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beneath ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Flowers dis- 
posed in verticillate heads. Corolla glabrous, with an 
elongated tube, which is gibbous above the base; the 
limb nearly equal. Stamens almost enclosed. (Don's 
AMfill.) Branches and peduncles glabrous. A decidu- 
ous twining shrub. Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. 
Stems 6ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 1824. Flowers 
large, orange red ; June, July, and 
August. Fruit ?. 
A great acquisition to our gardens; 3 
quite different from L. pubéscens, L. 
é parviflora, and L. Douglasi ; and, if 
980. L. occidentass, the presence or absence of hairs in 
the corolla are to be depended on, 
it is also different from L. ciliésa, which inhabits nearly 
the same country 
L. pilésa Willd., Dec. Prod. iv. p. 233., Caprifolium 
villosum H. B. ef Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer, iii. p. 427. 
t, 298. (and our fig. 981.), is a native of New Spain, é 
in cold places, with purple flowers, not yet introduced. 981. L. pltdsa. 
§ ii. Xylésteum Dec. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333.3; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 
Synonymes. Xylésteon Juss. Gen. 212.; Lonicera Reem. et Schult. Syst. 5. p.19.; Xylésteon and 
Chamecérasus Tourn. dast: Bs 609. ; Xylésteum and Js?ka Adans. Fam. 2. p. 501. ; Cobee’a Neck. 
Elem. No. 219.; the Fly Honeysuckle; Hackenkirsche, Gev.; Hondsbezién or Hondskarsen, 
utch. 
Derivation. From zylon, wood, and osteon,a bone; the wood of L. Xylésteum being as hard as 
bone. 
Sect. Char., §c. Pedicels axillary, 2-flowered, bibracteate at the apex. Berries 
twin, distinct, or joined together more or less ; 3-celled in the young state; 
rarely 2-celled in the adult state. The limb of the calyx is generally de- 
ciduous, therefore the fruit is usually not crowned. (Don’s Mil.) Climb- 
ing or erect shrubs, deciduous, with leaves never connate. Of the easiest 
culture, and extremely hardy. 
A. Ovaries and Berries altogether distinct. Stems twining. Flowers irregular. — 
-Nintoda Dec. Prod. iv. p. 33. 
Derivation. Nintoo, or Sintoo, is the name of L, japénica in China. 
2 14. L. conru‘sa Dec. The confused Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 446. : 
Synonymes. Nintoba confisa Swt. Hort. Brit. ed. 2.; Lonicera japénica Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 583.3 
Nintoo, Sintoo, Kempf. Ameen. 5. p. 785.; Caprifdlium japénicum Loud. Hort. Brit. let ed. 
Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 583.; Bot. Reg., t. 70. ; and our fig. 982. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches twining, pubescent. sy 
Leaves ovate, acute, rounded at the base, “¢ 
downy on both surfaces, as well as the pedun- 
cles. Peduncles axillary, longer than the 
petioles, 2-flowered, opposite, disposed in 
something like a thyrse at the tops of the 
branches. Calycine segments ovate, and, as 
well as the corollas, pubescent. The flowers 
are snow-white at first, but gradually change 
to a golden yellow colour ; hence it is called 
Suikadsara and Kinginqua, that is gold and 
silver flowers, by the Japanese. Corolla about 
an inch long, bilabiate. (Don’s Mill.) A de- 
ciduous twining shrub. Japan, China, and the Himalayas. Stem 10 {t. to 
MM 3 
982. L. confiisa. 
