LONICERACE^. 397 



ORDER CLXXXIII.— LONICERACEiE (CAPRIFOLIACEtE, Lindl. 

 Nat. Syst. p. 247.) 



TUK HONEYSUCKLE TRIBE. 



Herbs or shrubs, often twining, seldom arborescent, by Lindl. referred 

 to 15 genera. Of these, DC. pr. enumerates 32 species from N. America; 

 15 from Europe ; 14 from S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies ; 9 from 

 Japan ; 5 or more from China; 4 from Siberia; 3 from N. Holland and the 

 South Sea Islands ; 3 from Iberia ; 2 from N. Africa ; 2 from the Canaries ; 

 1 from Abyssinia ; 1 from Terra Nova ; 1 from Dahuria ; and 1 from Tar- 

 tary. In the E. Indies have been discovered, according to DC, Wall. Cat. 

 and Royl. ill., 62 species; viz., 1 of Triosteum ; 25 of Lonicera ; 1 of Lei/- 

 cesteria ; 1 of Abelia ; 1 of Aidia, (Lour.) ; 2 of Mastixia ; 1 of Diacicar. 

 pium ; 3 of Polyosma ; 6 of Sambucus ; and 22 of Viburnum ; all natives 

 of the Himalayas, the Khassya Mountains, the Neelgherries, the Moun- 

 tains of Penang, Java and Cochin China, and several of them also common 

 to China and Japan. The Elders and Honeysuckles are M'-ell known. Pro- 

 perties in general unimportant. 



Lonicera, L. (DC. pr. 4, p. 330;— G. Dons Mill. diet. 3, p. 444;— FT. 

 and A. pr. l,p. 389.) Honeysuckle. 



1. Periclymenum, L. {DC. o. c. p. 331 ; — 6. Don. o. c. p. 445 ; — E. B. 12, 

 t. 800; — Roxb. H. B.p. 15. — Periclymenum vulgare, Mill. diet. No. 

 6. — Caprifolium distinctum. Munch. — C. Periclymenum, Rom. and 

 Sch. — C. sylvaticum, Lam.) Common Honeysuckle. fVoodbine. B ^^ 

 Hedges, groves, and thickets of middle Europe. Fl. large, deep rose- 

 bufF coloured, H. and R. S. ; fr. 0. 



2. sempervirens. Ait. (DC. pr. 4, p. 332 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 

 446 .—Roxb. H. B.p. 15 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 86.) Trumpet 

 Honeysuckle. B ^> N. America, in stony dry woods, from New York 

 to Carolina. 



/3. minor. Ait. (5. M. 42, t. 1753 ,—B. Reg. 7, t. 556.) Fl. large, 

 deep red, March and April ; fr. 0. 



3. macrantha, DC. {pr. 4, p. 333 ,—G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 446 L. 



japonica. Wall. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 174, excl. syn. — 

 Caprifolium macranthum, D. Don. pr. fl. nep. p. 140. — Xylosteon 

 scandens. Buck. MSS.) B ^~\ Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. large, 

 white, becoming yellow, sweet-scented, March and April ; fr. 0. 



4.japoniea, Thunb. {fl.jap.p. 89; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 447- — 

 L. flexuosa. Lodd. B. Cab. t. 1037; — B. Reg. 9, t. 712; not Thunb. 

 — L. chinensis, Wats, dendr. brit. ^,117 ; — DC. pr. 4, p. 333 ; excl. 

 syn. Wall.— 5. M. 61. t. 3316;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 87.— Nin- 

 tooa japonica, Swt.) B r^ Japan. China. Fl. large, white, gradually 

 changing to a golden yellow, purple-dotted, delightfully fragrant, 

 more or less, throughout the year ; fr. 0. 



