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dozen or so in a compact terminal cluster, followed by a crowded 

 cluster of reddish berries, the size of peas. It is sometimes 

 cultivated as an ornamental plant and deserves attention where 

 a covering is desired for a wall or rock work. 



HAIRY HONEYSUCKLE. LoHtccra liirsuta Eaton. 



This occurs only occasionally in the rocky woodlands of west- 

 ern Vermont. It is much like the preceding species in twining 

 habit and general characters. It is, however, a coarser plant with 

 larger leaves, flowers and fruit, and is easily distinguished by the 

 downy-hairiness of the shoots and leaves, especially underneath. 



BLUE HONEYSUCKLE. Loniccra cacnilca L. var. villosa (Mx.) 



T. & G. 



This is a low shrub, one or two feet in height, found 

 occasionally in the cold bogs of northeastern Vermont. It may 

 be readily distinguished from either of the preceding species, 

 but is very similar to the next one. The leaves in both are small 

 with short stems and are rounded at the base. The short flower 

 stem and the double blue berry are, however, characteristic, as 

 explained in the key. 



SWAMP HONEYSUCKLE. Loiiiccra oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. 



This is found in a few of the cold, swampy bogs of the state. 

 It is a larger shrub, two to five feet high, similar to the preced- 

 ing species as well as to the one that follows. It is distinguish- 

 able from the blue honeysuckle, as explained in the key, by the 

 longer flower stem and the purplish and more or less united 

 berries, and from the fly honeysuckle by the marked differences 

 in the fruit as indicated in the key on page 179. 



FLY HONEYSUCKLE. Lojiicera canadensis Marsh. (L. ciliata 



Muhl.) 



This is a shrub, three to five feet in height with straggling 

 branches, common in moist thickets and woodlands. The flowers 



