creeping, throwing up suckers. (Doris
Mill.) A bushy shrub. Carolina,
New England, and Newfoundland, on
rocks and the highest mountains, Heio-lit
3 ft. to 4-ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers
yellow; June and July. Fruit brown;
ripe in September,
968. D. canadénsis.
s - o f fo« species, differing in respect to the
size o fth e flowers and o fth e leaves, but they are not worth keeping distinct.
G e n u s IV .
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I.O N rC E R d Desf. T h e L o n i c e r a , o r H o n e y s u c k l e . Lin. S v s t .
Pentándria Monogynia.
Identificatim. Desf. Fl. All., 1. p. 183. ; Dec. P ro d , 4. p. 330. ; Don's Mill 3 p 444
V v K ™ Eoofrerosp. Am., and many au th o rs; OaprlBlium and Xylclst’eun? Jn sf. Gen p 212.
Derivation. Named after zirfawz/.oraic«-, a German, who was born in 1528 was another Lonicer, John, who wrote comments on Dioscorides. aanndd dHiiVeHd min l1.6)511f«5 . Trrhi,.e..r.e«
Gen Char. Calyx tube 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, campanulate, or funnel-
shaped, with a 5-cleft, usually irregular, limb. Stamens 5. Style filiform
¿ízgwa capitate, 3-ceIled. crustaceous. {Doris M ill)
Lcaves simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous, or evergreen; sometimes
connate, entire, occasionally runcinate in the same species. Flowers axillary,
or capitdte, variously disposed. — Shrubs, erect or twining : natives of
Europe, the North of Africa, Asia, and America.
The greater number of the species and varieties are of easy culture in
British gardens, in common garden soil ; and they are all propagated bv
cuttings, or some of them more readily by layers. The flowers of some of
the species are highly fragrant and ornamental; and that of the common
European honeysuckle is supposed to have given rise to one of the most
beautiful ornaments of Grecian architecture. The honeysuckles offer an easy
opportunity of improvement, by intermixing the fragran't and more vigorous
with the yellow and the scarlet.” (Herb. Amaryll. p. 363.) The genSs Lo-
mcera of Linnæus was separated by Roemer and Schultes into the genera
Lonicera and Caprifoliiim ; but they were reunited by DeCandolle whose
arrangement has been followed by Sir W. J. Hooker and G. Don,’ and is
adopted by us on the present occasion. The distinctive characters of the
sections are as follows : —
(Mprifolium. Plants twining. Flowers in capitate whorls.
Xylosleum. Plants twining or erect. Flowers axillary.
§ i. Caprifolium Dec.
Identificatiim. Dec. Fl. F r., 4. p. 270. ; Prod., 4. n. 331.
Synomjmee. CaprlBlium J „ „ . Gen. 212. ; Lonlcero Torr. Fl. Un. St. I. p. 242., but not of Schult.
jl iL
Derivation. From caper, a goat, and folium, a leaf ; in reference to the climbing habit of tho
species ; or, as appears much more probable, because goats are fond of browsing on its leaves.
Sect. Char. Berries solitary, while young 3-celled, but when mature usually
l-celled, crowned by the tube of the calyx, which is permanent, i ’iowers
di.sposed in capitate whorls. Twining slirubs, mostly deciduous ; natives of
Europe, the North of Africa, China, Nepal, and North America ; all of
easy culture, and tolerably hardy, but none of them of long duration.
A. Flowers ringent. — Caprijolium Tourn. Inst., p. 608.
A I. L. PERiCLv'MENUfli L. The Woodbine, or common Honeysuckle.
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 247. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 331. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 445.
Synonymes. Periclÿmenum Ger. Emac. p. 891. ; Periclÿmenum gormânicum Riv. Mon. Ir r .
t. 122.5 P . horténse Gesn. Icon. Pict. fasc. 1. 38. t. 7. f. 49. ; Caprifblium Periclÿmenum Roem. et
Schult. 5. p. 262. ; Caprifblium sylvâticum Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 365. ; Caprifblium Rail Syn. p. 458. ;
Woodbind ; Chèvrefeuille des Bois, Fr. ; wildes gemeines Geissblatt, Ger. ; gewoone Kamper-
foelie, Dutch ; Madre Selva, Ital. and Span.
Derivation. Periclÿmenum, from peri, round about, and kulio, to roll. Woodbine is a corruption
of woodbind, and both allude to the habit of the common sort, of winding itself round every tree
and shrub within its reach, and binding them together. In the time of Chaucer, the woodbine
was considered as the emblem of true love, from this property. The name of Honeysuckle has
reference to the fondness of children for this plant, who amuse themselves with drawing the
trumpet-shaped corollas from the calyx, to suck the honey from the nectary. Chèvrefeuille and
Geissblatt both signify literally, goat’s leaf. The Spanish and Italian names, Madre Selva, wood
mother, and the Dutch name Karapcrfoelie, the champion mace, seem to have little relation to
the plant.
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 800. ; Schmidt Arb., 1 .107. ; and o u rjig . 963.
Syec. Char., 4c. Leaves all separate, deciduous, sometimes
downy, glaucous beneath, ovate, obtuse, attenuated at the
base ; upper ones the smallest. Heads of flowers all terminal,
ovate, imbricated. Flowers ringent. There are varieties
of this species with either smooth, pubescent, or
variegated leaves; and, when the plant grows by the sea
side, they are occasionally more glaucous and rather succulent.
Corollas externally deep red ; or, in the earlier-flowering
varieties, all over buff-coloured ; in the maritime plant,
smaller and greenish. Berries nearly globular, accompanied
by permanent bracteas. (Doris Mill.) A twining deciduous
963.L.PcTiciymenuni
shrub, which always turns from east to west. Europe ; common in hedges,
groves, and thickets ; plentiful in Britain. Stem 15 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers
rich yellow ; June and July, and, in moist summers, also in August,
and sometimes in September. Fruit deep red, bitter and nauseous; ripe
in September,
Varieties.
A, L . V . 2 s e ro iin um a ^ f an
Ait. Hort. Kew., Sli
i. p. 378. Peri-
clymeniim ger-
manicum M i l l e r
D ic ü o n a r . No 4.,
(Schmidt,Oester. ,
Baumz. t. 108.;
and ourfg . 964.)
— Branches glabrous.
Flow'ers
late, and reddish.
964. L. P. seròtìnum.
This, the late red
honeysuckle, produces a greater number of flowers together than
either the Italian (No. 3.) or Dutch honeysuckle, so that it makes a
finer appearance than either of them during its period of flowering.
Introduced in 1715.
^ I/. P . 3 belgicum. Periclÿmenum germanicum Mill. Dict. No. 4.—
Branches smooth, purplish. Leaves oblong-oval, of a lucid green
above, but pale beneath, on long petioles. Flowers in terminal verticillate
heads ; each flower arising out of a scaly cover, reddish on