles, pure white at first, glabrous out- 

 side: bractlets only glandular-ciliate, small, about one- 

 third of the ovary : fr. red or sometimes yellow. May, 

 June. Manshuria. Gt. 19:645.— This species and the 

 preceding are likely to hybridize with the following; 

 these hybrids are very common, and may be recognized 

 by the glabrescent foliage and the tinge of pink in the 

 fls. The true L. Muprechtiana is much rarer than its 

 hybrids. 



beneath vhen jo 

 cled p nk cr n on 

 spread ng bractle 

 yellow May Ju e 

 R.H 1868 39'' Gt 1 

 of fl \ 41ba 1 

 Fls. 1 1 \ 



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 Var lat Sal a 1 1 I 

 tlbr b 1 1 

 Hort ) L 

 lobes bord 1 

 this w th I I I 

 spH de 1 I 

 parvifdlia J ( 



Hayne not E Igew 



nail 



thl 



941 



to 10 ft almost 



1 ly p be cent 

 len ler ped n- 

 leei Ij d V ded, 

 tr re 1 rarely 

 B K 1 31. 

 1 1 de 



nof 



(var. 



Var. 



1 1 m a, 



se fls pure 



fr orange red. 



Fls deepp nk. 



Var rubriiWra DC (J 



18 floribunda Bo ^V \ M 1 to 8 ft finely 



tomento e 1 s ro nd h te tu o il obt e pubes- 

 cent on both le bin 1 or ;, a 1 eeu 1 n. 

 long fls slender peduncled I ^.ht p k pper I p li- 

 vided (not beyond the m d lie) w th o ate ere t lobes: 

 bractlets small, pubescent: fr. red. June. Transcauc, 

 Persia. Gt. 42, p. 103, Figs. 4-6. — Very free-flowering 

 shrub, with distinct, bluish green foliage. 



AA. Rahit climbing, rarely almost shrubby. 



B. Fls. in pairs, S-lipped, sometimes crowded at the 

 end of branches; tube slender. (JVintoa.) 



19. Jap6mca, Thunb. Fig. 1314. Climbing, to 15 ft. 

 high: branchlets usually pubescent when young: Ivs. 

 half -evergreen, roundish ovate to oblong, pubescent be- 

 neath or almost glabrous, lK-3 in. long: fls. short-pedi- 

 celled, white, changing to yellow, often purplish out- 

 side, very fragrant, glandular-pubescent outside, 1/^-2 

 in. long: fr. black, separate. Jime-Aug. China, Japan; 

 naturalized in some places from N. Y. to N. C. B. B. 

 3:240. — Var. atireo-reticulata, Arb. Kew. (L. reticulMa 

 aurea, Hort. i. brachypoda reticuliita, Hort.). A form 

 of var. flexuosa, with the smaller and shorter Ivs. hand- 

 somely netted yellow. B.H. 21:59. Var. Jlexudsa, Arb. 

 Kew. (L. flexudsa, Thunb. i. brachypoda, DC). Less 

 high climbing: Ivs. ovate or oblon^:. obtnsi'ib, mostly 

 only pubescent on the veins bcinNith : in.lunclis usually 

 as long as petioles or shorter: .■.,i,,ll;i i-l'. in. long, 

 with the limb shorter than tul"-: Limilrt^ I. road, as 

 long as ovary. Var. Chin^nsis, P>:ik. i /,. Chinhisis, 

 Wats.). Lvs. ovate, acute, ciliate and pubescent only at 

 the veins beneath, often with purplish hue beneath: 

 peduncles usually longer than petioles : corolla lK-2 In. 

 long, tube about as long as limb: bractlets narrow, 

 about half as long as ovary. B.R. 9:712. B.M. 3316. 

 L.B.C. 11:1037. Var. Halliana, Arb. Kew. {h. flezndsa 



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Commonly kuo\\ 11 lu this couutrj is L SalUana 



Hallidna, Dipp. Caprifolium HalliAnum. Hort.). Of 

 vigorous growth : lvs. usually pubescent on both sides 

 when young, oblong-ovate, acute, to 2J4 in. long: fls. 

 short-peduncled; tube as long as limb: bractlets broad, 

 half as long as ovary. Flowering in fall, otherwise 

 hardly different from the type. A.G. 12:663. Gng. 3:293. 



