FLY HONEYSUCKLE 



197 



to loop near the margins, and the upper are more distant 

 than the lower. 



+t Venation not arcuate, but pinnate-reticulate 

 or looped, the secondaries equidistant along 

 the midrib, and soon breaking up into re- 

 ticulations or looping forwards. 



Leaves velvety-pubescent on both sides, 

 ovate or obovate, petiolate. 



Lonicera Xylosteum, L. Fly Honeysuckle (Fig. 56). 

 Erect shrub, not twining. Leaves dark green above, soft 

 and velvety, especially on the paler grey-green under- 



Fig. 56. Fly Honeysuckle, Lonicera Xylosteum, p. 197 (D). 



surface, 39x2 3 cm., shortly petiolate (2 5 mm.), 

 elliptic, or ovate to obovate with rounded base, acute or 



