XL. CAPRIFOLIA‘CE : LONI/CERA. 53h 
x 9. L. uiser’DuLA Dougl. The bristly Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Dougl. MSS, 
Synonyme. Caprifdlium hispidulum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1761.3 and our jigs. 973. and 974, 
Spec. Char., §c. Hispidly pilose. 
Umbels pedunculate. Corolla 
smooth, bilabiate, longer than 
the tube of the ‘limb. Sta- 
mens exserted. Leaves peti- 
olate, cordate-ovate, obtuse, 
glaucous beneath, sessile to- 
wards the summit. Stem 
slender. Flowers — small. 
(Lindl.) A prostrate shrub. 
North-west America, in woods. 
Stem 2ft. to 3ft. Introduced 
in 1826. Flowers rose-co- 
loured, nearly scentless; July 
and August. Fruit ?. 
975. L. hisptdula. _A very rare species, quite 
different from all the other 
honeysuckles. In common soil it can scarcely be kept alive; but in peat 
and loam it grows as readily as any other hardy American plant. 
974. J. hispidula. 
10. L. cra‘va Ait. The pleasant, or evergreen, Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 231.; Dec. Prod. 4. p. 332.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 446. 
Synonymes. Caprifdlium gratum Pursh Sept. \. p.161.; L. virginiana Marsh Arb. 136.; ? Peri- 
clymenum americanum Mill. Dict. No.7.; Caprifolio sempreverde, Ital. 
Engravings. Hort. Angl., p. 15. No. 10. t. 8.; and our fig. 975. 
Spec. Char., $c. Leaves permanent, obovate, rather mucronate, 
glaucous beneath, and reticulately veined, glabrous ; upper 
ones connately perfoliate. Spikes composed of approximate 
whorls of flowers. Corollas ringent. Branches reddish 
brown. Flowers inclining to scarlet on the outside, accord- 
ing to Pursh. Corolla ringent, reddish on the outside, and 
yellow inside. Berries red. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-evergeen 
twining shrub. Carolina to New York, on the mountains, 
rambling among rocks, in shady moist situations, but rare. 
Stems 15 ft. to 20ft. Introd. Be 
1730. Flowers yellow, red, 
and white ; June or July to Sep- 
tember, and sometimes till the 
commencement of frost. Fruit 
red; ripe in September. 
The plant is of vigorous 
rowth, with woody stems, and 
will live longer than most of the 
other species. It is inferior in 
vigour only to L. japénica, the 
Caprifolium flexudsum of the nurseries. 
975. L. grata. 
B. Limb of Corolla nearly equal. — Perichjmenum 
Tourn. 
411, L. sempervi‘rens Ait. The evergreen 
Trumpet Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 230.3 Dec. Prod., 4. 
p. 332, ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 446. i 
Synonymes. Caprifodlium sempervirens Michr. Fl. Bor. Amer. 
1, p.105.; Periclfmenum sempervirens Mill. Dict. No. 1. 5. 
uM 2 
976. L. sempervirens. 
