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■ jcera Periclymenum. Honeyfuckle, or Woodbine.
LONICERA Linnoei Gen. PL P e n t a n d r i a M o n o g y m i a .
Raii Synopßs. A r b o r e s e t f r u t i c e s f r ü c t u f l o r i p e t a l o i d i c o n t i g ü o .
LONICERA capitulis ovatis imbricatis terminalibus, foliis omnibus diftin&is. Lin. Sp. PL 247.
PERICLYMENUM Fufchii. Icon. 646.
PERICLYMENUM non perfoliatum Germanicum. Bauhin Pin. 302.
Ca PRIFOLIUM Germanicum. Dodon. Gerard emac. 891. Parkinfon. 146. Raii Syn. 458. Hudfon
FI. 80. Haller Hiß. 301. Scopoli FI. Carniol. p. 153.
■ LIS lignofus, volubilis, orgyalis et ultra; cortiee
pallide fufco; R ami oppofiti, purpurei.
|JIA oppofita, ovata, glabra, fubtus caerulefcentia.
■ RES terminales, verticillatim difpofiti, patentes,
■ rubri, interne flavi, odoratimmi.
|iyX: Perianthium fuperum,breviflimum,quin- ; " quepartitum ; fegmentis o re£ns,duobus inferioribus rveamtoo-tliaonricbeuosl,aj%tis-,. e1-. 1,
IcTEAciLng efnutbecso, radda tame,a frgigin. e8m, pgrearsmciipnuae i mfcbabrircaaet, imut funt calyx, et tubi bafis pilis glanduliferis.
|rOLLfuAb imnfounnodpiebtualliaf,o trumbius;l ofa; T u b u s oblongus, ciniis revolutis, fuperiorLe iqmuabdursif bidiap,afretgitmuse,n ltais- fere aequalibus,obtufis,inferiore integra,fig. 2.
^MINAlo^n:g iFoirla,a amlbean,t atu bqou incqouroel lfail iifnofremrtiaa,, corolla ANTHERvfidum pollinem involvuntoblfoign.g a3e:, incumbentes, poftea lunatae, fig. 4.
'ISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum,inferum^g. 5.
I St y l u s filiformis, Staminibus paulo longior,
fig. 6: S t i g m a capitatum, fubrotundum,
trifidum, viride, fig. 7.
JUCAuRmPbIAili: caBtaaec,bcijleoc upllaurreess,o, mnerso dtuinftdinaeft, a eru,jb^r.a 9e.,
«INA pi lutefcentia, hinc convexa, inde plana,
fig. 10.
S T A LK woody, twining, growing to the height of
fix feet or more, the bark a pale brown, the
B r a n c h e s oppofite and purple.
LEAVES oppofite, oval, fmooth, underneath of a
bluirn colour.
FLOWERS terminal, growing in a whirl, and fpread-
ing, externally red, internally yellow, and
fragrant.
C A L Y X : a P e r i a n t h i u m placed above the Germen,
very fhort, divided into five fegments, which
are of an oval-pointed fhape, and upright,
the two inferior ones moft remote from each
other, fig. 1.
FLORAL-LEAVES laying one over the other, and
clofely embracing the Germina, reddifh at
the edges, and covered, as well as the Calyx
and bafe of the tube, with glandular hairs,
- fig- 8.
CO ROL LA monopetalous and tubular,theTuBE long,
and fomewhat funnel-fhaped; the L im b b ipartite
; the laciniae rolling back, the upper
one divided into four blunt and nearly equal
fegments, the lower one entire, fig. 2.
STAMINA: five white F i l a m e n t 's , of an equal
thicknefs throughout, longer than the Corolla,
and inferted into its tube, fig. 3 : the
A n t h e r s , while they contain the Pollen,
oblong, afterwards femilunar, and of a yellow
colour, fig. 4. ’
> PISTILLUM : the G e r m e n roundifh, and placed
below the Calyx,fig. 5 : the S t y l e filiform,
a little longer than the Stamina, fig. 6 : the
S t i g m a roundifh, trifid, and or a green
colour, fig. 7.
I SEED-VESSELS : feveral roundifh red B e r r i e s
having the remains of the Calyx adhering
to them, and all diftinft, fig. 9.
i SEEDS feveral, of a yellowifh brown cplour, round
| on one fide, and flattifh on the other, fig. 10.
tontceray Pendymem^-
Bie early writers attributed virtues to this officinal plant, which the latter have been inclined to give up.
»1 medicine we mull not expeéf much from i t : but the beauty, Angularity, and exquifite fragrance o f its
Evers, have long given it a place in our gardens. It is a climber, and turns from Ealt to Weft with moft o f
Ü other Englifh climbers, and in common with them, it bears clipping and pruning wel) : for in a ftate of
pre, thofe plants that cannot afcend without twining round others, are often liable to lofe large branches;
P ”aveJ therefore, a proportional vigour of growth to reftore accidental damages. This plant is fubjeö,
||n placed near buildings, to be disfigured and injured by fmall infefts, called Aphides, or, vulgarly, blights :
Pie ammalculae were formerly fuppofed to be brought by the eaft wind, and confequently the mifchief was
i . uPOnas inevitable ; but obfervation has o f late years eorre&ed that error : their * hiftory is well known ;
do enectual remedy againft them is as yet difcovered. Thefe infe&s are not very numerous in fpring, but
immer advances, they increafe in a furprifing degree : to preferve the plant therefore from injury, it
|Peceaiy *9 watch their firft attacks, cut off and deftroy the branches they firft appear on ; for when they
J o i n e d ground, they are defended by their numbers. We have feen fmall plants cleared of them,
■ pnnkhng Spanifh fnuff on the infe&ed branches ; but for large trees, this remedy is fcarcely pra&icable.
||i ea'fes ar? likewife liable to be curled up by a fmall caterpillar (Phalcena Tortrix, Linncei.J which pro-
Iten k81118! moth : fee A l b in ’s hiftory of Englifh Infefts, pi. 73. It is fed on by kine, goats, and
■ P> but horfes refufe it.
IL ,ew confufion of ancient names, it may not be improper to obferve, that this plant and Woodroffe,
ippI a WmÊÊÈ ^ave been both called Matrifylva by the old botanic writers. Our poets, alfo, have
6 y confounded the names of this plant. S h a k e s p e a r fays,
“ So doth the Woodbine the Jzocet Honeyfuckle
“ Gently entwift.”
I Lr°N ^eems t(> call this plant Eglantine, although that is an undoubted name for thé Sweet Briar.
" Through the Sweet Briar, or the Vine,
" Or the twifted Eglantine.”
■ Cesj pro1)1 i | t » l y *n woods and hedges, flowering from July to September. Such plants as grow in fhady
_gme par,jc 1 e olofioms of a paler colour, and they univerfally fmell fweeteft in the evening; at which time
i?Ver the blog^ rec*es of Sphinges (Linhcei.) or Hawk Moths, are frequently obferved in gardens hovering
■ fom ver °k S> an<^ tbeir long tongues, which are peculiarly adap
Very bottom of the flowers
idapted to the purpofe, extrafting honey