9 2 Honeysuckle (Caprifoliacece). [No. n 



Leaves, evergreen, opposite, sometimes in threes, smooth, 

 usually reverse egg-shape, the upper ones united by 

 their bases. Young branches, often hairy. 



Found, in cultivation, and wild, from New Jersey west- 

 ward, and southward to the mountains of Carolina. 



A vigorous, shrubby twiner, ten to twenty feet long. 

 Cultivated for its fragrant flowers and its foliage. 



Fig. 46. Japanese Honeysuckle. [Z. Japdnica, T.] 



Flowers, about one and a half inches long, in pairs in the 

 axils of the leaves, fragrant, spreading at the mouth, 

 the lower lip narrow, the upper lip broad and toothed, 

 white, changing to yellowish. Tube of corolla, some- 

 what hairy within and without. 



Leaves, one to two and a half inches long, oval to egg- 

 shape, opposite, never united. Young branches, 

 hairy. 



Found, common in cultivation, and sometimes escaped. 



A vigorous, shrubby vine, widely cultivated for its fra- 

 grant flowers and its foliage. 



Leaf resembling Fig. 45. Hairy Honeysuckle. L. hirsiita, Eaton. 



Flowers, orange-yellow, sticky ; tube, slender, one half inch 

 or less in length, swollen at the base, hairy within. 

 Mouth, lips, stamens, and style as in the last, but the 

 filaments bearded. 



Leaves, egg-shape to broad-oval, usually hairy above and 

 on the edges ; downy-hairy beneath ; the upper ones 

 united by their bases, the rest with short stems ; veins 

 prominent. Branches, downy-hairy. 



