358 WOODY PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



what larger and separate. It is of a rich scarlet without, tinged 

 with orange within, and on the stamens, which are slightly pro- 

 jecting. The flowers are terminal and in rather distant whorls, 

 on long footstalks. 



The uppermost or two uppermost pairs of leaves are connate, 

 forming a round or oblong leaf, through the centre of which 

 passes the stem. The next leaves are four or five inches long 

 and two or three broad. The lower ones much more narrow 

 but often longer. They are ovate-oblong, or elliptic, smooth, 

 glaucous beneath. Recent shoots green. Stem gray, rough, 

 the bark separating in long, fibrous scales. 



The plant grows rapidly, throws out a multitude of branches, 

 and has a singularly rich appearance, from the deep green of 

 its leaves and the splendor of its scarlet flowers. 



The second section includes erect or climbing plants, with 

 flowers in the axils of the leaves ; berries in pairs, distinct or 

 united, not crowned with the limb of the calyx, and with leaves 

 which are never connate ; Xylosteum of Jussieu. The most 

 beautiful and fragrant of this division is the Chinese or Japan 

 Honeysuckle, L. Chinensis, not generally introduced, but as 

 well deserving to be cultivated as any species whatever. 



Four species are found in North America, two of them in 

 Massachusetts. Both have two minute bracts at the summit of 

 the flower-stalk. 



Sp. 1. The Fly Honeysuckle. L. ciliata. Muhlenberg. 



A shrub five or six feet high, with a few straggling branches, 

 growing among rocks and in wet places in Essex woods. The 

 stem is round, slightly ridged by a line running down from 

 the base of each of the branches, giving it an angular appear- 

 ance. Bark striated, roughish, of a grayish ash color, clouded 

 with brown. Branches opposite, forming a large angle. Leaves 

 opposite, on very short, somewhat hairy stalks, broad ovate, or 

 lanceolate, sometimes heart-shaped, entire, pointed, of a soft 

 green above, paler beneath, substance soft and leathery. Wood 

 soft, greenish white, very tough when young. Pith white, 

 abundant, in small stems, occupying nearly half the diameter. 



