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8. Lonicera Japonica Thunb. 



Japanese or Chinese Honeysuckle. 



(Fig. 3462.) 



Lonicera Japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. Sg. 1784. 

 Pubescent, climbiiiji; high or trailing. 

 Leaves all short-petiolcd, ovate, entire, I '- 

 3' long, acute at the apex, rouuded at the 

 base, dark green and glabrous above, pale 

 and usually sparingly pubescent beneath; 

 flowers in pairs from the upper axils, pe- 

 duncled, leafybracted at the base, white or 

 pink, fading to yellow, pubescent without, 

 the tube nearly i' long, longer than the 

 strongly 2-lipped limb; stamens and style 

 exserted; berries black, 3"-4" in diameter. 



Freely escaped from cultivation, southern 

 New York and Pennsylvania to North Caro- 

 lina and West Virginia. Naturalized from 

 eastern Asia. June-Aug. 



9. Lonicera coerulea L. Blue or 

 Mountain Fly-Honeystickle. 

 (Fig. 3463.) 

 Lonicera coerulea L. Sp. PI. 174. 1753. 



Erect, shrubby, i°-3° high, the twigs some- 

 times slightlj' pubescent. Leaves oval or 

 obovate, i'-i}4' long, very obtuse at the 

 apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, thick, 

 conspicuously reticulate-veined, pale and 

 more or less pubescent beneath, glabrous 

 above, at least when mature, ciliate on the 

 margins; flowers in pairs in the axils, short- 

 peduncled, subulate-bracted, yellow, 5"-S" 

 long, corolla pubescent, or glabrate, the tube 

 gibbous at the base, the limb nearly regular, 

 its lobes oblong, equalling or slightly exceed- 

 ing the tube; ovaries of the two flowers be- 

 coming united and forming an oblong or 

 nearly globose, bluish-black 2-eyed berry, 

 about 2^" in diameter. 



In low grounds, Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and 

 California. Also in Europe and Asia. June. 



10. Lonicera oblongifolia 

 (Goldie) Hook. Swamp Fly- 

 Honeysuckle. (Fig. 3464.) 



Ay/os/enm oblongi/olium Goldie, Edinb. 



Phil. Journ. 6: 323. 1.S22. 

 Lonicera oblongifolia Hook. Fl. Bor. 



Am. i: 284. />/. 100. 1S33. 



Similar to the preceding species. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, i'-2' long, reticu- 

 late-veined, glabrous or nearly so on 

 both sides when mature, downy-pu- 

 bescent when young, not ciliate; flow- 

 ers in pairs on long slender peduncles; 

 corolla yellow, or purplish within, S"- 

 9" long, gibbous at the base, deeply 

 2-lipped; bracts at the summit of the 

 peduncle minute or none; ovaries re- 

 maining distinct, or becoming more or 

 less united, the berries red or crimson. 



In swamps, Quebec to Manitoba, south 

 to Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and 

 Michigan. May-June. 



