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LONICE'RA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. PentaG’dria "f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Caprifoua'ce.e J, Dec. ; sect. Lonicere.e ; 
Lindl. Syn. p. 131. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 206 & 207. — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 460. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 519. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 435. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 133. — 
Caprikolia ; sect. 1. ; Juss. Gen. PI. pp.210 & 211. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. pp. 129 & 130. — Syringales ; subord. Asteros.e; sect. 
Rubiacin.e ; type, Caprifoliace.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. 
pp. 900, 901, & 902. — Aggregate, Linnaeus. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) superior, small, of 1 sepal, in 
5 deep segments, permanent. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, tubular, 
tube oblong, swelling at one side ; limb in 5 deep revolute seg- 
ments, one of them more deeply separated than the rest. Filaments 
(see fig. 2.) 5, awl-shaped, inserted into the upper part of the tube, 
and about equal to the limb. Anthers incumbent, oblong. Germen 
(see fig. 1.) roundish, inferior. Style (fig. 3.) thread-shaped, re- 
clining, about the length of the corolla. Stigma bluntly capitate. 
Berry (fig. 5.) roundish, with a concave scar, of 1 or more cells, 
sometimes double and confluent. Seeds (fig. 5.) several, roundish, 
compressed. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the irregular corolla ; and the 1- to 3-celled, many-seeded berry. 
Three species British. 
LONICE'RA PERICLY'MENUM §. Woodbine. Woodbind. 
Common Honeysuckle. Caprifoly. 
Spec. Char. Branches twining. Leaves all separate, decidu- 
ous. Heads of Flowers egg-shaped, imbricated, terminal. Corolla 
ringent. 
Engl. Bot. t. 800.— Curt. FI. Lond. t. — Linn. Sp. PI. p.247.— Huds. FI. 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 94. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. ir. p. 894. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 
260.; Engl. FI. v. i. p.326.— With. (7th edit.) v. ii. p. 309. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
p. 103. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 143. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 81. — Abb. FI. Bedf. 
p. 49. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 24.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 124.— Itelh. FI. 
Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 98. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 80.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 55. — FI. Devon, 
pp. 41 & 164. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 62. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and 
Durh. p. 15. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 65. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. 
v. iii. p.445. — Loud. Arb. et Frut. Brit. p. 1043. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. 
p. 24.; FI. Hibern. p. 133. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 22. — Phillips’ Sylva Florifera, 
v. i. p. 293. — Moral of Flowers, (2nd ed.) p. 104. t. 16. — Caprifolmm Periclyi- 
menum, Lindl. Syn. p. 131 . — Caprifnlium Germanicum, Kay’s Syn. p. 458. — 
Pericly'menum vulgare, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p. 488. — Pericly'menum, John- 
son’s Gerarde, p. 891. 
Localities. — I n woods, thickets, and hedges ; common. 
Shrub. — Flowers in June, July, and August. 
Fig. 1. Germen and Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla, opened vertically, and deprived of 
its lower lip. — Fig. 3. Style and Stigma. — Fig. 4. A Bunch of Berries. — Fig. 5. A 
separate Berry. — Fig. 6. A Seed. 
* So named in honour of Adam Lo.niceb, a German Botanist, who was born in 
1528, and died in 1588. 
t See folio 48, note +. 1 See folio 128, a. 
? From peri, round about ; and kulio, to roll ; in allusion to its habit of winding 
itself round every tree and shrub within its reach, and binding them together. 
