HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 171 



L. flava, YELLOW II. Wild N. W. and along the Alleghanies ; low- 

 climbing ; the broad and thickish leaves very white-glaucous both sides ; flowers 

 light yellow. 



L. parv"ifl6ra, SMALL H. Low and bushy, with oblong leaves green 

 above, but very white-glaucous beneath; the corolla (less than 1'long) strongly 

 gibbous at base, greenish-yellow or whitish and tinged with purple : in the var. 

 Douglasii, found only N. W., nearly crimson, and the greener leaves downy 

 beneath or ciliate. 



++ .M. .M. \y t ld species with clammy-pubescent orange-colored flowtrs. 



L. hirsilta, HAIRY H. Moist or rocky grounds N. & W. : with oval and 

 large dull green leaves, the lower face and branches downy-hairv. 



-*- ->- Leaves all separate and short-pet io/ed, not glaucous, pubescent : flowers in 



pairs on axillary peduncles. 



L. Japonica (commonly so called, L. CONFUSA, DC.), JAPAN or CHINESE H. 

 Commonly cult. ; the slender downy stems twining freelv, with oval dull green 

 leaves, and flowers very fragrant at evening ; corolla deeply 2-lipped, reddish 

 outside, white inside turning yellow. 



2. FLY-HONEYSUCKLES, upright or straggling bushes, never twining, with 

 leaves all distinct to the base, and a pair of flowers on the summit of an 

 axillary peduncle, the two berries sometimes united into one. 



* Fu ur large leafy bracts surrounding two cylindrical (|' long) yellowish flowers. 

 L. involucrata. Wild from Lake Superior to California, and sparingly 

 planted : shrub 2 - 5 high, downy when young, with ovate or oblong leaves 

 3' - 5' long, on short petioles, clammy flowers, and berries quite separate. 



* * The tiro or four bracts under the ovaries small or minute. 



f- Planted for ornament from Europe : flowers rose or pink-red, profuse and showy. 



L. Tartarica, TARTARIAN H. Much-branched shrub 5 -8 high, smooth, 

 with oval heart-shaped leaves, short corolla, and red berries uniting at base as 

 they ripen : fl. spring. 



-t- -*- Wild species, in moist cold woods or bogs N. : flowers yellowish. 



L. ciliata, EARLY FLY-H. Straggling, 3 - 5 high, with oval or oblong 

 and partly heart-shaped leaves thin and downy beneath when young, slender 

 peduncles, honey-yellow corolla ({' long) with short nearly equal lobes and very 

 unequal-sided base, and separate red berries : fl. early spring. 



L. Oblongif61ia, SWAMP F. Upright, 2 - 5 high, with oblong leaves, 

 long and slender peduncles, deeply 2-lipped corolla (^' long) in early summer, 

 and purple berries. 



L. CSSrulea, MOUNTAIN F., the rarest species, l-2 high, with oval 

 leaves, very short peduncle, moderately 5-lobed corolla, and two ovaries united 

 to form one blue berry. 



5. DIERVILLA, BUSH-HONEYSUCKLE. (Named for one Diem'//,, 



who took the common species from Canada to France.) 



* Wild species, on rocks and hills, with ]>nlc or honey-yellow and slender funnel- 



form corolla, not showy, and oblong pod. 



D. trifida, COMMON B. ; everywhere N., l-4 high, with oblong-ovntu 

 taper-pointed leaves on distinct petioles, mostly 3-flowcred peduncles, and slen- 

 der pointed pods : fl. all summer. 



D. S6SSilif61ia, only along the Alleghanies S., has lance-ovate sessile 

 leaves, many-flowered peduncles, and short-pointed pods : fl. summer. 



* * Planted for ornament from Japan and China : the showy roue-colored corolla 



broadly funnel-form with an abruptly narrowed base, very slender stalk-like 

 ovary and linear pod. 



D. Japonica. Shrub 2 - 5 high, loaded with the handsome flowers in 

 late spring ; corolla 1' or more long ; leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed. 



