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In German, this fhrub Is- called fptcklillt, geifilie, zatin- 
Jfpgtn, waldgil'gtn, ba'umlilie, litie vnter den dornen, lilien- 
Jrulcht, Dcvtjhcc gcsjblatt, Denj'che je langer je litber ; in 
Dutch, gewoone hamperfolie , mammetje/kruid ; in Danitli, 
gcdcblad, Jkovlilie, loberojc, lobclilie ; in Swedifl), matlejlrad ; 
in French, chcvrejeuille des boss ; in Italian, caprifbglio, ma- 
drefelva , vincibojco , legabofeo, periclimeno ; in Spanifli, r.ta- 
drejelva, periclimeno ; in Portuguefe, mairifylva do norte. 
There are feveral varieties of this wild fpecies ; among 
which may be noted 
( 3 . L. ferotina, the late-red honeyfuckle, produces a 
greater quantity of flowers together than either the Italian 
or Dutch honeyfuckle, fo that it makes a finer appearance 
than either of them during the time of flowering. It has 
not been fo long an inhabitant of the English gardens as’ 
the Dutch honeyfuckle ; tor about the year 1715 it wss ef- 
teemed a great curiofity ; when it was called the Flemjh 
honeyfuckle, and was probably brought over by the Flernifli 
fiorilts, who at that time came over annually with flowers 
stid plants for fale. 
y. L. Belgica, the Dutch honeyfuckle, may be trained 
with Items, and formed into heads, which the wild fort 
cannot, the branches being too weak and trailing for this 
purpofe. The branches of this are fmooth, of a purplifh 
colour, garniflied with oblong oval leaves, three inches 
long and an inch and three quarters broad, of a lucid 
green on their upper fide, but pale on their under, hav¬ 
ing very fiiort foot-(talks ; they are placed by pairs, but 
Sre net joined at their bafe. The flowers are produced 
in bunches at the end of the branches, each flower arifing 
out of a fcaly cover, which cover, after the flowers fade, 
forms an oval head, whole (tales lie over each other like 
thofe of fill). The flowers are of a reddifh colour on their 
outfide, and yellowifli within, of a very agreeable odour. 
This fort flowers in June, July, and Augufl.' The-ftems 
are ftronger, the leaves larger, the flowers and heads of 
berries larger, and the corollas redder, than in our wood¬ 
bind. 
h L. quercifolia, has flnuate leaves, cut like the oak, 
and fmooth. Found firft near Oxford by Mr. Jennerj and 
afterwards by Mr. Knowlton, in the way from Hitchin 
to Wembly ; alfo in fir John Woodhoufe’s woods, Nor¬ 
folk, by Mr. Woodward. There is alfo a variety with 
variegated leaves. 
7. Lonicera Japonica, or Japonefe honeyfuckle: flow¬ 
ers terminating in pairs, feflile ; all the leaves diftinft; 
Item twining. Native of Japan. 
■ II. C ha msec era fa, with two-flowered peduncles. S. 
Lonicera nigra, or black-berried upright honeyfuckle : 
peduncles two-flowered ; berries diilinft ; leaves elliptic, 
quite entire. Height three or four feet. Leaves final 1 , 
the younger ones hirfute, quite entire, but plaited a lit¬ 
tle, fo as to appear ferrate. Berries black, a little oblong, 
containing three, five, and fometime6 ten, feeds. Native 
of France, Swiflerland, Auftria, Silefia, and Piedmont; 
and flowers in March, April, and May ; cultivated in 
*683. 
9. Lonicera Tatarica, or Tartarian upright honey¬ 
fuckle: peduncles two-flowered; berries diltinff; leaves 
cordate, obtufe. This grows about the fame height with 
the preceding and fourteenth fort, and bears a great re- 
fembiance to them in the branches. But the leaves are 
heart-fhaped ; and the berries red, growing fometimes (in¬ 
gle, at others double, and frequently there are three joined 
together; they are about the fame fize with the preced¬ 
ing. Profeifor Pallas deferibes it more particularly thusi 
It is a tree frequently a fathom in height, but commonly 
lefs, rifing with feveral trunks, often thicker than the 
wrifl, fpreading, branched very much from the bottom ; 
covered with a brownifli-grey fmocthiih bark, cloven lon¬ 
gitudinally. Branches knobbed, with a whitilh-grey 
Imooth bark, (hooting off the epidermis. Shoots oppo- 
fite, fmooth, bearing both leaves and flowers. Leaves op- 
polite, tender, bright glaucous green, petioled, cordate- 
tanceolate, very fmooth, except the edge which .is ciliated 
C E R A, 
with very tender hairs. Calyx above- the gerftij minute, 
five-toothed, the teeth blunt and erofe, reddifh ; corollas 
before they open parallel, club-fliaped, of a deep rofe co¬ 
lour'; when open flefh-colou'red, diverging; when thq 
flower is imperfectly expanded, th® three upper fegments 
frequently, the two lower fometimes, are glued together. 
