148 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



woods and hedge-banks ; Western Switzerland, Jura, 

 Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, not common. 



4. LlNN^A, L. 



Flowers two on each stem, large, nodding, campanulate ; 

 stamens 4 ; stem trailing ; leaves simple. 



L. borealis, L. (PL 49) ; corolla white with red streaks, 

 leaves thick, glabrous, evergreen, nearly orbicular, on 

 short stalks. This very beautiful plant is found chiefly 

 in fir-woods in Eastern and Southern Switzerland (Ori- 

 sons, Valais), Tirol, Carinthia, and Salzburg. 



5. LONICERA, L. 



Shrubs with entire leaves, often climbing; flowers in 

 pairs or in small cymes; calyx-teeth 5, often unequal; 

 corolla tubular or campanulate, often 2-lipped ; stamens 

 5 ; ovary 2-3 -celled ; fruit a 2-3 -celled berry. 



A. Stem climbing; flowers 2-hpped, with a very long 

 tube, fragrant, in terminal heads or axillary cymes: — 

 L. periclymenum, Woodbine, Honeysuckle; cymes united 

 into stalked terminal heads, flowers cream-coloured or 

 red ; woods ; Switzerland (not common), Jura, Pyrenees. 

 L. Caprifolium, L. ; flower-heads sessile, flowers purple 

 or yellowish-white, upper leaves connate at the base; 

 Southern Switzerland (rare), Pyrenees. L. etrusca, Saut.; 

 flower-heads on long stalks, flowers purple or orange, 

 leaves not connate ; Southern Switzerland, Tirol, Car- 

 niola, Pyrenees, rare. 



B, Stem not climbing; flowers few, axillary, with a 

 short tube, or campanulate: — L. Xylosteum^ L., Fly-Honey- 

 suckle ; flowers two in each leaf-axil, yellowish-white, 



