XL. CAPRIFOLIA CEH: LONI'CERA. 529 
Flowers purplish on the outside, yellow within, scented ; May and June. 
Fruit yellow; ripe in August. 
& 4, L, impte’xa Aif, The interwoven, or Minorca, Honeysuckle. 
identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 
Synonymes. Caprifdlium impléxum Rem. et Schull. Syst. 5. p. 261., Vincibosco sempreverde, Ital. 
ngravings, Bot. Mag., t. 640.; and our jig. 967. 
Spec. Char., §c. Quite glabrous. Leaves 
permanent, evergreen, glaucescent ; lower 
ones oblong, distinct ; middle ones per- 
foliate ; uppermost ones connate, forming a & 
hollow roundish cup. Flowers disposed 
in capitate whorls, ringent ; purplish before 
they open, but becoming paler on the out- 
side as they expand, white on the inside; 
but finally changing to yellow, as in the 
common woodbine. (Don’s Mill.) A twin- 
ing evergreen shrub. Balearic Islands, 
and Sicily. Stems,10ft. to 15ft. Intro- 
duced in 1772. Flowers purplish, finally 
changing to yellow; June to September. Fruit ?. 
Variety. 
& L, i. 2 baledrica Viv. Camb. p. 84. Caprifolium baledéricum Dum. 
Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2. vol. iv. p. 358.; L. balearica Dec. Fl. Fr. 
Suppl. 499.; L. Caprifolium Desf. Fl. Alt. i. p. 183. — Lower leaver 
somewhat cordate ; upper ones connate, obovate, glaucous beneath, 
Evergreen. Bark of branches violaceous, clothed with glaucous 
bloom. Flowers 4—6 in a head, large, cream-coloured, 15 in, to 
18 in. long. 
2 5. L. rita‘va Sims. The yellow-fowered Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Bot. Mag., t. 1318. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 445. 
Synonymes. Caprifdlium flavum Ell. Sketch. 1. p. 271.3; Caprifdlium Fraser? Pursh Sept. 1. p. 271. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1318.; and our jig. 968. 
Spec. Char., §c. Quite glabrous. Branches 
twining a little. Leaves ovate, sometimes 
glaucous beneath, with cartilaginous margins ; 
upper leaves connately perfoliate. Flowers 
in terminal verticillate heads. Corollas rather 
ringent; with oblong obtuse lobes. Flowers 
bright yellow, but, as they fade, becoming 
orange-coloured; very fragrant. (Don’s Mill.) 
A twining, deciduous shrub. Paris Moun- 
tains, in South Caro- : 
lina; and the Cats- 
kill Mountains, New 
York. Stem 10 ft. to 
12 ft. Introduced in 
1810. Flowers bright 
ys yellow ; June and 
968. L. flava, July. Fruit ?. 
967. 4b. impléxa. 
A very desirable species, from the large size, rich 
yellow colour, and grateful fragrance of its flowers ; 
but somewhat tender, and, even in the neighbour- @ 
hood of London, requiring the protection of a wall, ‘ 
3 6. L. (F.) puBE’scEens Sweet. The pubescent 
Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Sweet Hort. Brit., p.194.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; 
Doti’s Mill., 3. p. 445. : ‘ 
969. L. (£.) pubéscens. 
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