CHAP. LXIII. 



CAPRIFOLIA CEJE. LONTCER^. 



1053 



811 



L. 

 L. 



Ench. 



(Don's Mill, p. 448.) A shrub, a ^12 



native of Tartary, and growing to 

 the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. It 

 was introduced in 1752, and flowers 

 in April and May. 

 Varieties. 



a* L. t. 2 albiflora Dec. Prod.,iii. 

 p. 335.; L. pyrenaica Willd. 

 Baumz.y p. 181. — Flowers 

 and fruit white. 

 & L. t. 3 rubrijlora Dec, 1. c. ; 

 grandiflorum Lodd. Cat. ; 



sibirica Hortul. ex Pers. Ench. — Flowers and 

 fruit red. 



s& L. t. 4 lutca Lodd. Cat. has yellowish flowers and yellow fruit. 

 S£ L. t. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat. has broad leaves. 

 Culture, Sf-c. This is one of the most hardy of European shrubs, and one 

 of the few which grow in the open gardens of Petersburg and Stockholm, 

 without protection during winter. It flowers about Petersburg in June, and 

 about London in April, having begun to put out its leaves in January. In 

 Siberia, Pallas informs us, the berries, though bitter, nauseous, and purgative, 

 are eaten by the common people. The wood, which, when deprived of its 

 bark, is beautifully veined, is used for walking-sticks ; and the plant being 

 frequented by the Meloe vesicatorius L. (Cantharis vesicatdria Geoff.), that 

 insect is collected from it for the apothecaries. In British gardens, the plant 

 is very common, and it is valued for its early leafing and flowering. It will grow 

 in any soil, and almost in any situation. It is readily propagated by cuttings. 



a 17. L. (t.) ni n gra L. The h\ack-fruited Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 247. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 449. 



Swonymcs. Caprifolium rbseum Lam. Fl. Ft:, 3. p. 368 ; Chama2cerasus nigra Dclarb. Ft. Auv., 

 ~ed. 2. p. 130. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Aust., t. 314. ; Schmidt. Baum., t. 110. ; Gesn., fasc. 37- t. 8. f. 48. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Erect. Leaves oval-oblong, or elliptic, on short petioles, 

 rather villous when young, but nearly glabrous in the adult state. Pedun- 

 cles 2-flowered, elongated, shorter than the leaves. Corolla reddish, and 

 pubescent on the outside, but whitish on the inside. Bracteas 4, under the 

 ovaries ; the two outer ones lanceolate, and 

 the inner quadrifid. Berries black, globose, 

 joined together at the side. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 449.) A shrub, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high ; 

 a native of middle Europe, in subalpine 

 woods, as in France, Switzerland, Austria, 

 Silesia, Piedmont, &c. It was introduced in 

 1597, and flowers from March to May. It is 

 of the easiest culture and propagation in any 

 common soil. The plant in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden was, in 1835, after being seven years planted, 5 ft.high. 



Variety. 



& L. ? (t.) n. 2 campanifibra ; Xyl6steum campaniflorum Lodd. Cab., 

 t. 1361. ; and our Jigs. 813, 814. ; has the flowers bell-shaped. 



18. L. (t.) cilia v ta M'uhl. The c.i\\ate.&-leaved Honeysuckle. 



Identification. Mhhl. Cat , p. 22. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 335. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 448. 

 Synonymies. Xylosteum ciliatum Pirsli Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 161. ; L. tatarica Michx. Fl. Amer., 1. 

 p. 166., but not of Lin. ; L. canadensis Reem. ct Schtilt. Si/st., 5. p. 260. 



Spec. Char., eye. Erect. Leaves ovate or oblong, cordate, thin, ciliated, 

 villous beneath in the young state. Peduncles elongated. Bracteas 2, 

 ovate, three times shorter than the ovaries, which are distinct. Corolla 



