LONICERA 



LONICERA 



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tube gibbous at the base : ovary and braotlets usually 

 ftlandular. .Tune, July. Vt. to Manitoba, south to I'a. 

 and Ohio. B.M. 3103. Gu. 45, p. :i07. 





1316. Lonicera Caprifolium (X %). 



32. Doiigrlasi, Hook. {L.rjlauciscen.H, Rydh. L.tilaitea, 

 v&r. Doiiglasi, A. Gray, \yMtly). ClimbiuK: branchlets 

 glabrou.s: Ivs. sliort-XJetioled or ahiiost sessile, the tip- 

 per connate, oval to obovate, glabrous above, pubescent 

 beneath, lK-3 in. long: fls. in short, almost sessile 

 spikes; corolla yellow, mostly reddish outside and 

 hairy, %-l in. long; tube gibbous, longer than the limti: 

 ovary and bractlets glabrous. iVIay, June. Ontario to 

 the .Saskatchewan, south to Pa. and Neb. B.B. 3:238. — 

 Rare in cultivation, but sometimes a hybrid o£ Jj. liii- 

 xiita and ISidlivanti is found under this name in gar- 

 dens. It is figured in G.F. 9:345. 



33. dlbica, Linn. {L. r/Iauca, Hill. -D. mnlin. JIurr. 

 fj. parviflora, Lixm.). Usually shrubby, with slender, 

 sarmentose branches, rarely climbing, glabrous: Ivs. 

 short-petioled or almost sessile, the tipper connate, oval 

 to oblong, obtuse, with usually undulate and trans- 

 parent margin, very glaucous beneath, lK-3 in. long: 

 fls. in sessile or short-stalked spikes, greenish or whit- 

 ish yellow, often tinged purplish, glabrous outside, 

 X-/^ in. long, the tube gibbous, about as long as limb. 

 May, June. Quebec to Manitoba, south to Ohio and 

 N. C. B.R. 2:138. 



EE. Brcn-ilet.^ as li'ujh as orary or stii/hily sharlir, 

 roaitdis]/ . 



34. hispidula, Dougl. Bushy shrub with s;irmcntose 

 branches, rarely twining, usually hirsute: Ivs. oval to 

 ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, often with foli- 

 aceous stipules, the upper connate or sometimes distinct, 

 usually small, rarely to 23^2 in. long, ciliate and pubes- 

 cent, rarely glabrous • lis. in slender-peduncled and 

 often panicled spikes, pink or yellowish, glabrous or hir- 

 sute, ^-ii in. long, with short gibbous tube. June, 

 July. Brit. Columb. to Calif. B.R. 21:1761. -Var Cali- 

 !6rnica, Greene (var. vdcilUms, A. Gray). Of more vig- 

 orous growth, with large Ivs. to 3 in. long : corolla 

 glandular-pubescent outside. Calif. 



CO. Corolla with almost regular or slifiJifly 2-lipped 

 lunb: limb several times shorter than tube. 



35. cilidsa, Poir. {L. occidenidUs, Hook.). Low sar 

 mentose shrub : Ivs. petioled, ovate or oval, glaucous 



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beneath, glabrous but ciliate, the upper connate, 2-4 in. 

 long: Hs. in short-peduui-h-d heails of one orfewwhorls; 

 corolla slightly 2-li|iped, with ventricose-gibbous tube, 

 yellow to orange-scarlet, sometimes hirsute outside, 

 \}i-VA in. long. June, July. Brit. Col. to Calif, and 

 Ariz. 



30. semp6rvirens, Linn. {Oa jirifhliam sempervirens, 

 Michx.). Trumpet HonevsuckFjE. Pig. 1318. High 

 climbing, glabrous; evergreen southward: ivs. oval to 

 olilong, glaucous beneath, the upper connate, 2-3 in. 

 long: fls. in peduncled internipted spikes; corolla with 

 almost equal limb; tube sliglitly ventricose, glabrous, 

 iyi-2 in. long, scarlet or orange-scarlet, rarely yellow. 

 Maj'-Sept. Conn, to Pla.,westto Neb. and Tex." B.M. 

 781. R.H. 1850:301. Gn. 45, p. 307. -Var. Sliva, Regel 

 ( D. fh'iva nova, Hort.). Fls. yellow. Gt. 2:38. Var. 

 juchsioldes, Hort. {L. faehs'inides, Hort., not of Hemsl., 

 which is a Chinese species of the Nintoa group and not 

 yet introduced). Sinrilar to var. minor, but tube more 

 expanded above, bright scarlet. Var. minor, Ait. Lvs. 

 oblong or narrow oblong: fls. more slender, orange-red 

 or orange-scarlet. Very free-flowering, but more tender. 

 B.M. 17.53. B.R. 7:5.50. Gn. .34:300. Var. specidsa, Carr. 

 Differs from the type by more brilliant scarlet fls. F.S. 

 H :1128. Sometimes cult, as L. Jfifr/in>rill<>a., a name also 

 applied to £/. dioiea, and a darker red form of i. Oapri- 

 toliuin. 



L. angitstlfnlia. Wall. Erect shrub, to 10 ft. : Ivs. lanceolate: 

 fls. long-j»edun(']od, white, fragrant, with regular 5-lobed limb. 

 Hlmal. P.8.4,pp,407,408 6. Tender.— Jy. orfcorra, Bolss. Erect 

 shrxib or small tree, to ;iO ft.: Ivs. roundish ovate, pubescent: 

 fls. short-peduucled, 2-lipped, pinkish, small. Spain.— L. fjUlla, 

 Zabel (L. Morrowi XTatariea). Intermediate between the two: 

 fls. white to pink. Gjirdeu oritiin.- L. biflura, Desf.= L. eanes- 

 (tens,.— L. caniisceu!^, Schousb. Clindiing, grayish tomentose; 

 lvs. ovate, small: fls. in pairs, white, --lipped, with slender, long 

 tube, fragrant. Spain, N. Afr.— L. chrfisdittha. Twrcz. Allied to 

 L. Xylosteum, higher: lvs. larger, acuminate: fls. larger, chang- 

 ing to bright yellow. N.E.Asia. Gt. 12:404. Handsome hardy 

 shrub, with rather light green foliage and bright coral-red ber- 

 ries,- L. eonfitt;a. DC. Allied to L. canescens, but fls. and lvs. 



1317. Lonicera SulHvanti (XK). 



somewhat larger and ovary glabrous, .Japan, China. B.R. 1:70 

 (as L. Japonic-a). <Tn. 4,5, p. :i07. Has been often confounded 

 "vvith L. Japonica, but is easily distinguished liy the small subu- 



