HONEYSUCKLE (AS. hunisuee, hunisuge, from hunig, honey + skean, sagan, OHG. sager, Ger. sauqen, Lat. sugere, to suck). Lonieera. A genus of plants of the natural order Capri foliaecte. The species number one hundred or more, all of which are indigenous in the North ern Hemisphere. They are shrubs, often twining, and have the flowers either in whorls or in pairs. The calyx is short and five-toothed; the corolla, tubular-funnel-shaped, five-cleft. generally two lipped ; the fruit a three-celled and many seeded berry. About half the species of Lonicera. as well as many hybrids, are in cultivation. The common honeysnckle. or woodbine of England (Lonieera prrielymenum), is very abundant in woods and thickets in most parts of Great Brit ain. On account of its beautiful cream-colored flowers and their delightful fragrance, the honey suckle is often planted in shrubberies. It is said to he the 'twisted eglantine' of Milton. Very similar to this is the perfoliate honey suckle (Lonieera caprifolium), with whorls of paler flowers, and remarkable for having the up per leaves united so that an opposite pair form one leaf, throng)) the middle of which the stem passes. This peculiarity is confined to the flower bearing shoots, and does not occur in the young runners; it is also most perfect near the flower. This species is a native of the south of
Europe. and much planted, as, although less fragrant than the common honeysuckle. it flow ers earlier. There are numerous other species, natives of Europe. Siberia, and North America. The fly-honeysuckle Lonie/ ra xillusicem) is an erect shrub. a native of Europe and Asia. com mon in shrubberies. Its branches are not in frequently used in some parts of Europe for tubes of tobacco-pipes; and it is said to make good hedges in dry soils. The trumpet-honey suckle (Lonierra sempervirens), a twining green shrub, called in America the coral honeysuckle, is a native of the Southern United States, often planted on account, of its beautiful scented flow ers, red on the outside and scarlet within. The Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera Japonica) has become established in the eastern part of the United States, having escaped from cultivation. The berries of the honeysuckle are nauseous. The name honeysuckle is also given to shrubs very different from this genus. but of which the flow ers abound in honey, as to species of Banksia in Australia, Diervilla, Aquilegia, etc.,in the United States. Rhododendron riscosum, is called swamp honeysuckle in North America.