144 HOW TO ENOW WILD FRUITS 



The plant grows wild in New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Delaware 

 River, in New York, and west to Dakota. It 

 reaches Georgia and Texas on the south. It is 

 often cultivated and sometimes escapes. 



AMERICAN WOODBINE. ITALIAN OR 

 PERFOLIATE HONEYSUCKLE 



Lonicera Caprifolium. Lonicera grata 

 Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit — The red berries are in a sessile termi- 

 nal cluster, subtended by a united pair of leaves. 

 The calyx teeth crown the summit of the several- 

 seeded fruit. 



Leaves. — The two or three upper pairs are 

 united by their bases. The lower ones are 

 without stems or have very short stems. They 

 are obovate or oval and entire. 



Floicers. — The fragrant flowers are whitish 

 with purple tubes. They are strongly two- 

 lipped. 



New Jersey and Pennsylvania are the north- 

 ern limits of this climbing vine in its wild state. 

 It is often cultivated, and sometimes escapes. 



