GENUS 6. 



3. Lonicera glaucescens Rydb. Douglas' 

 Honeysuckle. Fig. 3981. 



Lonicera Douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 282. 



1833. Not Caprifolium Douglasii Lind. 1830. 

 Lonicera glaucescens Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 24 : 



90. 1897. 



Similar to the preceding species, the branches 

 glabrous. Leaves glabrous above, pubescent, at 

 least on the veins, beneath, \\'-2 long, chartace- 

 ous-margined, not ciliate, usually only the upper 

 pair connate-perfoliate; flowers verticillate in 

 a short terminal interrupted spike; corolla yel- 

 low, changing to reddish, pubescent or puberu- 

 lent without, pubescent within, i' long, or less, 

 the tube rather strongly gibbous at the base, 

 the 2-lipped limb shorter than the tube ; sta- 

 mens nearly glabrous, or somewhat pubescent ; 

 style hirsute; both exserted; ovary sometimes 

 hirsute. 



Ontario to Alberta, Pennsylvania, North Caro 

 lina, Ohio and Nebraska. May-June. 



In rocky ana usually dry situations, Quebec 

 to Manitoba, south, especially along the moun- 

 tains to North Carolina, and to Ohio and Mis- 

 souri. Ascends to 3500 ft. in North Carolina. 

 All the leaves of young shoots are sometimes 

 connate-perfoliate. Small yellow or crimson 

 honeysuckle. Small woodbine. May-June. 



5. Lonicera Sullivantii A. Gray. Sul- 

 livant's Honeysuckle. Fig. 3983. 



Lonicera Sullivantii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 19: 76. 1883. 



Similar to the preceding species, very glau- 

 cous. Leaves oval or obovate, glaucous and 

 commonly puberulent beneath, obtuse ; flowers 

 larger than those of the preceding species, the 

 tube $"-7" long, slightly exceeding the limb, 

 pale yellow ; stamens usually nearly glabrous ; 

 fruit yellow, 3" in diameter. 



In woodlands, Tennessee, Ohio and western 

 Ontario to Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 

 Recorded from Manitoba. May-June. 



4. Lonicera dioica L. Smoothed- 



leaved or Glaucous Honeysuckle. 



Fig. 3982. 



Lonicera dioica L. Syst. Ed. 12, 165. 1767. 

 L. glauca Hill, Hort. Kew. 446. pi. 18. 1769. 

 L. parviflora Lam. Encycl. i : 728. 1783. 



Glabrous throughout, twining or shrubby, 

 3-io long. Leaves very glaucous beneath, 

 ii'-3' long, the upper connate-perfoliate, 

 oval, obtuse, the lower sessile or short- 

 petioled, narrower; flowers several in a 

 terminal cluster, yellowish green and tinged 

 with purple, glabrous without, pubescent 

 within, the tube 3"-4" long, gibbous at the 

 base, scarcely longer than the 2-lipped limb ; 

 stamens hirsute below, exserted with the 

 style; berries red, 3"-4" in diameter. 



