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Houstonia RUBIACEAE— CAPRIFOLIACEAE Lonicera 



H. purpurea L, 



Frequent in woods of the Coastal Plain, Cape Charles and 

 northward to Sussex and Talbot Counties; one station in the Pied- 

 mont: woods along the Susquehanna River, north of Conowingo 

 (Ce), Long & Bartram, 1 June 1913 (A). 



H. lanceolata (Poir.) Britton. 



One collection : woods 2 mi. s. of Easton (Ta), J. A. Jump, 3 June 

 1937 (P). 



Oldenlandia L. 



O. uniflora L. (0. glomerata Pursh). 



Infrequent, in damp places, from southern New Castle County 

 (Townsend, Commons, 16 Sept. 1863, according to E. Tatnall 

 (MS Catalog)), to Cape Charles. Late July to Sept. 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE (Honeysuckle Family) 



Diervilla Mill. Bush Honeysuckle. 



D. Lonicera Mill. (Z). trifida Moench). 



Rare, in rocky woods of New Castle County: Rattlesnake Run, 

 Wilmington, "G. W. T.," 1 June 1844 (T); Mt. Cuba, Commons, in 

 1873 and 1896 (A), and E. Tatnall, 29 June 1893 (D); Point Look- 

 out, }/2 mi. n. w. of Granogue, R. R. Tatnall, 3425, 20 June 1937, 

 and earlier collections (T, P, A, G). June. 



Lonicera L. Honeysuckle. 

 L. japonica Thunb. Japanese Honeysuckle. 



Escaped from cultivation, and widely established on roadsides 

 and in thickets, to the detriment of all other vegetation. May to 

 July. 

 y' L. sempervirens L. Trumpet Honeysuckle. 



Infrequent, in thickets and fencerows. Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain southward to Talbot and Sussex Counties; also in Northamp- 

 ton County: pine woods at the Cape, s. of Kiptopeke, Fosherg, 

 14635, 18 April 1938 (P) ; dune sand on Savage Neck, R. R. Tatnall, 

 4191, 8 June 1939 (T). Mid-May into July. 



L. dioica L. 



One known station: fencerow 1}4 mi. s. of Bohemia Mills (Ce), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 1090, 10 May 1931 (T, P), and 3291, 13 May 1937 

 (T, G) ; Long, 37245, 7 May 1932 (A). May. 



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