292 HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



evergreen forest, in the northern and northeastern parts of the state. 

 Flowers in June, fruit ripe in late July. 



Lonicera canadensis Marshall 1785 

 Lonicera ciliata Muhlenberg 1813 



Irregular shrub, 1-1.5 m. high, bark grayish, twigs glabrous; leaves 

 ovate or lance-ovate, thin, bright green, upper side glahrous, lower side 

 slightly hairy, margin ciliate, tip acute or somewhat ohtuse, base acute 

 rounded or cordate, length 2-9 cm., width 1.5-4 cm., petioles 5-8 mm. 

 long; flowers in pairs, in the axils of the lower leaves, peduncles slender, 

 about 1 cm. long, bracts at base of ovaries small, the longest lanceolate, 

 about 2 mm. long, the others about 0.5 mm. long, ovaries separate, limb of 

 calyx obscurely lobed, about 1 mm. long, corolla greenish yellow, funnel- 

 shaped, the tube gibbous at the base, 1.5 cm. long, expanding gradually 

 into a nearly equally 5-lobed limb about 5 mm. long, slightly hairy within, 

 stamens included ; berries separate, red . canadensis, Canadian. 



Moist woods. Quebec and Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, south to 

 Pa., Mich., and Minn. In Minn, occurring throughout the region of ever- 

 green forest in the northern and northeastern parts of the state. Flowers 

 in May, fruit ripe in July. 



Lonicera tatarica Linne 1753 Tartarian Honeysuckle Twin 



Honeysuckle 



Upright shrub, 1.5-3 m. high, bark light gray, twigs glabrous, green 

 or reddish; leaves ovate, glabrous, rather thin, upper side dark green, 

 lower paler but not glaucous, margin smooth or with a very few sparse 

 hairs, tip acute or sometimes obtuse, base heart-shaped, length 3-7 cm. 

 width 1.7-4 cm., petioles about 5 mm. long; flowers in pairs, from the 

 axils of the upper leaves, peduncles slender, 1-2 cm. long, bracts at the 

 base of ovaries partly awl-shaped, about 5 mm. long, partly ovate, less 

 than 1 mm. long, ovaries distinct, glabrous, limb of calyx with 5 lanceo- 

 late sepals, about 1 mm. long, corolla pink or whitish, the tube gibbous 

 at the base, about 5 mm. long, hairy within, the limb irregularly cleft 

 into 5 linear or lanceolate lobes, about 1 cm. long, stamens somewhat 

 exserted, filaments hairy : berries separate, red : tatarica, Tartarian, re- 

 ferring to its native land. 



Cultivated, native of southeastern Russia to central Asia. 



A hardy shrub, much planted, ornamental both in flower and in fruit. 



