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_ LONICERA dioica. 8. 
Glaucous american Honeysuckle with tawny flowers. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Caprirouta. Jussieu gen. 210. 
Div. I. Calyx calyculatus, aut bracteatus. Stylus unicus. Corolla 
monopetala. 
LONICERA. Suprd vol. 1. fol. 31. 
Div. Periclymena, caule colubili. , 
L. dioica, yerticillis subcapitatis bracteolatis, foliis deciduis subtis 
glaucis: summis connato-perfoliatis, corollis ringentibus basi gibbis. 
flort. Kew. 1. 230. : 
Lonicera dioica. Linn. syst. veg. 13.181. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.1. 377. 
Lonicera media. Murr. in nov. comm. goltt. 1776. 28. t. 3. 
Linn. syst. veg. ed. 14. 216. Schmidt arb. t. 109. 
Lonicera parviflora. Persoon syn. 1. 213. 
Caprifolium ‘parviflorum. Lamarck encyc. 1. 728. Pursh amer. sept. 
l, 161. 
Caprifolium bracteosum. Michaux bor.'amer. 1. 105. 
Frutex 3-4-pedalis trunco brevi epidermide lacero-rimosé ; ramosus, un- 
dique glaucissimus, nisi in facie supind foliorum. Pedunculi erecti, termi- 
nales. Flores verticillati, verticillis 2-4: subcapitattm approximatis, patentibus, 
bracteee communes 2 sub quoque verticillo late, brevissime; partiales Z 
minime sub quoque germine. Germina sessilia, conferta. Cal. exiguus 
obsolete 5-dentatus. Cor. purpureo-filvescens, brevis viz equans 4% partes 
uncie, obliquato-ringens ; tubus crassus, nervosus, basi anticé didymo-gib- 
bosus ; limbus 5-divisus, labio summo $-fido ascendente margine revoluto, 
imo 2-partito lacintis divaricatis, spiralitér convolutis. Stam. (modd sena) 
divergentia, exserta, incurvata, summa breviora; fil. alba, tubo adnata et 
tota intra eum pilis rarioribus erectis barbata, extra eum nuda. Stylus 
longé exsertus subuncialis, virens, filiformis : stig. pileato-capitatum. Folia 
decidua, distantia, patentissima, ovato- . elliptico-oblonga, 3-6-uncialia lati- 
tudine sesqui-triunciali, subtus glauco-albicantia, florale distans floribus con- 
saaregithtiren ca@tera sessilia, opposito-contigua. (Bacca_ovato-oblonga, 
pheenicea, umbilicata, carne dulct viscos4, monosperma. Sem. ovato-ol- 
longum, compressum, inequale, luteum.) 
Idem in 
A hardy deciduous twining shrub, native of North Ame- 
rica, where, according to Mr. Pursh, it is found from New 
England to Carolina. Although introduced by Mr. Peter 
Collinson as far back as 1766, by no means common in our 
gardens. A peculiarly glaucous hue distinguishes it from 
most others of the genus; but its claims to our attention 
either in point of ornament or fragrance are very slender, 
variety and curiosity are the principal inducements for 
