220 Caprifolacee—L onicera. 
beneath. A native of the South of Europe, flowering in May, 
though not so freely as some. 
4. L. sempervirens (fig.116). Evergreen or Trumpet Honey- 
suckle.—This in its different varieties is one of the handsomest 
species in cultivation, bearing its scarlet inodorous flowers in 
great profusion for a considerable period in Summer. The 
leaves are quite glabrous, oblong or rotundate, glaucous beneath, 
and persistent during the greater part of the Winter. The 
variety named Bréwnii, in which the flowers are of a brighter 
hue, is one of the best. It is a native of North America. 
L. coccinea and L. pubéscens are allied species from the same 
country. 
5. L. brachypoda.— One of the best evergreen species. 
Leaves oval or oblong, glabrous and shining, with short hairy 
petioles. Flowers medium size, in pairs, pale yellow, and very 
sweet-scented. There is a handsome and very desirable variety, 
named aitrec-reticuldta, in which the foliage is beautifully 
netted or variegated with yellow, with a mixture of red towards 
Autumn. This is undoubtedly one of the most elegant varie- 
gated plants in cultivation, and like many others of its class a 
native of Japan. L. Japdnica, or L. Chinénsis, is a form of 
this species with more or less hairy leaves. 
6. L. flecuosa.—stems and young leaves hairy. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, purplish below when young. Flowers pink 
and yellow, in pairs, very fragrant. Japan. 
7. L. Xyléstewm.—An erect species with small ovate or obo- 
vate hairy leaves and hairy yellow small flowers in axillary pairs. 
There are varieties with white, yellow, crimson, and black 
berries. A native of Europe, introduced in some parts of this 
country. LZ. Tatérica is an allied species with rosy-pink flowers 
in the common form and yellow or white in the varieties. 
8. L. fragrantissima.—This species is desirable as an early- 
flowering plant. It puts forth its pure white highly odoriferous 
flowers in February before the leaves are developed. L. 
Stdndishti, very near the preceding, has purple and white 
scented flowers. Both are natives of China. 
8. ABRLIA, 
A small genus of deciduous or evergreen shrubs with slender 
branches, opposite leaves, and terminal or axillary clusters of 
handsome flowers. Calyx-lobes foliaceous or linear. Corolla 
funnel-shaped. Stamens 4, equal or didynamous. Ovary 3- 
