XVIII. 3. THE YELLOW HONEYSUCKLE. 357 



minute, angular teeth. Corolla a tube, gibbous on the outer 

 side at base, contracted above, and expanding with two tips, 

 the outer one of a single oblong, reflected lobe, the inner of 

 four, rounded and slightly reflected at the extremity. The 

 flowers, covered with a glandular pubescence, are of a pale 

 yellow without, and hairy and of a rich orange within. The 

 inner surface and the filaments below, hairy. Stamens a little 

 longer than the corolla ; style ending in a round, flattened, green 

 stigma. Berries orange. Found in the western parts of the 

 State and in Sudbury. Flowers in June and July. 



Sp. 2. The Small-flowered Yellow Honeysuckle. L. par- 



viflora. Lamarck. 



Stem light grayish. Recent shoots light glaucous, or green- 

 ish gray, with slightly projecting ridges. Leaves very glau- 

 cous, almost white beneath, and often with an undulate mar- 

 gin, giving them an appearance, at a little distance, of being 

 armed with spines like the holly. Corolla yellow, tinged with 

 purple. Berries orange. This is often an erect plant, of three 

 or four feet, with no great beauty. It is perfectly hardy, as it 

 is found growing abundantly in the western parts of the State. 

 Flowers in June. 



To the first section also belong the Woodbine or Common 

 Honeysuckle, L. pericly'menum, a native of Europe, very gen- 

 erally introduced into this country; and the Goat's Leaf Honey- 

 suckle, L. caprifblium. 



The Yellow Honeysuckle, L. JIdva, a native of the Southern 

 States, has long been cultivated in Europe, and has thence been 

 introduced here. It is valuable for its agreeable fragrance and 

 the splendor of its large, yellow flowers. Still more desirable 

 is the Evergreen Honeysuckle. This most beautiful of the 

 American honeysuckles, is not found wild, so far as I know, 

 in Massachusetts ; but as it is perfectly hardy, and more adapt- 

 ed to ornament gardens and front doors than either of the 

 others, it ought to be introduced to universal notice. 



The flowers are trumpet-shaped, the tube contracted in the 

 middle, somewhat gibbous outwardly at base, enlarging up- 

 wards and opening with five reflected lobes, the outer one some- 



