HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 745 



Alleglieniim aud Carolinian areas. Western New York west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, and Dakota, southern Ohio Valley, Missouri, aud Arkansas, aud froui 

 New Jersey alouj;- the mountains to (ieorgia. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley, Mountain region. Rocky wooded hills in calcareous 

 soil. Lauderdale County, river hills, .fackson County, Gurleys, suiuniits of calca- 

 reous ridges, 1,200 feet. Flowers pale pink. May; fruit ripe September, October, 

 purplish red. Not rare, local. Shrub 3 feet high. 



Type locality: " Hal), in Virginia, Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LONICERA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 173. 17.53. 



About 100 species, shrubs, temperate and warmer temperate regions Northern Hemi- 

 sphere. P>urope; mountains tropical Asia. North America, 20. 



Lonicera sempervirens L. Sp. PI. 1:173. 1753. Tkumpet Honeysiicklk. 



Caprifolimn nemperrirenfi Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 105. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:270. (Jray, Man. ed. 6, 221. Chap. Fl. 170. (irav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 16. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 157. 



Mexico. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern New York, New .Jersey, Ohio, 

 Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee, south to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Cullman, I'uscaloosa, Montgomery, 

 Washington, Escambia, Monroe, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers vermilion- 

 red outside, flame-colored inside; Aijril. Fruit ripe September. Frequent. Climb- 

 ing high. 



Economic uses : Planted for ornament. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Mexico." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lonicera flava Sims, Bot. Mag. 32 : /. 1318. 1810. 



Yellow Woodbine or Honeysuckle. 



Capri folium fraseri Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 160. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 271. Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 17. 



Carolinian area. South Carolina. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Exposed siliceous rocks on the highest summits. 

 Clay County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet. Talladega County, Alpine Moun- 

 tain, near Kenfroe, 1,600 feet, trailiug over rocks. Kaie. Collected in Clay County, 

 .July 31, the berries just begiuniug to color. 



Economic uses : Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Exposed and rocky summit of the Paris mountain in South 

 Carolina." (Fraser.) 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lonicera japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. 89. 1784. Japanese Honeysuckle. 



Introduced from Japan. Escaped from cultivation and naturalized in several of 

 the Southeiu States, north to Virginia. 



Alabama: Over the State. Low damp thickets. Mobile aud Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers white to purple; April. Climber. 



Type locality : "Crescit prope Nagasaki." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lonicera longiflora (Sabine) DC. Prodr. 4: .333. 18.30. 



Long-flowered Honeysuckle. 



Caprifolinm lonf/iflorum Sabine; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1232. 1829. 

 China and Nepal. 



Introduced and cultivated with the above. 



Alabama: Mobile County. Flowers white, fragrant, fading to buff yellow. May. 

 Climber. Escaped and not infrequently of spontaneous growth. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DIERVILLA Moench, Meth.492. 1794. 



Six or 7 species, North America, Japan. 



Diervilla sessilifolia Buckley, Am. Journ. Sci. 45 : 174. 1843. 



Sessile-leaf Bush Honeysuckle. 



Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 19. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of North Carolina and southeastern Tennessee. 



