CHAP. LXIII. 



CAPEUFOLIA CEiE. 



LONI CEIiv/. 



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Islands, and of Sicily; where it forms a twining evergreen shrub, flowering 

 from June to September. It was introduced in 1772, and is not unfrequent 

 in British gardens ; but, in situations north of London, it requires the pro- 

 tection of a wall. 

 Variety. 



&_ L. i. 2 baledrica Viv., Camb., et Guss., 1. c. ; C'aprifolium balearicum 

 Dum. Cours. Bot, Cult., ed. 2. vol iv. p. 358., Rcem. et Sehult. Syst., 

 5. p. 261.,- L. balearica Dec. Fl. Fr. Sup])/., 499.; L. C'aprifoiium 

 Desf. Ft. Atl., i. p. 183. — Lower leaves somewhat cordate; upper 

 ones connate, obovate, glaucous beneath. Evergreen. Bark of 

 branches violaceous, clothed with glaucous bloom. Flowers 4 — G in 

 a head, large, cream-coloured, 15 — 18 in. long. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 444.) 



J£ 5. L. fla v va Sims. The yeWow -flowered Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., 1. 1318. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Torrey Fl. Un. St., 1. p. 243. ; Don' s 



Mill., 3. p. 445. 

 Synonymes. Caprifblium flavum Ell. Sketch., 1. p. 271. ; Caprifblium Frasen Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 



1. p. 271. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1318. j and our Jig. 801. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Branches 

 twining a little. Leaves ovate, sometimes 

 glaucous beneath, with cartilaginous mar- 

 gins; upper leaves connately perfoliate. 

 Flowers in terminal verticil late heads. 

 Corollas rather ringent ; with oblong, ob- 

 tuse, lobes. Flowers bright yellow, but, 

 as they fade, becoming orange-coloured ; 

 very fragrant. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 445.) 

 A twining shrub ; a native of the Paris 

 Mountains, in South Carolina; and of the 

 Catskill Mountains, New York. It was 

 introduced in 1810, and flowers in June 

 and July. It is a very desirable species, 

 from the large size, rich yellow colour, 

 and grateful fragrance of its flowers ; but 

 it is somewhat tender, and, even in the 

 neighbourhood of London, requires the protection of a wall. 



-3 6. L. (f.) pube'scens Siveet. The pubescent Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Sweet Hort. Brit., p. 194. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 445. 

 Synonymes. Caprifblium pube'scens Goldie in Edin. Phil. Journ., 1822, April, p. 323. ; Hook. E.u>/. 



Fl., t. 27. ; L. hirsuta Eaton Man. Bot. Ed., 3. p. 341., ex Torrey Fl. Un. St., 1. p. 242., Hook. Ft. 



Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282. ; L. Goldii Spreng. Syst., 1. p. 758. 

 Engravings. Hook. Exot. Fl., t. 27. ; Bot. Mag. t. 3103. ; and our fig. 802. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches twining. Leaves broad- 

 ovate-elliptic, on short petioles, pubescent and cili- 

 ated, glaucous beneath ; upper ones connately 

 perfoliate. Spikes or racemes composed of ver- 

 ticillate heads of flowers. Corollas beset with 

 glandular pubescence. Flowers yellow. (Doti's 

 Mill., iii. p. 445.) This appears to hold the place 

 in the more northern parts which L. flava does in 

 the south ; of which, indeed, Dr. Torrey suspects 

 it to be a variety. (Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., p. 282.) 

 A twining shrub, a native of North America, in 

 Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, and Canada, 

 in many places. Introduced in 1822, by Mr. Goldie 

 of Monkswood, near Ayr ; and flowering in June 

 and July. It appears hardier than the preceding 

 sort. In 1831, in Ayrshire, we saw several plants 

 of it against garden walls, growing as vigorously as the common honeysuckle. 



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