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WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
Common Honeysuckle or Woodbine, Eglantine. (Lonicera Periclymenum, Linn.)— 
As just described. The flowers yellow inside, and red or streaked with red outside, in clusters of 
stalkless flowers, terminating the stem and branches; fruit an oval, crimson, juicy berry, containing 
1-3 seeds; the stem woody, twining up other bushes to a considerable height; and the leaves 
egg-shaped or oblong, smooth above and downy beneath, stalkless or nearly so, in opposite pairs. 
Sweet-scented. [Plate 60. 
Very common. In hedges and woods. June — August. Shrub. 
*Pale Perfoliate Honeysuckle. (Lonicera Caprifolium, Linn.)— Not a native. A 
very similar species to the Common Honeysuckle (Lonicera Periclymenum), but having stalkless 
clusters of pale yellow, stalkless flowers, and leaves with a bluish bloom, the upper pairs united at 
the base so that the stalk appears to pass through the leaves (connate). [Plate 60. 
Rare. Naturalised in thickets in Essex and Cambridgeshire. June — July. Shrub. 
♦Upright Fly Honeysuckle. (Lonicera Xylosteum, Linn.)— Not a native. [As 
described in the genus Lonicera.] Flowers much smaller than in the 2 preceding species, in pairs, 
pale yellow. An erect shrub, with egg-shaped, downy, stalkless leaves. 
Rare. Copses and thickets. July. Shrub. 
