XL. CAPRIFOLIACEEH: LONI‘CERA. 589 
D, Gerrics two on each Peduncle, joined together in one, which is bi-wmbilicate 
at the Apex, Erect, bushy, deciduous Shrubs.— Isikee Adans. 
Derivation. A name, the origin of which is unknown, employed by Adanson to designate this 
division of the genus. 
& 27, L. atpr’cena H. The alpine Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 248.; Dec. Prod., 4. p.336.; Don's ; 
Mill, 3. p. 449. 
S;nonymes. Caprifdlium alpinum Lam. Fl. Fr.; Caprifolium 
alpigenum Gerin. Fruct. 1. p.136. Isika alpigena Borck. ; 
Isika \dcida Moench ; Xylésteum alpigenum Lodd. Cat.; Cha- 
mecérasus alpigena Delarb.; Cherry Woodbine; Hecken- 
kirsche, Ger. ; Chameceraso, Ital. 
Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Aust., t. 274.; N. Du Ham., 1. t. 16. ; and 
our figs. 1001. and 1002. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Erect. Leaves oval-lanceolate 
or elliptic, acute, glabrous or pubescent, on very 
short petioles, rather ciliated. Peduncles 2-flow- 
ered, shorter than the leaves. Corolla gibbous 
at the base, and greenish yellow tinged with red 
or purple. Berries red, and of the size and 
appearance of those of a cherry; whence it is 
called cherry woodbine by Johnson. Leaves 
large. (Don’s Mill.) A large, upright, deciduous 
shrub. Middle and South of Europe, in sub- 
alpine places and mountains. Height 5ft. to 
8ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers greenish 
yellow, tinged with red; April and May. Fruit 
red ; ripe in August. 
Varety. 
x L.a. 2 sibirica Dec. Prod. iv. p. 336, L. 
sibirica Vest in Rem. et Schult. Syst. 5. 
p- 259.— Lower leaves rather cordate. 
Feduncles thickened a little under the 
flowers. Like most other varieties of 
trees and shrubs, natives of the West of 
Europe, and also indigenous to Siberia, coming into leaf and flower 
a week, or more, earlier than the species. 
1001, 1002. x. alpigena. 
4 28. L. (a.) sricropuy’tia Willd. The small-leaved Honeysuckle. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 336. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 450. 
Synonymes. UL. alpfgena Sievers ; L. montana, and L. mexicana Hort. 
ngravings. Led. Fl. Ros. Alt. lll., t. 213. ; and our fig. 1003. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, glaucous 
beneath, rather villous on both surfaces, and sometimes 
rounded at the base. Peduncles : 
2-flowered, and shorter than the 
leaves. Corollas greenish yellow. 
Berries joined, of a reddish orange 
colour. The epiderrmis falls from 
the branches. (Don’s Mill.) An 
lous. I.(a)miero. erect shrub, Eastern Siberia. 
phyHa. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 
in 1818. Flowers greenish yellow; April and 
May. Fruit reddish orange; ripe in August. 
« 29. L. optoneiro Lia Hook. The oblong-leaved 
Honeysuckle. 
Ident fication. Hook. F1. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284. t.100.; Don’s 
Mi . p. 450. 
eon Xyldésteum oblongifdlium Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ. 
6. p 23 
Engravings. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. t. 100.; and our fig. 1004. 
1004. 1. aldongifatia. 
