﻿HONEYSUCKLE 
  FAMILY 
  231 
  

  

  2. 
  D. 
  japonica 
  DC. 
  WEIGELA. 
  A 
  stout, 
  branching 
  shrub, 
  3-6 
  ft. 
  

   high. 
  Leaves 
  broadly 
  oval, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   coarsely 
  serrate, 
  rough 
  above, 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  short-petioled. 
  Flowers 
  

   spreading, 
  funnelform, 
  rose 
  color, 
  1-1 
  J. 
  in. 
  long. 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  de- 
  

   ciduous. 
  Corolla 
  downy 
  without, 
  the 
  lobes 
  spreading. 
  Capsule 
  oblong 
  

   or 
  spindle-shaped. 
  Seeds 
  with 
  netted 
  wings. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Japan 
  ; 
  

   common 
  in 
  cultivation.* 
  

  

  II. 
  LONICERA 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  woody 
  vines. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  usually 
  entire, 
  those 
  

   of 
  a 
  pair 
  often 
  appearing 
  as 
  if 
  joined 
  together 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  stem 
  seems 
  to 
  rise 
  through 
  them. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  ovoid, 
  

   5-toothed. 
  Corolla 
  tubular 
  to 
  bell-shaped, 
  often 
  knobbed 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  or 
  2-lipped. 
  Stamens 
  5. 
  Ovary 
  2-3-celled, 
  ovules 
  

   several 
  in 
  each 
  cell 
  ; 
  style 
  slender 
  ; 
  stigma 
  knobbed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  

   1-3-celled, 
  1-few-seeded 
  berry.* 
  

  

  More 
  or 
  less 
  upright 
  bushes, 
  not 
  climbing. 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  tatarica 
  L. 
  TARTARIAN 
  HONEYSUCKLE. 
  A 
  branching 
  shrub, 
  

   5-8 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  or 
  ovate, 
  heart-shaped, 
  shining. 
  Flowers 
  

   many, 
  showy, 
  rose-colored. 
  Fruit 
  consisting 
  of 
  2 
  red 
  berries 
  ; 
  some- 
  

   what 
  united 
  below 
  at 
  maturity. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Asia. 
  

  

  2. 
  L. 
  canadensis 
  Marsh. 
  EARLY 
  FLY 
  HONEYSUCKLE. 
  A 
  straggling 
  

   bush, 
  3-5 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  oval, 
  slightly 
  heart-shaped, 
  thin, 
  

   at 
  first 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  Flowers 
  straw-yellow, 
  on 
  short, 
  slender 
  

   peduncles. 
  Corolla 
  lobes 
  nearly 
  equal 
  ; 
  tube 
  pouched 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Fruit 
  2 
  separate 
  red 
  berries. 
  

  

  B 
  

  

  Stems 
  twining. 
  

  

  3. 
  L. 
  japonica 
  Thunb. 
  JAPAN 
  HONEYSUCKLE. 
  Stem 
  twining 
  

   high 
  ; 
  young 
  branches 
  downy. 
  Leaves 
  ovate 
  to 
  oblong, 
  entire, 
  

   smooth 
  above, 
  pale 
  and 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  all 
  short-petioled. 
  Pedun- 
  

   cles 
  axillary, 
  2-bracted, 
  2-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  or 
  pink, 
  fading 
  to 
  

   yellow, 
  2-lipped, 
  the 
  lips 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  downy 
  tube. 
  Stamens 
  

   and 
  style 
  projecting. 
  Fruit 
  black. 
  Common 
  in 
  cultivation 
  ; 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  from 
  Japan.* 
  

  

  4. 
  L. 
  sempervirens 
  L. 
  CORAL 
  HONEYSUCKLE, 
  TRUMPET 
  HONEY- 
  

   SUCKLE. 
  Stem 
  twining 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  evergreen 
  (in 
  the 
  South), 
  oval 
  

   to 
  oblong, 
  obtuse, 
  entire, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  pale 
  and 
  often 
  downy 
  

  

  