354 



NATURAL BISTORT OF PLANTS. 



pound cymes, terminal or axillary, with bracts or bracteoles. Seven 

 or eight species ^ have been distinguished, several of which are often 

 cultivated in our gardens and have there produced numerous 

 varieties. 



XIII. HONEYSUCKLE SERIES. 



This group derives its name (Capri/oliece) from that of the 

 Honeysuckles which it includes ; but they are neither the most 



Leyeesteria formosa. 



Fig. 360. Flower. 



Fig. 363. Seed (f). 



Fig. 362. 

 Fruit (f). 



361. Long. sect, of 

 flower (f ). 



Fig. 364. Long, 

 sect, of seed. 



complete nor the most regular type. This we find in Leyeesteria 

 formosa'^ (fig. 360-364), a small shrub from the mountains of India, 

 often cultivated in our gardens. The flowers have a very deep 



, » A. Gray, Man. (ed. 2) 166.— V. Houtt. Fl. 

 Serr.t. 211, 855, 1137, 1445-1447 {Weigelia).— 

 SiEB. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 29-33. — Miq. Fl. Ind,- 

 Bat. ii. 128 {Weigelia).— Ill, Hortic. t. 115, 383, 

 495 {Weigelia).— Bot. Mag. t. 1796, 4396, 4893 

 {Weigelia).— \f\i,v. Rep. ii. 447, 450 {Calys- 

 phynm) ; Ann. i. 365 ; ii. 732. 



2 Wall. Roxb. Fl. Lid. (ed. Car.) ii. 181 ; PI. 

 As. Rar. t. 120.— DC. Prodr. iv. 338.— Endl. 

 Gen. n. 3335.— Hook. Bot. Mag.t. 3699.— Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. (1830) t. 2.— Wight, III. ii. t. 121.— 

 Payer, Organog. 618, 1. 133. — H. Bn. Adausonia, 

 i. 355, t. 12; Payer Fam. Nat. 235.— B. H. Gen. 

 ii. 5, n. 10.— Hook. Fl. Ind. iii. 16. 



