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40139 to 40201— Continued. 



are 3 to 5 inches long, bearing short-stalked, pea-shaped flowers one half 

 inch long, rosy purple, two dozen or more on each raceme. Calyx downy, 

 with lance-shaped lobes. Pod deflexed when ripe, \\ to 2 inches long, 

 one-eighth inch wide, cylindric, 6 to 10 seeded. Native of the north- 

 western Himalayas. Commencing to blossom about the end of June and 

 continuing until the end of September, having also foliage of great beauty 

 and luxuriance, this is one of the most ornamental of late-flowering 

 ( shrubs. It has the disadvantage of starting late into growth, and it is 

 not until June that the stools become- well furnished. For this reason 

 it is not suitable for planting alone in masses. It likes abundant sun- 

 shine, and does not flower so freely in dull seasons." (TT\ J. Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 655.) 



Distribution. — Temperate and subtropical slopes of the western Hima- 

 layas from the Salt Range to Kumaon, in India, and west to Afghanistan. 

 40184 to 40187. Lonicera spp. Caprifoliacea?. Honeysuckle. 



40184. Lonicera orientalis loxgifolia Dippel. 

 (Lonicera kesselringi Kegel.) 



" It has oblong or oval-lanceolate leaves 1£ to 2h inches long, rarely 

 more than three-fourths inch wide. Flowers pink, smaller than in 

 orientalis, the corolla tube only slightly swollen, stalk one-third 

 inch long. Introduced from Kamchatka in 1SSS." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the Britisli Isles, vol, 2, p. 51.) 



40185. Lonicera trichosantha Bureau and Franchet. 



• "A deciduous bush, of vigorous growth and rounded, dense, leafy 

 habit, probably 8 feet or more high, the whole plant with a pale 

 grayish aspect; young shoots at first downy, becoming smooth later 

 in the season. Leaves oval, often inclined to obovate, rounded or 

 broadly wedge shaped at the base and short pointed or rounded at 

 the apex, 1 to 2 inches long, one-half to 1£ inches wide ; dull gray- 

 green above, paler beneath, both sides at first downy, becoming 

 almost smooth, especially above; stalk one-eighth to one-fourth inch 

 long. Flowers pale yellow, fading to a deeper shade ; corolla one- 

 half to three-fourths inch long, hairy outside. Calyx bell shaped, 

 but split into two parts. Berries red. Native of Szechwan, China ; 

 discovered by the Russian traveler Potanin. Introduced in quan- 

 tity by Wilson about 190S. A robust species of the same class as 

 deflexicalyx and quinquelocularis." (W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 59.) 



40186. Lonicera deflexicalyx Batalin. 



"A deciduous shrub of elegant spreading habit; branches often 

 horizontal or drooping, the branchlets in opposite rows ; young shoots 

 purple, downy. Leaves 1^ to 3 inches long, scarcely half as wide, 

 rounded at the base, narrowly ovate, pointed, dull green and downy 

 above ; grayish and hairy beneath, especially when young ; stalk one- 

 third inch long. Flowers in pairs from each axil along the branch- 

 lets, all-expanding upwards; corolla yellow, five-eighths inch long, 

 downy outside, the lower lip much deflexed, tube shorter than the 

 lobes; stamens hairy at the base; style wholly hairy; stalk one- 

 fourth inch long; fruit orange-red. Native of China and Tibet: 



