OBDER 66. CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 395 



1 L. ciliata Muhl. FLY HONEYSUCKLE. Lvs. ovate, subcordate, ciliate; cor. 

 limb with short and subequal lobes ; tube saccate at base ; sty. exserted ; berries 

 distinct, red. A branching,, erect shrub, 3 to 4f high, found in woods, Me. to 

 Ohio and Can. Lvs. thin, oblong-ovate, ofcen cordate at tho base, somewhat cili- 

 ate on the margin, and villous beneath when young. Ms. pale straw-yedow, in 

 pairs at the top of the peduncle, with an obtuse spur turned o' it wards ai, thj base. 

 Berries ovoid, red, in pairs, but not connate, 3 to 5-seeded. May, Jn. 



2 L. oblongifolia Hook. Lvs. oblong or oval, velvety-pubescent beneath, cor. 

 limb deeply bilabiate ; tube gibbous at base ; ped. long, fi.ifonn, erect ; berries 

 connate or united into one, globous, purple, bi-umbilicate. A shrub, 3 to 4f high, 

 iu swamps, Can. and N. Y. Lvs. almost sessile, I to 2' Ion?, ped. of equal length. 

 Cor. hairy, greenish-yellow outside, purplish inside, the lower lip nearly entire, 

 the upper one 4-lobed, erect. Berries marked with tho remains of the two 

 calyces. Jn. 



3 L. ccerulea L. Lvs. oval-oblong, ciliate, obtuse, villous both sides, at length 

 smoothish; ped. short, redexcd in fruit; bracts longer than tli3 ovaries; cor. gib- 

 bous at base, lobes short, subeqwd ; berries connate or united into one, deep line. 

 A low shrub in rocky woods, Mass, and N. Y. north to Hudson's Bay. St. 2f 

 high, with small Ivs. and pairs of small, yellow fli, which are longer than their 

 peduncles. Lvs. ovate, oval, obovato and oblong, ending abruptly. May, Jn. 



' 4 L. Tartarica L. TARTARIAN HONEYSUCKLE. Sts. erect, much branched ; 

 Ivs. ovate, cordate, obtuse, smooth, shining, and dark green abovo, pal-.T beneath, 

 entire, on short petioles; ped. axillary, solitary, 2-flowered;. S3gm. of the cor. ob- 

 long, obtuse, equal. An elegant .and muc'h admired shrub, from Russia. Grows 

 from 4 to lOf high. Lvs. 1 to 2' by -J to 1 V, coriaceous. Fls. small, pale purple, 

 varying to pure- white, fragrant. Apr. Jn. \ 



5 L. Japonica.L. CHINESE HONEYSUCKLE. Sts. soft-pubescent ; Ivs. ovate 

 and oblong, minutely pointed, all distinct, petioluts ; ped. axillary, 2-bracted and 

 2-flowered ; cor. limb ringent, tube equal at base, slender, downy ; stam. and 

 sty. cxsertcd. From China. Sts. flcxuous, climbing 15f high, bearing a profusion 

 of orange-colored fls. f South. 



6 L. Pericly-menum Tourn. WOODDINE. Lvs. deciduous, all distinct, 

 elliptical, rather acule, on short petioles; fls. M dense, imbricate, terminal heads; 

 cor. ringent. A woody climber, nativo cf Europe*, cultivated and nearly natur- 

 alized. Fls. yellow and red, fragrant, succeeded by red berries. Variety querci- 

 folium has sinuate Ivs. May Jl. f 



7 L. sempervirens Ait. TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE. Lvs. oblong, evergreen, tho 

 upper ones counatoperfoliate ; fls. in nearly naked spikes of distant whorls; 

 cor. trumpet-shaped, nearly regular, ventricous above. In moist groves and bor- 

 ders of swamps, N. Y. (near tho city), to Fla. and la. St. woody, twining with 

 tbe sun. Tho distinct Ivs. in the wild plant aro elliptical or almost linear ; tho 

 connate, but I or 2 pairs. Cor. nearly 2' long, cf a Una scarlet without and yel- 

 low within. Mar, Apr. (S.) May-^Jl. (N T .) f- 



8 L. flava Sim. YELLOW HONEYSUCKLE. Lvs. ovate, glaucous both sides, upper 

 pair connate-perfoliate ; spikes terminal, of about 2 close whorls ; cor. smooth, 

 tube slender, not gibbous at base, limb somewhat ringent; stam. exserted, 

 smooth. Shrub scarcely twining, N. Y. to Ga., W. to Wise. Lva. deciduous, 

 abruptly contracted at base, except tho upper perfoliate pair. Fls. in heads o!' 

 about 10, fragrant. Cor. an inch or moro in length, tho tuba much longer than 

 the lips, bright yellow ; upper lip much broader than the lower, in 4 segm. May, 

 Jl.f 



9 L. grata Ait. EVERGREEN HONEYSUCKLE. Lvs. evergreen, olovate, smooth, 

 glawMus beneath, the upper pair connate-peribliato ; fils. in sessile, terminal and 

 axiUary whorls ; cor. ringent, tubo long, slender, not gibbous :,t base. Damp 

 woodlands, N. Y., Penn., and W. States. St. climbing many feet. Lvs. oppo- 

 site or in 3s, margin revolute. Fls. large and very fragrant, 5 or G \:\ each whorL 

 Cor. whitish, becoming yellowish within, reddish without. Sta. exserted. Ber- 

 ries red. Jn. f ^ 



10 L. Caprifolium L. COMMON OR ITALIAN HONEYSUCKLE. Lvs. decidu- 

 ous, the upper pair perfoliatc-connatc ; fls. in a single terminal verticil; cor. rin- 



