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Lonicera gracilipes, Miq. (L. Phylomelae, Hort.). Fig. 2197. Shrub, to 6 ft., almost glabrous: lvs. roundish- ovate to oblong-ovate, ciliate, bright green, often with reddish margin. 1-2 ½ in. long: peduncles slender, nodding, usually 1-fld.; corolla pink, rarely white, 2/3 in. long: fr. rather large, pendulous, bright red. April, May; fr. in June. Japan. G.F. 10:265 (adapted in Fig. 2197). S.I.F. 2:73. The form described here is var. glabra, Miq.; the typical form has the lvs. ciliate and pubescent beneath, particularly on the midrib, and is not in cult. Var. albiflora, Maxim. A form with white fls. Var. glandulosa, Maxim. Lvs. and fls. pubescent: ovaries glandular.—A graceful species; one of the earliest to bloom, and very handsome in June with its pendulous scarlet frs.
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