5388 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Engraving. Our fig: -inp. 
Spec. Char., §c. Erect, branched. Branches very villous at the apex. Leaves 
ovate-oblong, acute, on short petioles, glabrous; petioles villous ; nerves of 
leaves puberulous. Flowers axillary, few, almost sessile. Berries globose, 
glabrous. Stems flexuous. Leaves about an inch long; upper ones the 
smallest. Peduncles hardly a line long. Berries distinct, ovate, acuminated, 
black. (Don’s Mill.) An erect deciduous shrub. Japan. — Height 4f. to 
5ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers? ; June and July. Berries black; ripe ?. 
C. Berries either distinct or joined together. Corolla very gibbous at the Base. 
Erect bushy Shrubs.—Cuphdnthe Dec. 
Derivation. From kuphos, gibbous, and anthos, a flower ; in reference to the flower being gibbous 
on one side at the base. 
ww 25. Le INvoLUCRA'TA Banks. The involucrated Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Banks Herb. ex Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 759.; Dec. Prod., 4, p. 336.; Don’s Mill., 3 
p. 449 
Synonyme. Xylésteum involucratum Richards. in Frank. First Journ. ed. 1. append. p. 6. 
Engravings. Out figs. 997, 998, 999. 
997,998,999. L. involucrata. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Erect. Branches acutely tetragonal. Leaves ovate or oval, 
petiolate, membranous, beset with appressed hairs beneath. Peduncles 
axillary, 2—3-flowered. Bracteas 4; two outer ovate, two inner broad, 
obcordate, at length widening, clothed with glandular pubescence. Corolla 
pubescent, gibbous at the base on the outside; yellowish, tinged with red. 
Style exserted. (Don’s Mill.) An erect shrub. North-west America, 
between lat. 54° and 64° (but probably confined to the vicinity of the 
Saskatchawan); thence to the Rocky Mountains. Height 2ft. to3ft. In 
troduced in 1824. Flowers yellowish, tinged with red; May. Fruit ?. 
a 26. L. Lepesou'rz Eschsch. Ledebour’s Honey- 
suckle. 
Identification. TEschsch. Mém. Act. Soc. Petersb., 10. p. 284. ; Hook. 
et Arn. in Beech Voy. pt. p. 145. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 449. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1000. from a living specimen. 
Spec. Char, §c. rect. Branches elongated, acutely 
tetragonal. Leaves ovate or oblong, somewhat acu- 
minated, stiff, pubescent, tomentose on the nerves. 
Peduncles axillary, 2—3-flowered. Bracteas 4; 2 outer 
ones ovate; 2 inner broad obcordate, pubescent, at 
length increasing in size. Corollas gibbous at the base 
on the outside. Berries distinct. (Don’s Mill.) An ‘ 
erect deciduous shrub, California. Height 2 ft. to Z 
3 ft. Introduced in 1838. Flowers yellow, tinged 
with red; June and July. Berries dark purple; ripe 
in September. 
Very nearly allied to L. involucrata, 
1000. L. Letebourit. 
