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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  on 
  slender 
  axillary 
  peduncles. 
  Calyx 
  small. 
  Corolla 
  salverform. 
  

   blue 
  or 
  white, 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  throat, 
  smooth. 
  Capsule 
  laterally 
  com- 
  

   pressed, 
  2-lobed, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Common 
  on 
  open 
  ground.* 
  

  

  2. 
  H. 
  patens 
  Ell. 
  SMALL 
  BLUETS. 
  Annual 
  ; 
  stem 
  erect, 
  branched 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  forking 
  above, 
  smooth, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  high. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  oval 
  

   to 
  ovate, 
  petioled, 
  the 
  upper 
  narrower 
  and 
  sessile. 
  Flowers 
  solitary, 
  

   on 
  slender, 
  axillary 
  peduncles, 
  blue 
  or 
  white. 
  Calyx 
  small. 
  Lobes 
  

   of 
  the 
  corolla 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tube. 
  Stamens 
  and 
  style 
  project- 
  

   ing 
  or 
  included. 
  Capsule 
  compressed, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Common 
  

   on 
  dry, 
  open 
  ground.* 
  

  

  3. 
  H. 
  purpurea 
  L. 
  LARGE 
  BLUETS. 
  Perennial 
  ; 
  stem 
  stout, 
  erect, 
  

   simple 
  or 
  branched, 
  smooth 
  or 
  downy, 
  4-angled, 
  6-12 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  

   ovate 
  to 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  sessile 
  or 
  short-petioled, 
  3-5-nerved, 
  often 
  

   hairy-fringed 
  on 
  the 
  margins. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  terminal 
  cymes, 
  purple 
  to 
  

   nearly 
  white. 
  Corolla 
  funnelform, 
  the 
  tube 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  limb, 
  

   hairy 
  within. 
  Stamens 
  and 
  style 
  projecting 
  or 
  included. 
  Capsule 
  

   compressed-globose, 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  In 
  dry. 
  open 
  

   woods.* 
  

  

  4. 
  H. 
  longifolia 
  Gaertn. 
  LONG-LEAVED 
  BLUETS. 
  Perennial 
  ; 
  stem 
  

   erect, 
  branched, 
  smooth, 
  4-angled, 
  8-12 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  sessile, 
  the 
  

   lower 
  oblanceolate 
  or 
  spatulate, 
  the 
  upper 
  linear, 
  1-nerved. 
  Corymbs 
  

   terminal, 
  few-flowered. 
  Corolla 
  light 
  purple 
  to 
  white, 
  the 
  lobes 
  much 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  tube. 
  Capsule 
  compressed-globose, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  calyx. 
  In 
  dry, 
  open 
  woods.* 
  

  

  96. 
  CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 
  HONEYSUCKLE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Mostly 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  without 
  true 
  stipules. 
  

   Flowers 
  epigynous, 
  often 
  zygomorphic. 
  Corolla 
  tubular 
  or 
  

   wheel-shaped. 
  Stamens 
  usually 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  corolla 
  lobes 
  

   and 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  corolla 
  tube. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  berry, 
  drupe, 
  or 
  

   capsule. 
  

  

  I. 
  DIERVILLA 
  Mill. 
  

  

  Low, 
  upright 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  taper-pointed, 
  serrate. 
  Flowers 
  

   in 
  loose 
  terminal 
  or 
  axillary 
  clusters 
  or 
  cymes. 
  Calyx 
  with 
  a 
  

   limb 
  of 
  5 
  linear 
  divisions. 
  Corolla 
  funnel-shaped, 
  almost 
  regu- 
  

   larly 
  5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  5. 
  Ovary 
  slender, 
  2-celled, 
  ripening 
  

   into 
  a 
  2-valved, 
  many-seeded 
  pod. 
  

  

  1. 
  D. 
  Lonicera 
  Mill. 
  COMMON 
  Brsii 
  HONEYSUCKLE. 
  Bushy, 
  1-4 
  

   ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong-ovate, 
  petioled. 
  Peduncles 
  1-3- 
  

   flowered. 
  Pods 
  tapering 
  to 
  a 
  slender 
  point. 
  Rocks, 
  especially 
  N. 
  

  

  