Description of Native Vines 



44. Woody Nightshade. Bittersweet. (Solanum dul- 

 camara.) 



Leaf ; 2-3', simple, alternate, mostly 2-lobed at base (lobes 

 sometimes like distinct leaflets), occasionally entire, not serrate, 

 long-ovate, base cordate, apex sharp. Flower : blue or purple 

 (corolla 5-parted, spreading, whitish-spotted, stamens 5), small- 

 clustered ; June-September ; fruit berry-like, oval, scarlet. Spon- 

 taneous in Pennsylvania ; cultivated ; woody, climbing or trail- 

 ing. (PI. V.) 



45. Trumpet Honeysuckle. (Lonicera sempervirens.) 

 Leaf : 2^-3', simple, opposite, entire, oblong and variable, 

 lower with stems, upper pairs grown together around stem. Flow- 

 er : red (rarely yellowish) outside, yellowish inside (corolla trum- 

 pet-shaped, 5-lobed, 2' long), odorless, in whorled clusters ; May- 

 September. Connecticut, west and south ; cultivated, twining. 



46. Yellow Honeysuckle. American Woodbine. (Lon- 

 icera grata.) 

 Leaf : 2'-3', simple, opposite or 3-whorled, entire, obovate, 

 upper pairs grown together, evergreen, bloom beneath. Flower : 

 whitish above, purple or red below, finally all yellowish (corolla 

 funnel-shaped, i>^' long, upper lip 4-lobed, lower lip narrow), 

 fragrant, in whorled clusters ; May, June. New York, west and 

 south ; cultivated, twining. 



47. Yellow Honeysuckle. (Lonicera SuUivantii.) 

 Leaf : 2'-4', simple, opposite, entire, obovate to oval, bloom 

 both sides, thickish, dull green, many pairs grown together. 

 Flower: light yellow, tube y^ long (corolla-lips as in 46), fra- 

 grant, about lo-clustered ; May-July. New York, south and 

 west ; low climbing. 



48. Small Honeysuckle. (Lonicera glauca, with var. doug- 

 lasii.) 

 Leaf : 2-3', simple, opposite, entire, oblong, much bloom be- 

 neath, many pairs united, others stemless. Flower : greenish- 

 yellow (often purple- or red-tinged), 3^' long corolla-lips as in 



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