1050 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



-i 11. L.cilioNsa Poir. The diliatecMeaiW Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Von: Suppl., 5. p. 612. ; Doc. Prod., 4. p. 332. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 



Synonymes. Capritolium eilibsum Pursh Ft. Amcr. Sept., 1. p. 160. ; L. ciliata Dietr. Let: Suppl., 4. 



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N/><v. cV/w., A'r. Plant twining; upper part of the branches hairy on one side. 

 Leaves coriaceous, reticulated, ovate, on short petioles, glaucous beneath, 

 and ciliated on the margins : upper ones connately perfoliate. Spikes com- 

 posed of approximate verticillate heads of nearly sessile flowers ; tube of 

 corolla hairy, ventricose in the middle; limb nearly equal. Flowers deep 

 yellow. Peduncles beset with glandular hairs. {Don's Mill., Hi. p. 446.) 

 A twining shrub; a native of North America, on the banks of the Koos- 

 koosky. Introduced in 1825, and flowering in July. There are plants of 

 this species in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 



-2 12. L. occidentals Hook. The Western Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 282. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 



Si/mniymcs. Caprifblium occidentale Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1457. ; Caprifblium eilibsum Douglas MSS. 



Engraving. Bot Reg., t. 1457. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Twining. Leaves oval, almost sessile, glabrous, ciliated, glau- 

 cous beneath ; upper ones connately perfoliate. Flowers disposed in ver- 

 ticillate heads. Corolla glabrous, with an elongated tube, which is gibbous 

 above the base; the limb nearly equal. Stamens almost inclosed. {Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 446.) The flowers are larger than in any other British North 

 American species, and of a full orange red. Branches and peduncles gla- 

 brous. A twining shrub, a native about Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. 

 Introduced in 1824, and flowering in June and July. A great acquisition to 

 our gardens ; and quite different from L. pubescens, L. parvifldra, and L. 

 Douglasi/; and, if the presence or absence of hairs in the corolla are to be 

 depended on, it is also different from L. ciliosa, which inhabits nearly the 

 same country. 



L. pilbsa Willd. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 233. ; Caprif51ium villbsum H. B. ct Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 

 3. p. 427. t. 298. ; is a native of New Spain, in cold places, with purple flowers, not yet introduced. 



§ ii. Xylosteum Dec. 



Identification. Dec. Pr.>d., 4. p. 333. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 446. 



Synonymes. Xylosteon Juss. Gen.,1\1. ; Lonicera Itcem. et Schult. Syst, 5. p. 19. ; Xylosteon and 



Chama-cerasus, Taurn. Inst., p. 609. ; Xylosteum and Isiha, Adans. Fam., 2. p. 501. ; Cobce v rt Neck . 



Elein., No. 219. ; the Fly Honeysuckle ; Hackenkirsche, Ger.; Hondsbezien orHondskarsen, Dutch. 

 Derivation. From xylon, wood, and osteon, a bone ; the wood of L. Xyl6steum being as hard as 



bone. 



Sect. Char., Sfc. Pedicels axillary, 2-flowered, bibracteate at the apex. Berries, 

 twin, distinct, or joined together more or less; 3-celled in the young state; 

 rarely 2-celled in the adult state. The limb of the calyx is generally de- 

 ciduous, therefore the fruit is usually not crowned. {Don's Mill., iii. p. 446.) 

 Climbing or erect shrubs, with leaves never connate. In British gardens, 

 they are of the easiest culture, and extremely hardy. 



A. Ovaries and Berries altogether distinct. Stems scandent. Flowers irre- 

 gular. — Nintooa Dec. Prod., iv. p. 33. 

 Derivation. Nintoo, or Sintoo, is the name of L. jap6nica in China. 



J 13. L. confu\sa Dec. The confused Honeysuckle. 



/,/ nhfiration. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 333. ; rv, n 's Mill., 3. p. 446 



Synonumes. Nintoda confusa Swt. Hort. Brit., ed. 2. j Loniccrrt japonica Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 583. ; 

 K>r I'M. Beg., 1. 10.. Delaun. Herb. Amut.,1. 132., but not of Thunb. ; Nintoo, Sintoo, Kampf. 

 Ann, //., 5. p. 785. ; 6'aprifblium japonicum Loud. Hort. Brit. 



Andr. Bot. Rep., t. .083. ; Bot. Heg., t. 70. ; Delaun. Herb. Amat., t. 132, ; and our 

 fig. BOB. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches twining, pubescent. Leaves ovate, acute, rounded 

 at the base, downy on both surfaces, as well as the peduncles. Peduncles 

 axillary, longer than the petioles, 2-flowered, opposite, disposed in some- 

 thing like a thyrsi* at the tops of the brandies. Calycine segments ovate, 

 and, as well as the corollas, pubescent. The flowers are snow-white at 



