Vol. III.] 



HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



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5. Lonicera Sullivantii A. Graj'. 



Sullivant's Honeysuckle. 



(Fig. 3459.) 



Lonicera SuUivanlii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. 19: 76. 1883. 



Similar to the preceding species, very 

 glaucous. Leaves oval or obovate, glau- 

 cous aud commonly pubescent beneath, 

 obtuse; flowers larger than those of the 

 preceding species, the tube i"-~" long, 

 slightly exceeding the limb, pale yellow; 

 stamens usualU- nearly glabrous; fruit 

 yellow, 3" in diameter. 



In woodlands, Tennessee, Ohio and west- 

 ern Ontario (?) to Wisconsin and Manitoba. 

 May-June. 



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6. Lonicera flava Sims. Yellow Honey- 

 suckle. (Fig. 3460.) 



Lonicera flava Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. JjiS. iSio. 



Twining to a height of several feet, or trailing, 

 glabrous. Leaves broadly oval, or elliptic, entire, 

 obtuse at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the 

 base, short-petioled, or the upper sessile, green 

 above, glaucous beneath, the pairs subtending flow- 

 ers connate-perfoliate; flowers bright orange-yel- 

 low, fragrant, in a terminal interrupted spike; 

 corolla i'-\yi' long, the slender tube pubescent 

 above within, not gibbous at the base, the limb 

 strongly 2 lipped, about half as long as the tube; 

 filaments and style glabrous, exserted; fruit about 

 3" in diameter. 



North Carolina to Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama. 

 April-May. 



7. Lonicera sempervirens L. 



Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle. 



(Fig. 3461.) 



Lotticera sempervirens h.&p. PI. 173. 1753. 



Glabrous, high climbing, evergreen in the 

 South. Leaves oval, obtuse, i'-t,' long, or the 

 lower ones smaller, narrower and acutish, the up- 

 per pairs connate-perfoliolate, all conspicuously 

 glaucous and sometimes slightly pubescent be- 

 neath, dark green above; flowers verticillate in 

 terminal interrupted spikes; corolla scarlet or 

 yellow, I'-ij^' long, glabrous, the tube narrow, 

 slightly expanded above, the limb short and 

 nearly regular; stamens and style scarcely ex- 

 serted; berries scarlet, about 3" in diameter. 



In low grounds, or on hillsides, Connecticut to 

 Florida, west to Nebraska and Te.xas. April-Sept. 





