Plate 640 - Pentandria Monogynia

[640] LONICERA IMPLEXA.

MINORCA HONEY- *** Suckle. ************* Class and Order.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.

Cor. monopetala irregularis.

Bacca polysperma 2-locularis infera. specific Character and synonyms.

LONICERA implexa; floribus ringentibus verticillatis, bract- teis lævibus, soliis perennantibus glabris ob- longis superioribus connato-persoliatis: fum- mis dilatatis.

Hort.

Kew. 1. p. 231.

Willd. sp.

Pl. 1. p. 984.

The Minorca Honey-Suckle belongs to the divifion of Peri- clymenum, and approaches very near to Lonicera Caprisolium, differing principally in having fmall evergreen leaves, which on the lower part of the plant are narrower with straight fides; branches intricately interwoven; whorls containing fewer flowers; tube of the corolla straighter and segments of the limb shorter in proportion.

The flowers are pale coloured, ftreaked with red, white within when first expanded, but changing to yellow as in the common Woodbine.

If less showy than some other species, it certainly yields to none in fragrance, and blossoms abundantly from Midsummer to Michaelmas.

Is hardy, but thrives best in a sheltered situation.

At the Dowager Lady DE CLIFFORD's, from whofe very curious collection of exotics, at Paddington, our drawing was taken in July 1801, it flourished with great vigour in the open air, in front of the conservatory.

May be propagated by cuttings, as other Honey-Suckles are.

Introduced, according to Hort.

Kew. about the year 1772, by Monf.

RICHARD.

Never before figured

[640] LONICERA IMPLEXA. MINORCA HONEY- *** Suckle. ************* Class and Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Generic Character. Cor. monopetala irregularis. Bacca polysperma 2-locularis infera. specific Character and synonyms. LONICERA implexa; floribus ringentibus verticillatis, bract- teis lævibus, soliis perennantibus glabris ob- longis superioribus connato-persoliatis: fum- mis dilatatis. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 231. Willd. sp. Pl. 1. p. 984. The Minorca Honey-Suckle belongs to the divifion of Peri- clymenum, and approaches very near to Lonicera Caprisolium, differing principally in having fmall evergreen leaves, which on the lower part of the plant are narrower with straight fides; branches intricately interwoven; whorls containing fewer flowers; tube of the corolla straighter and segments of the limb shorter in proportion. The flowers are pale coloured, ftreaked with red, white within when first expanded, but changing to yellow as in the common Woodbine. If less showy than some other species, it certainly yields to none in fragrance, and blossoms abundantly from Midsummer to Michaelmas. Is hardy, but thrives best in a sheltered situation. At the Dowager Lady DE CLIFFORD's, from whofe very curious collection of exotics, at Paddington, our drawing was taken in July 1801, it flourished with great vigour in the open air, in front of the conservatory. May be propagated by cuttings, as other Honey-Suckles are. Introduced, according to Hort. Kew. about the year 1772, by Monf. RICHARD. Never before figured.