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Lonicera microphylla Roem. & Schult.

Modern name

Lonicera microphylla Willd. ex Schult.

A deciduous shrub of stiff, sturdy habit, up to 3 ft high; branchlets short, glabrous. Leaves oval or obovate, 12 to 1 in. long, 14 to 12 in. wide, dull grey-green, above, glaucous, finely downy, and with well-defined nerves beneath; stalk 116 in. long. Flowers pale yellow, produced in pairs from the leaf-axils, on stalks 14 in. long. Corolla two-lipped, scarcely 12 in. long, the tube about as long as the lips. Berries bright red, united.

Native of the arid parts of the north-west Himalaya, Tibet, Siberia, etc.; introduced in 1818. It is suitable for the rock garden, where, however, its chief attraction would be it low, neat habit and grey aspect, for it bears flowers and fruits very sparingly in our climate.


Genus

Lonicera

Other species in the genus