XL. CAPRIFOLIA CEE : LONI'CERA. 527 
Derivation. From caper, a goat, and folium, a leaf; in reference to the climbing habit of the 
species ; or, as appears much more probable, because goats are fond of browsing on its leaves. 
Sect. Char, Berries solitary, while young 3-celled, but when mature usually 
1-celled, crowned by the tube of the calyx, which is permanent. Flowers 
disposed in capitate whorls. Twining shrubs, mostly deciduous ; natives of 
Europe, the North of Africa, China, Nepal, and North America; all of 
easy culture, and tolerably hardy, but none of them of long duration. 
A. Flowers ringent.— Caprifdlium Tourn. Inst., p. 608. 
21. L. Pericty’menvm L, The Woodbine, or common Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 247.3 Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 445. 
Synonymes. Pericljmenum Ger. Emac. p. 891.3; Periclfmenum germénicum Riv. Mon. Irr. 
t. 122.; P. horténse Gesn. Icon. Pict. fasc. 1. 38. t. 7. f. 49.; Caprifdlium Periclfmenum Rem. et 
Schult. 5. p. 262. ; Caprifdlium sylvaticum Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 365.; Caprifdlium Radi Syn. p. 458. ; 
Woodbind ; Chévrefeuille des Bois, Fr.; wildes gemeines Geissblatt, Ger. ; gewoone Kamper- 
foelie, Dutch ; Madre Selva, Ital. and Span. 
Derivation. Pericl¥menum, from peri, round about, and uli, to roll. Woodbine is a corruption 
of woodbind, and both allude to the habit of the common sort, of winding itself round every tree 
and shrub within its reach, and binding them together. In the time of Chaucer, the woodbine 
was considered as the emblem of true love, from this property. The name of Honeysuckle has 
reference to the fondness of children for this plant, who amuse themselves with drawing the 
trumpet-shaped corollas from the calyx, to suck the honey from the nectary. Chévrefeuille and 
Geissblatt both signify literally, goat’s leaf. The Spanish and Italian names, Madre Selva, wood 
mother, and the Dutch name Kamperfoelie, the champion mace, seem to have little relation to 
pee Engl. Bot., t. 800.; Schmidt Arb., t. 107. ; and our fig. 963. 
Spec. Char. ce. Leaves all separate, deciduous, sometimes 
downy, glaucous beneath, ovate, obtuse, attenuated at the 
base ; upper ones the smallest. Heads of flowers all ter- 
minal, ovate, imbricated. Flowers ringent. There are va- 
rieties of this species with either smooth, pubescent, or 
. variegated leaves; and, when the plant grows by the sea 
side, they are occasionally more glaucous and rather succu- 
lent. Corollas externally deep red ; or, in the earlier-flower- 
ing varieties, all over buff-coloured ; in the maritime plant, 
smaller and greenish. Berries nearly globular, accompanied 
by permanent bracteas. (Don’s Mill.) A twining deciduous 
shrub, which always turns from east to west. Europe; common in hedges, 
groves, and thickets ; plentiful in Britain. Stem 15 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers 
rich yellow; June and July, and, in moist summers, also in August, 
and sometimes in September. Fruit deep red, bitter and nauseous; ripe 
in September. 
Varieties. 
2 L. P. 2 serdtinum 
Ait. Hort. Kew., 
i. p. 378, Peri- 
elfmenum _ ger- 
manicum Miller 
Dictionar, No 4., 
(Schmidt,Oester. 
Baumz. t. 108.; 
and our jig. 964.) 
— Branches gla- 
brous. Flowers 
late, and reddish. 964. L. P. serétinum. 
This, the late red 
honeysuckle, produces a greater number of flowers together than 
either the Italian (No. 3.) or Dutch honeysuckle, so that it makes a 
finer appearance than either of them during its period of flowering. 
Introduced in 1715. 
21. P. 3 bélgicum. Periclymenum germanicum Mill. Dict. No. 4.— 
Branches smooth, purplish. Leaves oblong-oval, of a lucid green 
above, but pale beneath, on long petioles. Flowers in terminal ver- 
ticillate heads ; each flower arising out of a scaly cover, reddish on 
963.L.Periclfmenum. 
