Genus 5. 



HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



3. Symphoricarpos occidentalis 

 Hook. Wolf berry. Fig. 3977. 



Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Fl. Bor. 

 Am. 1 : 285. 1833. 



Similar to 5. racemosus but stouter, with 

 larger leaves, 1-3' long, more or less pubes- 

 cent beneath, entire, or often undulate- 

 crenate; petioles z"-3" long; axiUary 

 clusters spicate, many-flowered, 6"-l2' 

 long; corolla funnelform-campanulate, 3" 

 long, lobed to beyond the middle; stamens 

 and glabrous style somewhat exserted ; 

 berry nearly globular, white, 4"-5" in 

 diameter. 



Rocky situations, Illinois, Michigan and 

 Minnesota to British Columbia, Kansas and 

 Colorado. Buck-bush. June-July. 



4. Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos 



(L.) MacM. Coral-berry. Indian 

 Currant. Fig. 3978. 



Lonicera Symphoricarpos L. Sp. PI. 175. 1753. 

 5. orbicularis Moench, Meth. 503. 1794. 

 Symphoricarpos vulgaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 



106. 1803. 

 ^Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos MacM. Bull. 

 Torr. Club 19: 15. 1892. 



A shrub, 2-5 high, the branches erect or 

 r ascending, purplish, usually pubescent. Petioles 

 l"-z" long; leaves oval or ovate, entire or 

 undulate, mostly obtuse at each end, glabrous 

 or nearly so above, usually soft-pubescent 

 beneath, l'-l4' long; clusters dense, many- 

 _ flowered, at length spicate, shorter than the 

 leaves; corolla campanulate. sparingly pubes- 

 cent within, pinkish, about 2" long; style 

 bearded; stamens included; berry purplish 

 red. ovoid-globose. 1V-2" long. 

 Along rivers and in rocky places, banks of the Delaware in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, west 

 to western New York and South Dakota, south to Georgia, Kansas and Texas. Also sparingly 

 escaped from cultivation farther east. Fruit persistent after the leaves have fallen. Buck-bush. 

 Turkey- or snap-berry. July. 



6. LONICERA L. Sp. PI. 173. 1753. 

 Erect or climbing shrubs, with opposite mostly entire leaves ; flowers spicate, capitate 

 or geminate, usually somewhat irregular. Calyx-tube ovoid or nearly globular, the limb 

 slightly 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel form, or campanulate, often gibbous at the base, 

 the limb 5-lobed, more or less oblique, or 2-lipped. Stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the 

 corolla; anthers linear or oblong. Ovary 2-3-celled; ovules numerous in each cavity, pen- 

 dulous; style slender; stigma capitate. Berry fleshy, 2-3-celled or rarely i-celled, few-seeded. 

 Seeds ovoid or oblong with fleshy endosperm and a terete embryo. [Named for Adam 

 Lonitzer, 1528-1586, a German botanist.] 



About 160 species, natives of the north temperate zone, a few in tropical regions. Besides the 

 following, some 10 others occur in the western parts of North America. Type species: Lonicera 

 Caprifoliuni L. 



* Climbing or trailing vines; flowers in heads or interrupted spikes; 

 upper leaves connate-perfoliate. 

 Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip 4-lobed, the lower entire. 



Corolla glabrous within. I. L. Caprifoliuni. 



Corolla pubescent within. 



Leaves pubescent, at least beneath ; corolla yellow. 



Leaves pubescent on both sides, at least when young, ciliate ; corolla slightly gibbous 



at base. . 2. L. hirsula. 



Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; corolla-tube strongly gibbous at the base. 



3. L. glaucescens. 

 Leaves glabrous on both sides, very glaucous beneath. 

 Corolla greenish-yellow, the tube somewhat gibbous. 



Corolla-tube z"s" long ; filaments hirsute at the base. 4. L. dioica. 



