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3. L. Oblongifolia, Muhl. (Swamp F.) Shrub 2-5° high, brauchea 

 upright; leav(s (2-3' long) oblong , dowuy when young, smooth when old; 

 veduiicles long and slender; bracts minute or deciduous ; corolla deeply 2-lipped 

 {■|' long, yellowish-white) ; berries (purple) united or nearly distinct. — Bogs, 

 N. New Eng. and N. Y., to Minn. June. 



* * The two Jloicers involucrate by 4 conspicuous and broad foliaceous bracts. 



4. L. involucrata, Banks. Pubescent, or becoming glabrous ; branches 

 4-augnlar; leaves (2-5' long) ovate-oblong, mostly pointed, petioled, and with 

 a strong midrib, exceeding the peduncle ; corolla yellowish, viscid-pubescent, 

 cylindraceous (6 - 8" long) ; ovaries and globose dark-purple berries distinct. 

 — Deep woods ; shores of L. Superior, and north and westward. 



§ 2. CAPRIFOLIUM. Ticining shrubs, ivith the Jlowers in sessile ichorled 

 clusters from the axils of the [often connate) upper leaves, forming interrupted 

 terminal spikes; calyx-teeth persistent on the (red or orange) berry. 



* Corolla trumpet-shaped , almost regular ; stamens and style little exserted. 



5. L. sempervirens, Ait. (Trumpet Hoxeysuckle.) Flowers in 

 somewhat distant whorls, scentless, nearly 2' long, deep red outside, yellowish 

 within or rarely throughout ; leaves oblong, smooth, the lower petioled, the 

 uppermost pairs connate. — Copses, Conn, to Ind., and southward ; common in 

 cultivation. May -Oct. — Leaves deciduous at the north. 



* * Corolla ringent ; the lower lip tiarrow, the upper broad and 4-lobed ; sta7nens 

 and style conspicuously exserted. 



t- Corolla-tube an inch long, glabrous inside ; stamens and style glabrous. 



6. Ii. grata, Ait. (American- Woodbine.) Leaves smooth, glaucous 

 beneath, obovate, the 2 or 3 upper pairs united ; flowers whorled in the upper- 

 most axils ; corolla whitish with a purple tube, fading yellowisli, not gibbous 

 at base, fragrant. — Rocky woodlands, N. J. and Penn. to Mich, and Mo., and 

 southward ; also cultivated. May. 



H- -f- Corolla hairy within, the tube 6'^ long or less. 



7. Li. hirsuta, Eaton. (Hairy Honeysuckle.) Twining and rather 

 high-climbing ; leaves deep green above, downy-hairy beneath, as well as the 

 l)ranches, veiny, dull, broadly oval, the uppermost united, the lower short- 

 petioled ; flowers in approximate whorls ; tube of the (orange-yellow) clammy- 

 pubescent corolla gibbous at base, slender. — Damp copses and rocks, Maine 

 to Penn., Mich., and Minn. July. — A coarse large-leaved species. 



8. L. Sunivantii, Gray. At length ynuch whitened icith glaucous bloom, 

 3-6° high, glabrous; leaves oval and obovate-oblong (2-4' long), sessile and 

 mostly connate on the flowering stems, the uppermost into an orbicular disk ; 

 corolla pale yellow ; f laments nearly glabrous. (L. flava of former edition, 

 mainly.) — Ohio to 111., Minn., and L. Winnipeg; also in Tenn. and N. C. 



9. Ij. glauca, Hill. Glabrous, or lower leaf-surface sometimes puberu- 

 lent, 3-5° high; leaves oblong (2-3' long), glaucous but less whitened than 

 in the last, the 1-4 upper pairs connate ; corolla greenish-yellow or purplish ; 

 tube only 3 - 4" long, within and also style and base of f laments hirsute. (L. par- 

 vifldra. Lain., and part of var. Douglasii, Gray.) — Rocky grounds, X. Eng. 

 and Penn. to Minn., and northward. 



