tose ; limb of the calyx mostly çiliate.—L. velutina, DC. ! 1. c. Xylosteum
villosum, Michx. ! jl. 1. p. 106. J
Woods and on rocks, Labrador! and Newfoundland! to the Rocky
Mountains in British America, .and north to lat. 66°, extending south to the
mountains or mountainous districts of Massachusetts!. and New York! /?.
Hudson’s Bay, Michaux! Newfoundland, Pylaie! May.—Shrub 1-4* feet
high; the younger branches mostly -villous. Leaves an inch or less in
length. Corolla yellow, about half an inch long, either glabrous or hairy,
longer than the peduncles; the lobes longer than the tube,- oblong, erect.
Stamens _ scarcely exserted : filaments bearded.—We fully agree with
Hooker, in considering our plant identical with the L, cærulea of Europe and
Siberia. ' r
15. L. oblongifolia (Hook.) : stem erect, much branched ; leaves oblong
or oval, velvety-pubescent when young, at length almost glabrous ; pedun-.
cles filiform, erect, much longer than the flowers ; bracts obsolete ; corolla
gibbous at the base, deeply bilabiate ; berries (purple) globose, formed by
the union of 2 ovaries— Hook, ! Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 284, t. 100. L. villosa,
DC. ! 1. c. partly. Xylosteum oblongifolium, Goldie, in Edinb. phil. jour.
6. p . 323. 1 J
Sphagnous swamps, Canada, Mr. Goldie, Drummond ! Northern and
Western parts of the State of New York! May-June__Shrub 3-4 feet
high. Leaves 1-2 inches long, slightly petioled. Peduncles about an inch
long. Corolla half an inch long, greenish-yellow ; tinged with purple internally
: the lower lip oblong-linear, often spreading ; the upper erect, with 4
short lobes. Filaments nearly glabrous, not exceeding the corolla : anthers
linear. Style hairy. Berries about the size of a large pea, marked with the
vestiges of the two approximated calyces. 4
4. DIERVILLA. Toum. in act. acad. Par. (1706) t. 7. ƒ. 1. ; Linn. hort.
Cliff, t. 7 ; Lam. ill.t. 105 ; Sieb. Sç Zv.cc. fi. Japon, p. 68. t. 29-32.
Weigela, Thunb.—Calysphryum, Bunge.—Diervilla & Weigela, Alph. DC.
Calyx-tube oblong or cylindrical, often attenuated at the summit ; the segments
of the 5-parted limb linear or subulate. Corolla infundibuliform ; the
limb 5-cleft, nearly regular or slightly bilabiate. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-
celled, crowned with an oblong epigynous gland : stigma peltate-capitate.
Fruit capsular, membranaceous or crustaceo-coriaceous, 2-celled, 2-valved,
septieidal ; the 2-lobed placentae usually strongly projecting into the cells,
each bearing numerous seeds in a double series. Seeds with a scrobiculate
testa, naked or cristate.—Shrubs (natives of North America, Japan, and
Northern China). Leaves ovate or oblong, mostly petioled, serrate, acute,
deciduous. Peduncles axillary or terminal, 1-flowered or cymosely 3-7-
flowered; the central flower frequently sessile ; all bibracteate at the base.
The Asiatic species have been admirably illustrated by Zuccarini, in the work cited
above. These all have a somewhat indurated capsule, and the seeds (‘ testa mem-
branaceous, Zucc.) furnished with a crest or slight wing ; and the flowers are in-
clined to be rose-color or purple. They form a marked section, at least, which
should retain Thunberg’s name, Wèigéla. The latter was united to Diervilla by
Brown (who first pointed out the mistake into which Thunberg had fallen), and in
this he is followed by Zuccarini : while Alphonse^De Candolle {Note sur le genre -
Weigela, etc. in the Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève. Jan. 1839) not only retains
that genus, but divides it into two sections ; and this even without being acquainted
with the fruit and seeds of the Asiatic plants, which furnish the most obvious distinctions.
We know not whether Mr. Brown was acquainted with these differences
when he united Weigela to Diervilla, or whether he would consider them of generic
importance. It must be remarked that both the elder and the younger De Candolle
have, by some misapprehension, described the capsule of Diervilla as one-celled or
half 2-celled ; while Jussieu and some other botanists consider it Acelled, an easy
mistake, since the placentae often reach nearly or quite to the back of each cell.
§ Flowers yellowish: capsule membranaceous: seeds not furnished with a crest
or vying; the testa crustaceous.—D ierv il la proper.
1. D. trifida (Mosnch): leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, on short petioles,
glabrous, or somewhat hairy on the veins beneath ; peduncles l-3-(mostly
3-)flowered; capsule attenuate at the summit, crowned with the subulate-setaceous
teeth of the calyx.—Mcench, meth. p. 492. D. Acadiensis fruticosa
„«tec. Tounu ; Duham. arb. 1. t. 87. D. Tournefortii, Michx. ! jl. 1. p. 107 ;
irrZ’! A ’ 1- p - 238‘ - Dl humilis, Pers. syn. 1. p. 214. D. Canadensis,
Willd. enum. 1. p. 222; Bigel. ! jl. Bost. ed. p. 69 ; DC. ! prodr. 4. p.
330; Hook.! jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 281; Darlingt.! jl. Cest. p. 157. D.
lutea, Pursh! jl. l .p . 162. Lonicera Diervilla, Linn.! mat. vied. p. 62, &
spec. l.p . V75. * ’
J3. leaves nearly sessile, rather obscurely serrate.
Rocky woods, Canada! and from Newfoundland! and Hudson’s Bay to
the Rocky Mountains. Northern and Middle States ! and along the higher
mountains to Carolina. /3. On the Black Mountains, North Carolina, Mr.
M .A . Curtis!—May-June. Stem 2—4 feet high, branched. Leaves 2—4
inches long. Peduncles from the axils of the upper leaves, rather longer than
the petioles : the central flower sessile, the lateral ones pedicellate. Bracte-
oles subulate, shorter than the ovary. Corolla greenish-yellow, about three-
fourths of an inch long; somewhat irregular; the lobes oblong. Stamens
and style exserted. Capsule ovoid-oblong, slightly angled, appearing almost
4-celled by the projection of the placentae; the summit tapering
abruptly into a long and narrow neck, and crowned with the "Apparently persistent
teeth of the calyx.—Bush-Honeysuckle.—We should have hardly ventured,
perhaps, to restore the prior name of Moeneh (although it is a very
good one), had we found any thing like uniformity among botanists in the
adoption of some one among the later names.
Subtribe 2. T riosteie— Fruit drupaceous; the endocarp bony. Testa
of the seed membranaceous.
5. TRIOSTEUM. Linn. ; Gartn. fr . t. 26; Lam. ill. t. 150.
> Calyx-tube ovoid ; the segments of the 5-parted limb linear-lanceolate, fo-
liaceous, persistent. Corolla tubular, gibbous at the base, somewhat equally
5-lobed, a little longer than the calyx. Stamens 5, included. Ovary 3-
(rarely 4-5-) celled, with a single anatropous ovule suspended from the summit
of each cell: style included : stigma capitate, somewhat 3-lobed. Fruit
drupaceous, rather dry, roundish-obovoid, obscurely 3-(5-) sided, containing
as many ribbed elliptical bony nucules. Testa membranaceous. Embryo
minute, oblong, in the axis of fleshy albumen.—Perennial herbaceous or rarely
suffrutescent plants (natives of the United States and the mountains of
Middle Asia); the lanceolate or oval entire leaves narrowed and,somewhat
connate at the base. Flowers axillary and sessile or nearly so, solitary or