HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 171 



L. fikva, Yellow H. Wild N. W. and along the Alleghanies ; low- 

 climbing ; the broad and thickish leaves very white-glaucous both sides ; flowers 

 light yellow. 



L. parvifl6ra, Small H. Low and bushy, with oblong leaves green 

 above, but ver}^ white-glaucous beneath; the corolla (less than 1' long) strongly 

 gibbous at base, greenish-yellow or whitish and tinged with pui-plc : in the var. 

 Douglasii, found only N. W., nearly crimson, and the greener leaves downy 

 beneath or ciliate. 



++++++ '[Yild species with clammy-pubescent orange-colored /lowers. 



L. hirsuta, Hairy H. Moist or rocky grounds N. & W. : with oval and 

 large dull green leaves, the lower face and branches downy-hairy. 



■*- 4- Leaves all separate and -short-petioled, not glaucous, pubescent : flowers in 

 pairs on axillary peduncles. 



L. Japonica (commonly so called, L. cONFt'SA, DC), Japan or Chinese H. 

 Commonly cult. ; the slender downy stems twining freely, with oval dull green 

 leaves, and flowers very fragrant at evening ; corolla deeply 2-lipped, reddish 

 outside, white inside turning yellow. 



§ 2. Fly-Honeysuckles, upright or straggling bushes, never tivining, with 

 leaves all distinct to the base, and a pair of flowers on the summit of an 

 axillary peduncle, the two berries sometimes united into one. 

 * Four large leafy bracts surrounding two cylindrical (^' long) yellowish floivers. 



L. involucr^ta. Wild from Lake Superior to California, and sparingly 

 planted : shrub 2° - 5° high, downy when young, with ovate or oblong leaves 

 3' - 5' long, on short petioles, clammy flowers, and berries quite separate. 



* * The two or four bracts under the ovaries small or minute. 



■f- Planted for ornament from Europe : flowers rose or pink-red, p'ofuse and showy. 



L. Tartarica, Tartarian H. Much-branched shrub .5° - 8° high, smooth, 

 with oval heart-shaped leaves, short corolla, and red berries uniting at base as 

 they ripen : fl. spring. 



-1- -!— Wild species, in moist cold woods or bogs iV. ; flowers yellowish. 



L. cilikta, Early Tly-H. Straggling, .3° - 5° high, with oval or oblong 

 and partly heart-shaped leaves thin and downy beneath when young, slender 

 peduncles, honey-yellow corolla ('i' long) with short nearly equal lobes and very 

 unequal-sided base, and separate red berries : fl. early spring. 



L. oblongifblia, Swamp F. Upright, 2° - 5° high, with oblong leaves, 

 long and slender peduncles, deeply 2-lipped corolla (^' long) in early summer, 

 and ])urple berries. 



L. CSertllea, Mountain F., the rarest species, l°-2° high, with oval 

 leaves, very short jjeduncle, moderately 5-lobed corolla, and two ovaries united 

 to form one blue berry. 



5. DIERVILLA, BUSH-HONEYSUCKLE. (Named for one Dierville, 

 who took tlie common species from Canada to France.) 



* Wild species, on rocks and hills, ivith pale or honey-yellow and slender funnel- 



form corolla, not showy, and oblong pod. 



D. triflda, Common B. ; everywhere N., l°-4° high, with oblong-ovate 

 taper-pointed leaves on distinct petioles, mostly 3-flowered peduncles, and slen- 

 der pointed pods : fl. all summer. 



D. sessilifdlia, only along the Alleghanies S., has lance-ovate sessile 

 leaves, many-flowered peduncles, and short-pointed pods : fl. summer. 



* * Planted for ornament from Japan and China ; the showy rose-colored corolla 



broadly fininfl form with an abruptly narrowed base, very slender stalk-like 

 ovary and linear pod. 

 D. Jap6nica. Slirub 2° - .5° high, loaded with the handsome flowers in 

 late spring ; corolla 1' or more long ; leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed. 



