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together, instead of being in whorls, as in the Woodbine. The name of Lonicera is given to the genus in 
honour of Lonicer, a German botanist, who lived about three hundred years ago. This genus is in the same 
Linnasan class and order as Caprifolium. 
1.— THE COMMON UPRIGHT, OR FLY HONEYSUCKLE. (Lonicera Xylosteum, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 916; 2nd ed., t. 326; and our i Specific Character. —Stalks two-flowered. Berries distinct. Leaves 
fig. 3, in PI. 40. | entire, downy. (Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This plant is a very doubtful native, as it has only been found in two places ; both in 
the county of Northumberland. The flowers are by no means ornamental; but the wood is remarkably hard, 
and makes excellent walking-sticks. It is also used for making the teeth of hay-rakes, and for other similar 
purposes. The species is a shrub, and flowers in July. The specific name of this plant signifies bony-wooded ; 
in allusion to the hardness of the wood. 
GENUS III. 
THE LINNiEA. (Linn^ja, Gronovius.) 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx five-cleft, with two connate bracteae at | cells many-seeded, 1 one-seeded. Fruit dry, three-celled, with one 
the base. Corolla campanulate, five-lobed. Stamens five, of which j cell fertile. A creeping plant, with cernuous twin pink flowers, 
two are shorter than the others. Ovarium three-celled; two of the I ( Lindley .) 
Description, &c. —There is only one species in this genus : a little insignificant plant; selected by Linnaeus 
to bear his name, because he considered this “ little northern plant, long overlooked, depressed, abject, and 
flowering early,” as a type of his own career. The genus is placed in the Linnman class Didynamia, because two 
of the stamens are shorter than the others ; and in the order Angiospermia, from the seeds being inclosed in a 
seed-vessel. 
1.—THE LINNiEA. (Linn.ea borealis, Gronovius.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 433 ; 2nd ed., t. 884 ; and our fig. 4, in PI. 40. 
Description, &c. —No specific character is given to this plant, as it is the only one of its genus that has 
been discovered. It is rare in England, but very common in Scotland, particularly in the pine and fir-woods, 
where the soil is dry and strong. It is a creeping suffruticose plant, and its pretty pinkish flowers are produced 
in May and June. 
GENUS IV. 
THE VIBURNUM. (Viburnum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-cleft. Corolla campanulate, five-lobed. Stamens five. Fruit succulent, three-seeded. Upright deciduous 
shrubs, with cymose flowers and simple leaves. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c.— All the species belonging to the genus Viburnum are well known, either as native shrubs 
or as cultivated in gardens. Of the exotic species some are evergreens, and have their flowers tinged with pink, 
as, for example, the well-known Laurustinus ; but the British species are both deciduous shrubs, with white 
flowers. The name of Viburnum is said to be derived from the Latin word vieo, to tie ; because the branches of 
