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inches long, oblong to elliptic or egg-shaped, rounded or pointed at tips, 

 smooth or finely hairy; flowers dark purple-red, 1/3 to ^2 inch long, tubular, 

 2-Iipped, the throat with soft white hairs inside, the tube swollen below the 

 oblong lower lip, borne in pairs on slender stems in the leaf-axils; berries 

 red, partly united to form a double berry sometimes ^2 vnch. across. The 

 berries are eaten by birds, especially grouse. 



Occurrence. — crater lake, 5,000 to 6,500 feet: the Pinnacles; near park head- 

 quarters. LASSEN: Hot Springs Valley; Snag Lake. YOSEMITE, occasional. 6,500 to 

 9,500 feet: "Vosemite Valley; Mariposa Grove; Glacier Point; Lyell Meadows; trail 

 above Smedberg Lake; near Tuolumne Meadows; Isberg Pass trail; Laurel Lake near 

 Beehive. KINGS CANYON: Reflection Lake. SEQUOIA, occasional, 4,000 to 10,000 feet: 

 Farewell Gap; Hockett Meadows; Mount Silliman; Marble Fork Kaweah River. 



Swamp Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook.), a 

 bushy shrub with somewhat hairy herbage, yellowish-white 2-Iipped corollas, 

 and red or purplish berries, has been reported from Isle Royale. 



7. Western Trumpet Honey'suckle (Lonicera ciliosa (Pursh) 



Poir.). — Trailing or climbing shrub with slender twining stems 1 to 6 (or 



20) feet long; leaves 2 to 4 inches long, oval, blunt-pointed or rounded at 



the tips, smooth and green above, whitish below, the margins finely hairy, 



upper pair joined into a saucer-like structure; flowers reddish-yellow or orange, 



funnel-shaped, % to 1^/2 inches long, the tube somewhat swollen above the 



base, borne in head-like clusters at the ends of the branches; berries orange-red. 



Occurrence. — OLYMPX: Skokomish Valley; Port Angeles. MGUNl rainier, in open 

 woods at lower elevations: Nisqually Valley; Cowlitz River near Canyon Bridge. 



8. Arizona Honeysuckle 

 (Lonicera arizonica Rehd.). — 

 Similar to L. ciliosa, but the 

 stems straggling over bushes, sel- 

 dom twining; leaves % to 1^2 

 inches long, egg-shap)ed, broadly 

 oval, or nearly round, whitish be- 

 low, the uppermost pair joined 

 into a saucer-like structure some 

 distance below the flower cluster; 

 corollas reddish outside, orange 

 inside, funnel-shaped, I1/4 to 1% 

 inches long, the tube swollen 

 above the base on one side, borne 

 in head-like clusters at the ends 

 of slender stems; berries red. 



Occurrence. — grand canyon. 



9 Hairy Honeysuckle 

 {Lonicera hirsuta Eat.), fig. 134. 

 — High climbing twining shrub 

 with softly hairy branches; leaves 



Fig. 134. Hairy honeysuckle (Lonicera 

 hirsuta). 



