

AHHOKETUM AND FUUTICF.Tl' i\l. 



l»ART II! 



Sect. II. LoNICEMt/w-E. 



Genus III. 



DIERVFLLi* Tourn. The Diervilla. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 



Monogynia. 



Tdent$cation. Tourn Act. Ac. Par., 1706, t. 7. f. 1. ; Lin. Hort. Cliff., p. 63. t. 7.; Juss. Gen., 211. ; 



Dec Prod., 4. p. S30. 

 •SyHonymes. Lonicero sp, l.hi. Gen.; Welgela Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 6. ; Weigel/a Pers. Ench., 1. 



p. 176., ex 15. Br. in Wall. PL Asiat, 1. p. 15. 

 Derivation. Named by Tburnefbrt, in compliment to M. Dicrvillc, a French surgeon, who was the 



first to introduce 1). canadensis into Europe. 



Description, fyc. Erect deciduous shrubs, of easy culture. 



^ I. D. canadensis Willd. The Canadian Diervilla. 



Identification. Wilkl. Enum., 1. p. 222. : Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 444. 



Synonymes. Ixmicera Diervilla Lin. Mat. Med., p. 62., Sims Bot. Mag., 1796. ; D. Tournefortw 



Blichx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 107. ; D. lmmilis Pers. Ench., 1. p. 214., and Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; 



1). lutea Pursh FL Amer. Sept., 1. p. 162. ; D. trifida Mcench Meth., 492. ; D. arcadi^nsis Du Ham 



Arb., I. t. 87. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1796. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. t. 87. ; Schmidt Baum., 1. 116. ; and out figs. 794, 795. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, acuminated, serrated, and, as 

 well as the petioles, glabrous. Flowers yellow. Fruit a dry brown capsule. 



There are a number of* varieties of this 

 plant, differing in respect to the size of 

 the flowers and of the leaves. Root 

 creeping, throwing up suckers. (Bon's 

 Mill., iii. p. 444.) A native of Carolina, 

 New England, and Newfoundland, on 

 rocks and the highest muontains ; where 



it forms a shrub growing to the height of 3ft. or 4ft, It was introduced 

 in 1739, and flowers in June and July. In British gardens, it is of the 

 easiest culture in almost any soil; and it multiplies abundantly by suckers. 



App. i. Species of Diervilla not yet introduced. 



D.Japdnica Doc. Prod., 4. p. 330.; Weigela jap6nica Thunb. ; is a native of Japan, with ovate 

 acuminated leaves, and the corolla purple. 



/;. consensit Dec. Prod., 4. p. 330. ; Weigela coraeensis Thunb. ; Weigelm coratfnsis Pers. ; is a 

 dative of Japan, closely allied to the preceding sort. 



Genus IV. 



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LONl'CEIU Desf. The Loniceea, or Honeysuckle. Lin. Syd. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



UentUatiion Dmt PI ah, i. p, [8& , Labi, hi., t. 160. j Dec. Prod., i. p. S30. ; Don's Mill., 3. 



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*, Lonicerafp Lin., and many authors j Capri folium and Xylosteum, Jus* Gen., p. 212.; 



