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TARTARIAN HONEYSUCKLE. 



Family: CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



Reproductive system: PENTANDRY, MONOGYNY. 



It's a pleasure to come across the Tartarian honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, LINN., 

 in the first days of spring. Its cheerful and delicate green foliage is mingled with many 

 pink flowers that have a very sweet fragrance. The stem grows five or six feet high. The 

 branches are smooth. They have opposite leaves that are almost heart-shaped, pointed at 

 the tips, wide at their bases, and quite similar those of the lilac but not as large. The 

 solitary flowers are set in pairs on opposite peduncles in the axils of the leaves. They 

 have two long, narrow bracts at their bases. The calyx is adherent, with five points. The 

 smooth, funnel-shaped corolla is monopetalous, with five lobes of unequal size. The five 

 slightly hairy stamens extend outside the tube. The ovary is topped with a style and a 

 thickened stigma. The fruit consists of two berries with polyspermous compartments held 

 together at their bases. 



VARIETIES 



First: Tartarian honeysuckle with pink flowers. 

 Second: Tartarian honeysuckle with white flowers. 



FLOWERS: during March and April. 



RANGE: Russia, Tartary. Cultivated in our gardens for a very long time. 



NOMENCLATURE. Russian, schimolost tatarskaja. Tartar, selpe, sebhe. Kalmuk, 

 emogelsehin. 



USES. This bush makes a very pretty sight in gardens and groves of late spring 

 and even in summer. 



