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buds which become well developed the previous season ; calyx 

 very small, 5-parted ; corolla bell-shaped, the tube long and 

 slender, the limb spreading and somewhat one-sided ; stamens 

 usually 5, sometimes 10, declined, anthers awnless ; style long 

 and slender, declined, stigma capitate ; capsule oblong or 

 linear, 5-celled, many-seeded, seeds very small, scale-like. 



1. A. NUDiFLOKA L. WiLD HONEYSUCKLE. A brandling shrub, 

 4-6 ft. high ; twigs smooth or with a few coarse hairs ; leaves obovate 

 or oblong, ciliate-serrate, pubescent, becoming smooth above ; petioles 

 short ; flowers appearing with or before the leaves, pink or white, 

 sometimes yellowish, fragrant, 1-2 in. wide, tube pubescent but not 

 glandular ; capsule erect, linear-oblong, |-| in. long. April-May. 

 Swamps and banks of streams ; flowers extremely variable in size 

 and color. 



2. A. viscosA L. Swamp Honeysuckle. A shrub, 4-6 ft. high ; 

 branches hairy ; leaves obovate, coriaceous, niucronate at the apex, 

 mostly smooth above, pubescent on the veins beneath ; petioles very 

 short; flowers appearing later than the leaves, white, fragrant, li-2 

 in. long, tube long, glandular-viscid ; capsule erect, |^-| in. long, 

 bristly. June-July. In swamps. 



II. KALMIA. 



Erect and branching shrubs ; leaves alternate, opposite or 

 in 3's, entire, coriaceous, evergreen ; flowers showy, in corymbs 

 or 1-3 in the axils ; calyx 5-parted ; corolla flat-campanulate 

 or rotate, 5-lobed ; stamens 10, the anthers placed in pouches 

 in the corolla, filaments straightening elastically at maturity 

 and so bringing the anthers in contact with the capitate 

 stigma; style long and slender; capsule globose, 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



1. K. AXGusTiFOLiA L. SiiEEP Laurfl. A shrub 1-3 ft. high, 

 with smooth, nearly erect branches; leaves petioled, opposite or in 

 3's, oblong, ol)tuse at hoth ends, dark green above, paler beneath; 

 corymbs lateral, glandular; flowers purple or crimson, ^-^ in. broad; 

 pedicels slender, recurved in fruit; calyx ])ubescent, persistent; style 

 persistent; capsule dcpn^sscd-glohose. April-,rune. On hillsides; 

 more ahundant northward. 



2. K. LATiFoLLV l>. Calko llisiL .\ slind» 1-10 11. liigh ; 

 Itranches stout, smooth ; leaves mostly alternate, petioled, elliptical 

 or oval, acute at each end, smooth and green on both sides; corynd)S 

 terminal, compouud : flowcfs white to rose color, showy, 1 in. hroad; 



