Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . th sides, but hoary or silky when young. Varying insize from 4—8 x 3—5 cm., or even larger on suckers, thelower on a shoot the smaller; petiole 3—10 mm. Leavesblood-red in autumn. Venation pinnate-arcuate, somewhat as in Rhamnuscatharticus. The midrib gives off about 4—5 strong, much-curved secondaries from its lower half on each side, whichconverge forwards in arches into the apical region, butbreak up before reaching the margins. Tertiaries veryminute and obscure. The secondaries show some tendency FLY HONEYSUCKLE 197
Trees; a handbook of forest-botany for the woodlands and the laboratory . th sides, but hoary or silky when young. Varying insize from 4—8 x 3—5 cm., or even larger on suckers, thelower on a shoot the smaller; petiole 3—10 mm. Leavesblood-red in autumn. Venation pinnate-arcuate, somewhat as in Rhamnuscatharticus. The midrib gives off about 4—5 strong, much-curved secondaries from its lower half on each side, whichconverge forwards in arches into the apical region, butbreak up before reaching the margins. Tertiaries veryminute and obscure. The secondaries show some tendency FLY HONEYSUCKLE 197 to loop near the margins, and the upper are more distantthan the lower. +t Venation not arcuate, but pinnate-reticulateor looped, the secondaries equidistant alongthe midrib, and soon breaking up into re-ticulations or looping forwards. 0 Leaves velvety-pubescent on both sides,ovate or obovate, petiolate. Lonicera Xylosteum, L. Fly Honeysuckle (Fig. 56).Erect shrub, not twining. Leaves dark green above, softand velvety, especially on the paler grey-green under-. Fig. 56. Fly Honeysuckle, Lonicera Xylosteum, p. 197 (D). surface, 3—9x2—3 cm., shortly petiolate (2—5 mm.),elliptic, or ovate to obovate with rounded base, acute or 198 LILAC sub-mucronate. Venation as in L. Caprifolium. Oldleaves brown. © © Leaves glabrous, at least above. n Leaves broad and heart-shaped, acumin-ate, on distinct petioles. Syringa vulgaris, L. Lilac (Fig. 57). Bush with
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