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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  petioled, 
  the 
  upper 
  pair 
  nearly 
  semi-orbicular 
  and 
  

   joined 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Flowering 
  spikes 
  terminal, 
  bearing 
  several 
  whorls. 
  

   Corolla 
  about 
  2 
  in. 
  long, 
  slender, 
  smooth; 
  the 
  limb 
  short, 
  nearly 
  equally 
  

   5-lobed, 
  scarlet 
  without, 
  bright 
  yellow 
  within. 
  Stamens 
  slightly 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  ; 
  fruit 
  red. 
  On 
  low 
  ground 
  ; 
  often 
  cultivated.* 
  

  

  5. 
  L. 
  Caprifolium 
  L. 
  EUROPEAN 
  HONEYSUCKLE. 
  A 
  moderately 
  

   high-climbing 
  shrub. 
  Leaves 
  smooth 
  and 
  deciduous, 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  pairs 
  united 
  at 
  their 
  bases 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  flattish 
  disk 
  or 
  somewhat 
  

   cup-shaped 
  leaf. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  terminal 
  whorl, 
  very 
  sweet- 
  

   scented. 
  Corolla 
  whitish, 
  red, 
  or 
  yellow, 
  2-lipped, 
  with 
  the 
  lips 
  re- 
  

   curved. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  6. 
  L. 
  Sullivantii 
  Gray. 
  YELLOW 
  HONEYSUCKLE. 
  Stem 
  somewhat 
  

   twining. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  to 
  obovate, 
  obtuse, 
  entire, 
  green 
  above, 
  with 
  a 
  

   bloom 
  beneath, 
  the 
  lower 
  short-petioled, 
  the 
  upper 
  sessile 
  or 
  joined 
  

   at 
  the 
  base. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  crowded, 
  terminal 
  whorls, 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  fra- 
  

   grant. 
  Corolla 
  tube 
  slender, 
  1-1 
  \ 
  in. 
  long, 
  bilabiate, 
  4-lobed, 
  pubes- 
  

   cent 
  within. 
  Stamens 
  and 
  style 
  projecting. 
  On 
  river 
  banks 
  and 
  

   hillsides; 
  often 
  cultivated.* 
  

  

  in. 
  SYMPHORICARPOS 
  Ludwig 
  

  

  Shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  short-petioled, 
  deciduous. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  axil- 
  

   lary 
  clusters. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  globose, 
  4-5-toothed. 
  Corolla 
  bell- 
  

   shaped, 
  4-5-lobed, 
  sometimes 
  knobbed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  smooth 
  or 
  

   hairy 
  within. 
  Stamens 
  4-5. 
  Ovary 
  4-celled 
  ; 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  cells 
  with 
  

   a 
  single 
  fertile 
  ovule 
  in 
  each, 
  the 
  other 
  cells 
  with 
  several 
  abor- 
  

   tive 
  ovules 
  ; 
  style 
  slender 
  ; 
  stigma 
  knobbed 
  or 
  2-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  

   a 
  4-celled, 
  2-seeded 
  berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  racemosus 
  Michx., 
  var. 
  Isevigatus. 
  SNOWBERKY. 
  An 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  shrub, 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  loose 
  terminal 
  racemes, 
  which 
  

   are 
  often 
  leafy. 
  Corolla 
  bell-shaped, 
  much 
  bearded 
  inside, 
  pinkish- 
  

   wliite. 
  Stamens 
  and 
  style 
  not 
  projecting. 
  Berries 
  rather 
  large, 
  snow- 
  

   \\ 
  hite, 
  remaining 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  branches. 
  Rocky 
  banks, 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  IV. 
  LINN^EA 
  L. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  small, 
  slender, 
  creeping 
  evergreen 
  shrub 
  ; 
  branches 
  

   inclined, 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  slender, 
  erect, 
  2-flowered 
  peduncle. 
  

   Leaves 
  opposite, 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  nodding, 
  on 
  slen- 
  

   der 
  pedicels, 
  with 
  2 
  bractlets. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  ovoid 
  ; 
  limb 
  5-lobed. 
  

   Corolla 
  nearly 
  bell-shaped, 
  5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  4, 
  inserted 
  near 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  corolla; 
  2 
  of 
  them 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  2. 
  

  

  