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shiny black, surrounded by the persistent involucre which becomes dark red 

 in fruit and expands to expose the berries. The twigs are browsed to a cer- 

 tain extent by deer and elk during the winter. 



Occurrence. — OLYMPIC: Lake Quinault; Beaver Creek. MOUNT RAINIER, occasional 

 In wet places. 2,000 to 4,500 feet: Longmire. CRATER LAKE. YOSEMITE, -4,500 to 

 9,500 feet: Yosemite Valley; Inspiration Point; Cloud's Rest; Pohono trail; Con- 

 ness Creek; Tuolumne Meadows; Vogelsang Pass; Dana Meadows; Porcupine Flat 

 tiail. KINGS CANYON: East Lake. SEQUOIA, occasional in meadows and moist locations, 

 6,000 to 9,000 feet: between Lion and Tamarack Lakes ; Tocopah Falls. GLACIER, 

 common in the woods, especially along streams, 3,000 to 6,000 feet: Three-top Moun- 

 tain trail; west of Logging Lake; Lake McDonald; Avalanche Lake; west of Logan 

 Pass; Two Medicine Lake; Cut Bank Valley; Hudson Bay Creek trail; Swiftcur- 

 rent Lake; Josephine Lake. YELLOWSTONE, occasional; east entrance; Firehole River; 

 near Old Faithful. GRAND TETON, occasional in moist areas, 6,500 to 7,000 feet; Gran- 

 ite Canyon; south of park headquarters. ROCKY MOUNTAIN, occasional at higher eleva- 

 tions: north of Mount Acoma, 9,100 feet. ISLE ROYALE, in the woods: Mott Island; 

 Lake Richie trail ; Tobin Flarbor. 



2. SWEETBERRY HONEYSUCKLE {Lo7l- 



icera coerulea L.) — Low branched shrub 1 



to 2 feet high, with brown smooth bark 

 peeling off in long scales; leaves mostly 

 oblong, % to I1/2 inches long, smooth or 

 somewhat hairy; flowers yellowish, the corol- 

 las funnel-shaped, about 1/2 inch long, fine- 

 ly hairy outside, deeply divided into 5 

 parts, the tube somewhat swollen at the 

 base, borne in pairs on very short stalks 

 in the leaf-axils; berries separate, but closely 

 surrounded by a fleshy cup which gives 

 the appearance of a single purplish-black 

 berry about I/4 inch in diameter. 



Occurrence. — YOSEMITE, rare: Crescent Lake; 

 Tuolumne Meadows, along Creek. YELLOWSTONE, 

 common: Snow Pass; Mammoth; Gibbon River; 

 Lone Star; Yellowstone Falls; hillside above 

 Camp Roosevelt. 



Fig. 131. Bearberry honeysuckle 

 (Lonicera involucrala). 



3. Mountain Fly Honeysuckle 

 (Lontcera villosa (Michx.) R. & S. var. 



Solonis (Eat.) Fern.). — Similar to L. coerulea, but the young branchlets 

 with very fine hairs and long hairs; leaves hairy below; corollas usually smooth. 

 Occurrence. — isle ROYALE, in wet woods and along margms of bogs: near Feldt- 

 manii Lake; Grace Harbor; head of Siskiwit Bay; McCargo Cove. 



4. American Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis Marsh.), fig. 

 132. — Erect branching shrub 3 to 41/2 feet high, the herbage light green; 

 leaves thinnish, oblong-egg-shaped, U/z to 3 inches long, somewhat pointed 

 at the tips, rounded or heart-shaped at base, the margins hairy, finely hairy 

 below at first; flowers greenish-yellow or whitish, I/2 to 1% inches long, the 

 corolla tubular-funnel-shaped, with a swelling at base of tube, borne in pairs 



