Lonicera Periclymentim* Honeyfuckle or Woodbine. 



LONICERA Ltmal Gen. PL Pentandria Monogynia. 



Rail Synopfs. Arbores et frutices fructu flori petaloidi contiguo» 

 LONICERA capitulis ovatis imbricatis termmalibus,, foliis omnibus diftinctis. Lin. Sp. PL 247. 

 PERICLYMENUM. PufchlU Icon. 646. 



PERYCLIMENUM non perfoliatum Germanicum. Bauhin. Pin. 302. 



CAPRIFOL1UM Germanicum. Dodon. Gerard, emac. 891. Parkin/on. 1460. RaiiSyn. 458. HadfonFL 80. 

 Haller. Hift. 301. Scopoli. PL Carniol. p. 153. 



CAULIS lignofus, volubilis, orgyalis et ultra ; cortice $ STALK woody, twining, growing to the height of fix 

 pallide fufco ; Rami oppofiti, purpurei. | feet or more, the bark a pale brown, the 



^ Branches oppofite and purple. 



FOLIA oppofita, ovata, glabra, fubtus caerulefcentia. t LEAVES oppofite, oval, fmooth, underneath of a blueifh 



I colour. 



FLORES terminales, verticillatim difpofiti, patentes, f FLOWERS terminal, growing in a whirl, and fpread- 

 rubri, interne flavi, odoratiffimi. | ing, externally red, internally yellow, and 



I fragrant. 



CALYX: Perianthium fuperum, breviffimum, quin- i CALYX, aPERi an THiUMplacedaboveth'eGermen, very 

 quepartitum ; legmentis ovato-lanceolatis, e-| fhort, divided into five fegrnents, which are of 



rectis, duobus inferioribus remotioribus, Jig. 1.? an oval pointed fhape, and upright, the two 



I inferior ones moft remote from each other, ^. 1 . 



BRACTEiE fubcordatae, fg. 8, germina imbricatim | FLORAL-LEAVES laying one over the other, and 



cingentes, ad marginem praecipue fcabras, ut J clofely embracing the Germina, reddifh at the 



iunt calyx, et tubi bafis pilis glanduliferis. | edges, and covered, as well as the Calyx and 



y bafe of the tube, with glandular hairs, fig. 8. 



COROLLA monopetala, tubulofa ; Tubus oblongus, | COROLLA monopetalous and tubular, the Tube long, 



fubinfundibuliformis ; Limbus bipartitus, la- 1 and fomewhat funnel-fhaped ; the Limb bipar- 



ciniis revolutis, fuperiore quadrifida, fegmentis ¥ tite ; the lacinias rolling back, the upper one 



fere sequalibus, obtufis, inferiore integra, ^. 2. 1 divided into four blunt and nearly equal feg- 



$ ments, the lower one entire, fig. 2. 



STAMINA : Filamenta quinque filiformia, corolla | STAMINA : five white Filaments, of an equal thick- 



longiora, alba, tubo corolla inferta, fig. 3 : An- | nefs throughout, longer than the Corolla, and 



THERiE dum pollinem involvunt oblongas, in- ¥ inferted into its tube, fig. 3 : the Anthers, 



cumbentes, poftea lunatse, fg. 4. | while they contain the Pollen, oblong, after- 



¥ wards femilunar, and of a yellow colour, fig. 4. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, inferum, fig,, 5. | PISTILLUM : the Germen roundifh, and placed be- 



Stylus filiformis, Staminibus paulo longior, | low the Calyx, fig. 5 : the Style filiform, a 



fg. 6 : Stigma capitatum, fubrotundum, tri- % little longer than the Stamina, fig. 6 : the 



fidum, viride, fig. 7. | Stigma roundifh, trifid, and of a green colour, 



PERICARPIA:BACCiEplures,fubrotundaB,rubraB, urn- | SEED-VESSELS feveral roundifh red Berries, ha- 

 bilicatae, biloculares, omnes diftinctae, fg. 9. | ving the remains of the Calyx adhering to 



% them, and all diftindr, fig. 9. 



SEMINA plura, lutefcentia, hinc convexa inde plana, | SEEDS feveral, of a yellowifh brown colour, round 

 fig- io. ^ on one fide, and flattifli on the other, fig. 10. 



THE early writers attributed virtues to this officinal plant, which the latter have been inclined to give up. As 

 a medicine we muff not expect much from it : but the beauty, Angularity, and exquifite fragrance of its flowers, 

 have long given it a place in our gardens. It is a climber, and turns from eaft to weft with moft of our other 

 Englifh climbers, and in common with them, it bears clipping and pruning well : for in a ft ate of nature, thofe 

 plants that cannot afcend without twining round others, are often liable to lofe large branches ; they have, therefore, 

 a proportional vigour of growth to reftore accidental damages. This plant is fubject, when placed near buildings, 

 to be disfigured, and injured, by fmall infects, called Aphides, or vulgarly blights : thefe animalcule were formerly 

 fuppofed to be brought by the eaft wind, and confequently the mifchief was looked upon as inevitable ; but obfer- 

 vation has of late years corrected that error : their *hiftory is well known ; but no effectual remedy againft them, 

 is as yet difcovered. Thefe infects are not very numerous in fpring, but as the fummer advances, they increafe in 

 a furprifing degree : to preferve the plant therefore from injury, it is neceflary to watch their firft attacks, cut off 

 and deftroy the branches they firft appear on ; for when they have once gained ground, they are defended by their 

 numbers. We have feen fmall plants cleared of them, by fprinkling Spanifh muff on the infected branches ; but 

 for large trees, this remedy is fcarcely practicable. The leaves are likewife liable to be curled up by a fmall cater- 

 pillar, (Phalcena *Tortrix^ Linncei.) which produces a beautiful little moth : fee Albin's hiftory of Englifh Infects, 

 pi. 73. It is fed on by kine, goats, and fheep, but horfes refufe it. 



To mew the confufion of antient names it may not be improper to obferve, that this plant and Woodroffe, 

 (Afperula odorata,) have been both called Matrijyha by the old botanic writers, Our poets aifo, have ftrangely 

 confounded the names of this plant. Shakespear fays, 



" So doth the Woodbine the fweet Honeyfuckle 

 " Gently entwift." 



Milton feems to call this plant Eglantine, although that is an undoubted name for the Szveet Briar. 



" 'Through the Sweet Briar, or the Vine, 

 " Or the twifted Eglantine." 



We find it plentifully in woods and hedges, flowering from July to September. Such plants as grow in fhady 

 places, produce bloflbms of a paler colour, and they univerfally fmell fweeteft in the evening ; at which time fome 

 particular fpecies of Sphinges, (Linnai.)^ or Hawk Moths, are frequently obferved in gardens hovering over the blof- 

 lbms, and with their long tongues, which are peculiarly adapted to the purpofe, extracting honey from the very 

 bottom of the flowers. 



*Vid. Reaumur and Geoffroy. 



