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I. p. 230 ; Walt. fl. Car. p. 131 ; Bot. mag. t. 781 ^- 1753; Bot. reg. t. 556; Torr. fl. 1. 

 p. 244 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 432 ; Bed, bot. p. 158^ Torr. ^ Gr.Ji. N. Am. 2. p. 5. Capri- 

 folium sempervirens, Micluo. fl. 1. p. 105 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 160 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 271. 



Stem twining over shrubs, 6-15 feet long. Leaves 2-3 inches long ; the lower ones of 

 the flowering branches narrow-elliptical, the upper ones much broader : petioles of the stem- 

 leaves often half an inch or more in length. Peduncles an inch long : whorls about 6-flowered. 

 Flowers inodorous. Corolla nearly an inch and a half long, scarlet externally, yellowish 

 within ; the tube slightly ventricose above, and a little gibbous towards the base. Stamens 

 slightl}' exserted. Berries scarlet, about 4-seeded. 



Borders of swamps, and on bushy hill-sides ; in several places on the Island of New-York; 

 also on Long Island, near Brooklyn : not found in the interior of the State. Fl. May - June. 

 This species is very common in gardens, but it is undoubtedly native in the vicinity of New- 

 York. 



♦* CAPBirotiuM, Tourn. Corolla ringent ; the upper lip i-lobed or ^toothed. 



2. LoNicERA GRATA, Ait. Wild Houeysuckle. 



Stem twining ; leaves obovate, smooth, glaucous underneath , the lower ones contracted at 

 the base , the two or three upper pairs connate-perfoliate ; flowers verlicillate in the axils of 

 the upper leaves or leaf-like connate bracts ; tube of the corolla long and slender, not gibbous; 

 filaments smooth. — Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 1. p. 231 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 332; Beck, hot. p. 158; 

 Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 159; Torr. <^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 6. Caprifolium gratum, Pursh, 

 fl. 1. p. 161 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 152. 



Stem 10-20 feet long, twining or trailing ; the young branches often quite hairy. Leaves 

 about 2 inches long, very obtuse, or with a short blunt point. Flowers about 6 in each whorl, 

 very fragrant ; the smooth corolla^n inch and a half long, externally red or purplish ; the 

 limb (large) at first nearly white, soon changing to tawny yellow. Stamens exserted. Berries 

 orange-red. Torr. ^ Gr. 



Mountains ; New-York to Carolina {Pursh). I have not found the plant in the State, and 

 give the description from the Flora of North America, taken from Pennsylvania specimens. 

 It is very near L. Caprifolium of Europe. 



3. LoNiCERA FLAVA, Sims. Ycllow Honeijsuchle. 

 Smooth and somewhat glaucous ; stem scarcely twining ; leaves ovate, obovate or oval, 



with a narrow cartilaginous margin , the upper pairs connate-perfoliate , the lowest distinct ; 

 flowers in small heads or approximate whorls ; tube of the smooth corolla slender, not gibbous; 

 filaments smooth. — Sims, hot. mag. t. 1318 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 243 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 332 ; 

 Beck, hot. p. 158 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 6. Caprifolium Frascri, Pursh, fl. 1. 

 p. 160. C. flavum, Ell. sk. 1. p. 271. 



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