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1. S. mollis Nutt. Low, much branched "shrub, about 3 dm. 

 high, the branches mostly erect; leaves oval or elliptic, mostly 1 cm. 

 long, pubescent on both surfaces or more so on the lower surface; 

 corolla rose-red, barely pubescent within; berry globose, 8-12 mm. 

 in diameter, pulp snowy. 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of all the mountains and foothills. 



3. LONICERA L. Honeysuckle. 



Erect or climbing shrubs with opposite entire leaves, 

 and usually somewhat irregular spicate, capitate or gemi- 

 nate flowers. Calyx-tube ovoid or nearly globular, the 

 limb slightly 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnelform or 

 campanulate, often gibbous at base, the limb 5-toothed, 

 more or less oblique or 2-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted on 

 the tube of the corolla. Ovary 2-3-celled; ovules numer- 

 ous in each cell, pendulous; style slender; stigma capitate. 

 Berry fleshy, usually 2-3-celled, few-seeded. 



Inflorescence pubescent. 



Uppermost pair of leaves connate. 1. L. hispidula. 



Leaves all distinct. 2. L. suhspicata. 



Inflorescence glabrous. 3. L. interrupta. 



\. L. hispidula calif omica (Torr. & Gray) Rehdr. Climbing 

 trees and shrubs, often 5 m. high, the branches usually pendent; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, 4-6 cm. long, glabrous above, white and 

 villous beneath; all but the lowest with conspicuous rounded connate 

 stipule-like appendages; inflorescence densely glandular-pubescent; 

 corolla pink, 14-18 mm. long, glandular-pubescent without; berries 

 bright red. 



A common species in central California and northward. In 

 southern California it has been found only on Santa Catalina 

 Island. These insular plants differ from the northern specimens, 

 and may prove to be distinct when they are better known. 



2. L. subspicata H. & A. Bushy, more or less pubescent or 

 glandular above, 1-1.5 m. high; leaves rounded to elliptic, 2 cm. 

 long or less, all distinct and petioled, coriaceous, pale beneath; 

 inflorescence in rather short interrupted spikes, terminating leafy 

 branches; flowers yellow, glandular-pubescent without; corolla- 

 tube 4-5 mm. long; limb equaling the tube, 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 with 4 short rounded lobes, the lower narrow, entire, somewhat 

 gibbous at base; anthers 4 mm. long; filaments pubescent below. 



Frequent in the chaparral belt of all the hills and mountains. 



3. L. interrupta Benth. Stems with a rigid trunk, the branches 

 climbing or reclining on bushes; leaves orbicular-obovate to oval, 

 2-4 cm. long, glabrous, rarely somewhat pubescent, glaucous be- 

 neath, subcoriaceous; inflorescence glabrous, with numerous remote 

 whorls; corolla yellow, 12-15 mm. long, glabrous without. 



A common species in the dry chaparral-covered regions of interior 

 California; Newhall; Swartout Canyon. 



