172 CAPRIFOLIACEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 
corolla often sparingly pubescent. — Rocky banks, W. New England 
to Wisconsin : the variety chiefly in the North and West. June. — A 
low species : leaves thickish ; the margins often wavy and revolute. 
5. L. liirsuta, Eaton. (Hairy Honeysuckle.) Leaves pale, 
not glaucous , downy-hairy beneath, and slightly so above, as well as 
the branches, veiny, broadly oval; the uppermost united, the lower 
short-petioled; flowers in approximate whorls ; tube of the ( pale yel- 
loro) clammy-pubescent corolla gibbous at the base, slender; filaments 
hairy at the base. — Damp copses and rocks, Maine and W. New 
England northward to Wisconsin. July. — Climbing extensively ; a 
coarse large-leaved species. 
§ 2. Xyl6steon, Juss.— Upright bushy shrubs: leaves distinct: pe¬ 
duncles axillary , single , 2-bracted and 2-flowered at the summit; the 
tico berries sometimes united into one: calyx-teeth not persistent. 
6 . jL • ciliata, Muhl. (Fly-Honeysuckle.) Branches strag¬ 
gling ; leaves oblong-ovate, often heart-shaped , distinctly petioled, thin, 
downy beneath; peduncles shorter than the leaves; bracts minute; 
corolla funnel-form, gibbous at the base (greenish-yellow) the lobes 
almost equal; berries separate (red). — Rocky woods, common north¬ 
ward. May. 
'• li. cseriilea, L. (Mountain Fly-Honeysuckle.) Low; 
branches upright; leaves oval , downy when young; peduncles very 
short; bracts awl-shaped , longer than the ovaries of the two flowers 
which are united into one (blue) berry. (Xylosteum villosum, Michx.) 
Mountain woods and bogs, W. Massachusetts, N. Hampshire, North¬ 
ern New York, northward: also Wisconsin. May. — Shrub 2 ° —2° 
high. Flowers yellowish, smaller than in No. 8 . 
8. oblongifolia, Muhl. (Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle.) 
Branches upright; leaves oblong , downy when young, smooth when 
old ; peduncles long and slender ; bracts almost none ; corolla deeply 2- 
lipped; berries ( purple) formed by the union of the two ovaries. — Bogs, 
N. and W. New York to Wisconsin. May, June. — Shrub 3 °-4 
high. Leaves 2 ' -3* long. Corolla ^ long, yellowish-white. 
L. Tatarica, the Tartarian Honeysuckle; L. Caprifolium* 
the Common Honeysuckle; and L. Periclymenum, the true Wood¬ 
bine, are the commonly cultivated species. 
4. DIERVILLA, Tourn. Bush Honeysuckle. 
Calyx-tube tapering at the summit; the lobes slender, awl- 
shaped, persistent. Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, almost regular* 
Stamens 5. Pod ovoid-oblong, pointed, 2-celled, 2 -valved, septi- 
cidal, many-seeded. — Low upright shrubs, with ovate or oblong 
and pointed serrate leaves, and cymosely 3 - several-flowered pe- 
