April, 1914.] The Honeysuckle Family in Ohio. 305 



1. Lonicera canadensis Marsh. American Fly Honeysuckle. 

 A shrub 3 to 5 feet high with glabrous twigs; leaves ovate to ob- 

 ovate, acute, base rounded or somevv^hat cordate, upper surface 

 glabrous, under surface soft pubescent when young becoming 

 glabrous when mature, Ij to 3| inches long, 1| to 2 inches wnde, 

 margins ciliate; petioles slender, i to f inch long, flowers in axillary 

 pairs, yellowish green, about | inch long, with small subulate 

 bracts, actinomorphic ; corolla lobes short; fruit a scarlet ovoid 

 berry about | inch thick. In moist shaddy places. Lake, 

 Summit, Cuyahoga, Lorain. 



2. Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. Swamp Fly Honey- 

 suckle. A shrub with grayish branches; leaves ovate, acute, 

 sometimes rounded, nearly glabrous when mature, downy pube- 

 scent when young, margin ciliate; flowers in pairs, axillary, yellow 

 with purple tints within, | to f inches long, gibbous at the base, 

 zygomorphic, bracts very small or wanting; ovularies distinct or 

 sometimes united; fruit a red berry. Li wet places and swamps. 

 Cuyahoga County. 



3. Lonicera tartarica L. Tartarian Honeysuckle. A shrub 

 with glabrous grayish branches, 5 to 10 feet high; leaves 1 to 2f 

 inches long, ^ to 1| inches wide, thin, ovate, acute, base truncate 

 or cordate, not ciliate, flowers in pairs, axillary; corolla pink or 

 white I to f inch long, gibbous at the base, deeply five parted, 

 somewhat 2-lipped; peduncles | to 1| inches long; bracts linear, 

 rather long; stamens and style somewhat exserted; fruit of sepa- 

 rate berries. Along roadsides and meadows; mostly escaped 

 from cultivation. Ashtabula, Lake, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Licking, 

 Franklin, Auglaize. 



4. Lonicera xylosteum L. European Fly Honeysuckle. A 

 shrub 3 to 7 feet high with pubescent twigs; leaves ovate to obovate 

 upper ones acute, lower ones sometimes rounded or obtuse at the 

 base, margin entire, f to 1| inches long, | to | inch wide, densel}'- 

 pubescent on both sides when young, and beneath when mature; 

 petioles short, pubescent; flowers axillary with peduncles about 

 as long as the flowers, i to f inch long, yellowish white, bracts 

 linear- subulate; fruit a scarlet berry. In fields and along road- 

 sides where it has escaped from cultivation. Lake County. 



5. Lonicera japonica Thunb. Japanese Honeysuckle. A 

 climbing or trailing vine; leaves ovate, acute with rounded base, 

 glabrous above, somewhat pubescent beneath, 1 to 3 inches long, 

 I to 1| inches wide, margin entire; flowers axillary in pairs at the 

 ends of the vines; bracts large and leaf -like; peduncles | to f inch 

 long, white or pink fading to yellow, pubescent without, 2-lipped; 

 stamens and style exserted; fruit a black berry j to | inch in 

 diameter. Escaped from cultivation. Adams, Brown, Auglaize. 