Berries dittin< 5 L, (cadet, fucculent, one of them ofteri 
abortive. Seeds oblong, flat, yellowifli. In fliady-groves- 
it varies with a white flower. In autumn the leaves put 
off their fringes, and become quite fmooth. Native of 
Ruflia, but not beyond 55 0 of latitude. In the more' 
fouthern parts it (lowers in May, in the eaftern and in 
gardens at Peterfburg in June, With us it flowers in 
April, and the fruit is ripe in July. It is frequented by 
the Meloe vefleatoria, or blifter-infeff, which is colleffed 
from this flirub for the apothecaries. The berries are eaten 
by the common people, though they are naufeoufly bitter, 
and are apt to purge. The flowers have hardly any fmell; 
the leaves are bitterifh. The wood is very hard and fo- 
iid, of a yellowifli-grey colour, beautifully veined, and 
fifed to make walking-flicks and the handles of tools. 
10. Lonicera xylofleum, or fly-honeyfuckle : peduncles 
two-flowered ; berries diltimft; leaves quite entire, pu- 
befeent. Fly-honeyfuckle rifes with a ftrong woody (talk 
fix or eight feet high, covered with a whitifh bark, di¬ 
viding into many branches. Leaves ovate, oppolite, en¬ 
tire, and covered with a fliort hairy down. The flowers 
come cut on each fide of the branches, oppolite, on (lender 
peduncles, each fuftaining two white flowers (landing 
erect. The three lower fegments of the corolla are nar¬ 
row and reflex, the other two are broader and upright, 
Scopoli and Adanlon fay, that the berries-have three cells, 
with two feeds in each. Miller fays, that they are red 
p.nd clammy, joined at their bafe, and ripe in the begin¬ 
ning of September. Linnaeus tells us,-that this flirub 
makes excellent hedges in a dry foil; that the clear part? 
between the joints of the (hoots are ufed in Sweden for 
tobacco-pipes, and that the wood, being extremely hard, 
makes teeth for rakes, &c. Gmelin informs us, that the 
Ruffians prepare an empyreumatic oil from the wood, 
which they recommend for cold tumours and chronical 
pains. Animals feldom touch the leaves. Birds eat the 
berries only in hard weather; they are reputed purgative, 
and emetic. Native of the north of Europe, and even of 
the fouth of France, Italy, and Hungary; common in 
Ruflia, efpecially the more northern parts, anti in Siberia 
as far as the river Jenifea; alfo in Kamtfchatka, with 
black berries; and in Cochin-china, according to Lou- 
reiro. According to Withering, it is a native of Eng¬ 
land. It appears in all our plantations of fliruhs ; and 
was cultivated, according to Sutherland, in 1683. It 
flowers in May. 
11. Lonicera Pyrenai-ca, or Pyrenean upright honey¬ 
fuckle: peduncles two-flowered ; berries diftinfl; leaves 
oblong, fmooth. This feldom rifes more than three or 
four feet high, dividing into feveral fpreading irregular 
branches. The flowers come out from the fide of thefe, 
on (lender peduncles, each fuftaining two white flowers, 
which are cut into five fegments almoft to the bottom. 
It differs front the preceding in having regular corollas, 
divaricated branches, and fmooth leaves. Native of the 
Pyrenean mountains and Siberia. Cultivated in 1739, by 
Mr. Miller; who received a plant of it from the duke 
d’Ayen’s garden at St. Germain’s. He fays that it grows 
alio naturally in Canada ; and that it flowers in April. 
1 a. Lonicera alpigena, or red-berried upright honey¬ 
fuckle : peduncles two-flowered ; berries coadunate-twin ; 
leaves oval-lanceolate. This has a fliort thick woody 
ftem, which divides into many llrong woody branches 
growing ereff. Flowers upon very long (lender pedun¬ 
cles, which come out oppofite on each fide of the branches, 
at the bale of the leaves ; they are red on the outfide, but 
pale within, fliaped like thofe of the fly-honeyluckle, but 
a little larger, and handing ereft : they appear at the end, 
of April, and are commonly fucceeded by two ovate red 
berries. 
