2. S. occidentalis (R. Brown) : spikes dense, terminal and axillary, nodding;
corolla infundibuliform-campanulate, densely bearded within: stamens
and (somewhat bearded) style exserted.—R. Br. in Richards.! appx.
Frankl. journ. ed. 2. p. 6 ; Hook. ! 1. c.
Woody country of British America (Richardson!) and Saskatchawan
(D m mmond !) to the sources of the Mississippi, Dr. Houghton ! and near
Fort Gratiot, Michigan, Dr. Pitcher! Also Oregon, Douglas. (Hook.) June
—July.—Shrub 1-4 feet high. Leaves ovate, 1-3 inches long, somewhat
hairy above, pubescent underneath, rather obtuse; the petioles about one-
third of an inch long. Spikes nearly sessile. Calyx-teeth minutely ciliate.
Corolla purplish and white, larger than in the preceding, and the border more
spreading. “ Berries white, remaining on the plant during the autumn and
winter.” Dr. Pitcher.— Wolf-Berry of the Canadians.
3. S. vulgaris (Michx.): spikes axillary, almost sessile, capitate-glomerate
; lobes of the campanulate corolla somewhat glabrous inside ; stamens
and (bearded) style included.— Michx.! fl. 1 . p. 106 ; D C .! 1. c. S. parvi-
flora, Desf. cat. hort. Par. Lonicera Symphoricarpos, Linn.! spec. 1. p.
175. Symphoria conglomerate, Pers.syn. 1. p. 214. S. glomerata, Pursh,
l. c.; Nutt. ! gen. 1. p. 139; Torr. ! fl. 1. p. 246.
Banks of rivers, Pennsylvania (Muhlenberg) Virginia ! and mountains of
the Southern States! to the Upper Missouri (Nuttall! Dr. James!) and
Texas, Drummond! July-Sept.—Shrub 2-3 feet high, with erect purplish
pubescent branches. Leaves about an inch and a half long, roundish-oval
or ovate, mucronate, Slightly hairy above, tomentose-pubescent beneath.
Spikes much shorter than the leaves. Corolla 2 lines long, greenish-red;
the tube bearded inside. Berries about the size of a small currant, dark red
(bluish-purple, Nutt.).—Indian Currant.
4. S. mollis (Nutt.! mss.): “ racemes very short, towards the summit of
the branches, nearly sessile; corolla glabrous inside; calyx conspicuous;
leaves oval or ovate, obtuse, pubescent, almost hoary and softly villous underneath.
“ St. Barbara, California ; common.—Nearly allied to the preceding ; but
with smaller leaves, larger flowers and a conspicuous calyx. Flowers reddish
white.” Nuttall.
5. S. ciliatus (Nutt, mss.): “ spikes very short, towards the summit of
the branchlets; the terminal one pedunculate; corolla glabrous; leaves
roundish-ovate, obtuse, pubescent underneath, ciliate.
“ St. Barbara, California.—Flowers very small, reddish.—Considerably
allied to S. vulgaris ; but differs in the leaves being rounded at the base and
ailiate,” Nuttall, 3
3. LONICERA. Linn.; Desf.fi,. Atl. 1. p. 183 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 330.
Xylosteon, Caprifolium, Chamsecerasus, & Periclymenum, Town.
Calyx-tube ovoid or subglobose; the limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular,
infundibuliform or campanulate, often gibbous at the base; the limb 5-
cleft, nearly regular, or ringent. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-3-celled, with several
pendulous ovules in each cell. Stigma capitate. Berry 2-3-oelled, or by
obliteration 1-celled, few-seeded. Seeds crustaceous.—Climbing or erect
shrubs. Leaves entire, often connate. Flowers axillary and pedunculate,
or in sessile whorls or heads, often fragrant.—Honeysuckle.
§ 1. Stem climbing: leaves often connate: flowers sessile, in verticillale-
capitate clusters: berries never connate, often 1-celled when mature, crowned
with the persistent limb of the calyx.—Caprifo eium, Juss.
* Corolla nearly regular. (Periclymenum, Town.)
1. L . sempermrens (Ait.): leaves oblong and narrowly elliptical, glabrous
above, glaucous and slightly pubescent underneath ; the lower ones somewhat
petioled ; the upper connate-perfoliate; flowers in somewhat distant whorls ;
corolla trumpet-shaped, with short and broad nearly equal lobes.—Ait. Kew.
(ed. 1) l . p. 230 ; Walt. Car. p. 131; Bot. mag. t. 781, 1753 ; Bot. reg. t.
556; T o r r.!fl 1. p. 244 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 432. Caprifolium sempervi-
rens, Michx. ! fi. 1. p. 105 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 160 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 271.
Borders of swamps, Island of New York! to Georgia! Florida! and
Louisiana! April-Oct. (in the Southern States.)—Stem twining over shrubs,
or sometimes prostrate. Leaves 1J to nearly 3 inches long; the upper 1-2
inches wide ; the lower sometimes almost lanceolate. Peduncle 1-2 inches
long: whorls 4-6-flowered. Flowers showy, inodorous; the corolla almost
2 inches long, slightly ventricose above, tapering gradually to the base,
scarlet externally, yellowish within. Stamens a little exserted. Berries
scarlet, about 4-seeded.—The wild plant, in the neighborhood of New
York, remains in flower only a few weeks (May-June), and the leaves are
deciduous; but in gardens, it blossoms nearly throughout the season, and the
leaves are somewhat perenhial, as is the case with the native plant in the
Southern States.—Scarlet Honeysuckle. Trumpet-Honeysuckle.
2. L . ciliosa (Poir.): leaves ovate, glaucous beneath, conspicuously ciliate,
or sessile and somewhat clasping ; the uppermost connate-perfoliate; whorls
of the subsessile spike approximate-capitate; corolla (deep yellow) somewhat
equal; the tube hirsute, ventricose in the middle. Pursh. [teeth of
the calyx conspicuous, Nutt. ! mss.]—Poir. diet. 5. p. 612; DC. prodr. 4.
p. 333. Caprifolium ciliosum, Pursh! fl. 1. p. 160.
Oregon ; on the Kooskoosky, Lewis! and along the Oregon from the Falls
to the sea, Nuttall!—We have seen the original specimens in Mr. Lambert’s
herbarium, but have not the means of completing the diagnosis between this
and the following species. The flowers are bright yellow, according to Mr.
Nuttall; who alone seems to have met with the plant, subsequently to
Lewis.
■, 3. L . occidentalis (Hook.): twining; leaves oval, nearly sessile, glabrous,
ciliate, glaucous underneath; upper ones connate-perfoliate ; flowers in verli-
cillate heads; corolla (orange-red) glabrous; the tube elongated, gibbously
inflated above the base; limb nearly equal; stamens somewhat included.
Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 282. Caprifolium occidentale, Lindl. bot. res. t
1457. s
About Fort Vancouver on the-Oregon, Douglas.—This species is considered
a great acquisition to the English gardens ; the flowers are said to be
full orange-red, and longer than in L. parviflora, hirsuta, &c. We do not
find that Mr. Nuttall met with it, so as to compare it with the true L. ciliosa,
to which it is doubtless allied.
* * Corolla ringent; the upper lip 4-lobed or 4-toothed. (Caprifolium, Town.)
t Natives of the United States and Canada.
4. L. grata (Ait.): stem twining; leaves obovate, glabrous, glaucous beneath
; the lower ones contracted at the base ; the two or three upper pairs
connate-perfoliate; flowers (large) verticillate in the axils of the upper leaves
or leaf-like connate bracts ; tube of the corolla long and slender, not gibbous;