CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 171 
3. S. VlllgariS, Michx. (Indian Currant. Coral-berry.) 
Flowers in small close clusters in the axils of nearly all the leaves j 
corolla sparingly bearded; berries small , dark red . — Rocky banks, 
W. New York and Penn, to Wisconsin : also cultivated. July. 
3. LONICERA, L. Honeysuckle. Woodbine. 
Calyx-teeth very short. Corolla tubular or funnel-form, often 
gibbous at the base, irregularly or nearly Tegularly 5-lobed. 
Stamens 5. Ovary 2 - 3-celled. Berry several-seeded. Leaves 
entire. Flowers often showy and fragrant. (Named in honor 
of Lonicer, a German botanist of the 16th century.) 
§ 1. Caprifolium, Juss. — Climbing or twining shrubs , with the flow¬ 
ers in sessile whorled clusters from the axils of the (often connate ) 
upper leaves , and forming interrupted terminal spikes: calyx-teeth 
persistent on the berry. 
* Corolla trumpet-shaped , almost regularly and equally 5-lobed. 
1. L. sempervirens, Ait. (Trumpet Honeysuckle.) Flow¬ 
ers in somewhat distant whorls; leaves oblong, pale beneath ; the 
lower petioled, the uppermost pairs united round the stem. — Copses, 
New York (near the city) and southward : common also in cultiva¬ 
tion. May —Oct. — Leaves deciduous at the north. Corolla ino¬ 
dorous, nearly 2' long, scarlet outside, yellowish within : a variety 
has pale yellow blossoms. 
* * Corolla ringent: the lower lip narrow , the upper broad and 4 -loled . 
2. Tt. grata. Ait. (American Woodbine ) Leaves obovate, 
smooth , glaucous beneath , the 2 or 3 upper pairs united, flowers whorl¬ 
ed in the axils of the uppermost leaves or leaf-like connate bracts ; 
corolla smooth (whitish with a purple tube , fading yellowish), not gib¬ 
bous at the base. — Rocky woodlands, New York and Penn., and 
south westward: also cultivated. May. — Flowers fragrant. 
3. L,. Hava, Sims. (Yellow Honeysuckle.) Leaves smooth , 
pale and glaucous both sides , thickish, obovate or oval, the 2-4 upper 
pairs united; flowers in closely approximate whorls; tube of the 
smooth ( light yellow) corolla slender, not gibbous j filaments smooth. 
— Rocky banks. Catskill Mountains ( Pursh ), Ohio, and Wiscon¬ 
sin : a variety with rather short flowers. June. 
4. Iu. parviflora, Lam. (Small Honeysuckle.) Leaves 
smooth , elliptical or oblong, green above , very glaucous beneath , the 
upper pairs united, all closely sessile) flowers in 2 or 3 closely ap¬ 
proximate whorls raised on a peduncle; corolla short , gibbous at the 
base , smooth outside (grecnish-yelloio tinged with dull purple) ; fila¬ 
ments rather hairy below.— Var. Douglasii has the leaves greener 
and more or less downy underneath when young, and the more purple 
