148 CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



leaves ; tube of the corolla long and slender, not gibbous. Caprifolium 

 gratum Pursh. 



Rocky woods. N. Y. to Car. and Louis. May Aug. T?- Stem 10 20 

 feet long, twining or trailing. Flowers about 6 in each whorl, fragrant, red or 

 purplish. Berries orange-red. Wild Honeysuckle. 



5. L. sempervirens Ait. : leaves oblong, glaucous beneath, shining above, 

 the upper ones connate-perfoliate ; spikes verticillate, somewhat naked, 

 terminal ; corolla nearly equal, with the tube ventricose above. Caprifo- 

 lium semperrirens Mich, 



Borders of swamps. N. Y. to Flor. May, June. T^. Stem 6 15 feet long, 

 twining. Leaves evergreen. Flowers scarlet and yellowish. Berries scarlet. 



Scarlet Honeysuckle. 



** Pedicels axillary, in pairs. Berries in pairs, distinct or more or less 

 connate, "2-celled, many-seeded. XYLOSTEUM. 



6. L. ciliata MuJd. : stem erect ; leaves opposite, ovate and subcordate, 

 ciliate on the margin, younger ones villous beneath ; tube of the corolla 

 calcarate at base, ventricose above ; segments short, acute ; style exserted ; 

 berries distinct. Xylostcum ciliatum Pursh. 



Hills and rocks. Can. to Penn. W. to the Rocky Mountains. May, June. 

 F^ . Stem 3 5 feet high, with straggling branches. Corolla pale greenish-yel- 

 low, long, somewhat funnel-form. Berries ovoid, red. Fly Honeysuckle. 



7. L. ccerulca Linn. : stem erect, leaves oval, entire, pubescent ; pedun- 

 cles shorter than the flowers ; bracts longer than the ovaries ; corolla gib- 

 bous at base ; berries formed by the union of two ovaries. L. vittosa D. C. 

 Xylosteum villosum Dig. X. Solonis Eat. 



Woods and sides of mountains. Labrador and Arct. Amer. to Mass, and N. Y. 

 May. 17 . Stem 1 3 feet high, with the younger branches villous. Flowers 

 yellow. Berries closely united at the summit, deep-blue and glaucous. 



Hairy Fly Honeysuckle. 



8. L. oblongifolia Hook : stem erect ; leaves oblong or oval, nearly smooth 

 when old; peduncles filiform, erect, much longer than the flowers; bracts 

 minute ; corolla gibbous at the base, deeply 2-lipped ; berries formed by the 

 union of 2 ovaries. Xylosteum oblongifolium Goldic. ^ 



Sphagnous swamps. Can. and Western N. Y. ; rare. May, June. Tj --~Stem 

 34 feet high, much branched. Flowers greenish-yellow, tinged with purple. 

 Berries small, slightly separate at the summit, purple. 



Long-stalked Honeysuckle. 



6. SYMPHORICARPUS. DHL Snowberry. 



(From the Greek <n>/*$>vco, to grow together, and KapTros, fruit ; the berries form- 

 ing clusters.) 



Calyx with the tube globose ; the limb small, 4 5-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-form, subequally 4 5-lobed. Stamens 5, scarcely 

 exserted. Stigma subglobose. Berry crowned by the calyx, 

 4-celled, 4-seeded ; 2 of the cells sometimes abortive. 



1. & vulgaris Mich. : racemes axillary, almost sessile, in little glomerate 

 heads ; corolla with the lobes smoothish inside ; stamens and bearded 

 style included. Symphoria glomerata Pursh. 



