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lobed at the end. Stamens four, attached at the base of the corolla tube 

 within. Ovary three-celled, two of the cavities filled with abortive ovules, 

 the other with one perfect, pendulous ovule. Fruit a nearly globose, three- 

 celled capsule, two of the cells empty, the other with a single, oblong seed. 

 In cold woods throughout the north, common in the Adirondack 

 and Catskill mountains, otherwise rather local, ranging south to Maryland, 

 west to the mountains of Colorado, California, British America, and 

 eastward to Newfoundland. Flowering from June to August. 



Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle 



Lonicera sempervirens Linnaeus 



Plate 2148 



A slender, high -climbing vine with glabrous or somewhat hairy stems 

 and foliage. Leaves oval, the uppermost usually united around the stem, 

 the lower ones smaller, narrower and somewhat pointed at the apex, all 

 conspicuously glaucous and often pubescent beneath, dark green above. 

 Flowers numerous in two or three verticillate clusters, close together at 

 the ends of the stems. Corolla scarlet or yellow, i to 2 inches long, slightly 

 expanded upward, the stamens and style scarcely or but slightly protruding 

 from the flower. Fruit a cluster of scarlet berries which are ripe in late 

 autumn. 



In thickets and open woods along streams and low ground, common 

 in the south from Florida to Texas and northward to Nebraska, less abundant 

 in its northeastern range which extends to New York and Maine. In New 

 York State known only from a few localities in the southeastern part of 

 the State, but frequently seen in cultivation farther northward, except 

 in the extreme northern part of the State where it is not hardy. It is usually 

 found in flower from May or June until autumn because of the growth of 

 new lateral shoots bearing flowers. 



