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3. L. oblongif61ia, .Muhl. (Swamp F.) Slmil) 2-.')0 hi^'h, branthes 

 upriglit; kaiiS (2-a' lung) ol>lo)i<j, downy wlii-ii vouiig, kiikmhIj when old; 

 veduncles long and slender; bracts minute or deciduous; corulhi dttnlu 2-lii>ind 

 (^' long, yellowish-white) ; Uiries {purple) united or nearly (list imt. — IJogs, 

 N. New Kng. and N. Y., to Miun. June. 



* * T/ie twojloicrrs involucrate by 4 conspicuous and broad folincenus bracts. 



4. L. involucr^ta, Banks. Pubescent, or becoming glabrous ; branches 

 4-angular ; leaves (2-5' long) ovate-oblong, mostly pointed, petioled, and with 

 a strong midrib, exceeding the peduncle; corolla yellowish, viscid-puljc.scent, 

 cylindraceous (6-8" long); ovaries and globose dark-puqde berries distinct. 

 — Deep woods: shores of L. Superior, and north and westward. 



§ 2. CAPRIFOLIUM. Ticinimj shrubs, with the ^flowers in Sfssi/e whorhd 

 clusters from the axils of the {often connate) upper leaves, forming interrujited 

 terminal spikes; calyx-teeth persistent on the (red or orange) bei-rif. 

 * Corolla trumpet-shaped , al most regular ; stamens and stgle little erserted. 



5. L. semp6rvirens, Ait. (Thimpet HoNEVstcKLE.) Flowers in 

 somewliat distant w]iorls, scentless, nearly 2' long, deep red outside, yfllowish 

 within or rarely tliroughout ; leaves oblong, smooth, tlie lower |)etit>led, the 

 uppermost pairs connate. — Copses, Conn, to Ind.,and southward ; common in 

 cultivation. May - Oct. — Leaves deciduous at the north. 



* * Corolla ringent ; the lower lip narrow, the upper broad and 4-lobed ; stamens 



and stijle conspicuousli/ exserted. 



•»- Corolla-tube an inch long, glabrous inside ; stamens and style glabrous. 



6. L. gr^ta, Ait. (American Woodbine.) Leaves smooth, glaucous 

 beneath, obovate, the 2 or 3 upper pairs united ; flowers wliorled in the upper- 

 most axils; corolla whitish with a purjde tube, fading yellowish, not gibbous 

 at base, fragrant. — Rocky woodlands, N. J. and Penn. to Midi, and Mo., and 

 southward ; also cultivated. May. 



-t- -t- Corolla hairy ivithin, the tube 6" long or less. 



7. L. hirsuta, Eaton. (Hairy IIoxevsuckle.) Twining and rather 

 high-climbing; leaves deep green above, downy-hairy beneatli, as well as the 

 l)ranclies, veiny, dull, broadly oval, the uppermost united, the lower short- 

 petioled ; flowers in approximate whorls ; tube of the (orange-yellow) clammy- 

 pubescent corolla gibbous at base, slender. — Damp copses and rocks, Maine 

 to Penn., ^licli., and Minn. July. — A coarse large-leaved species. 



8. L. SuUivantii, Gray. At length inuch ichitened with glaucous bloom, 

 3-6° high, glaljrous; leaves oval and obovate-oblong (2-4' long), sessile and 

 mostly connate on the flowering stems, the uppermost into an orbicular disk ; 

 corolla pale yaWow ; f laments nearly glabrous. (L. flava of former edition, 

 mainly.) — Ohio to 111., Minn., and L. Winnipeg; also in Tenn. and N. C. 



9. L. glauca, Hill. (Jlabrous, or lower leaf surfare sometimes jjuberu- 

 ient, 3-5° higli ; leaves oblong (2-3' long), glaucous but less whitened than 

 in the last, the 1 -4 upper pairs connate ; corolla greenish-yellow or purjtlish; 

 tube only 3 - 4" long, within and also style and base of filaments hirsute. { L. par- 

 viflcJra, Lam., and part of var. Doughisii, Cray.) — Hocky grounds, N. Eug. 

 and Penn. to Minn., and northward. 



