146 Honeysuckle (Caprifoliacece) 



Leaves, one to three inches long. 

 Fruity white. 



Found, from Illinois northward and westward. 

 A shrub two to four feet high. 



Fig. 65. Indian Currant. Coral-berry. 6". orbicularis, Moench. 



( S. vulgaris, Michx.) 



Flowers, crowded in short clusters in the axils of most of 

 the leaves. Corolla, only slightly bearded within. 

 Stamens and style shorter than the corolla-tube 

 ("included"). Style, bearded. July. 



Leaves, round-oval, one to two inches long, nearly stem- 

 less. 



Fruit, small, dark red. 



Found, from Pennsylvania northward and southward. 

 A shrub two to three feet high. 



(4) Genus Lonicera, L. (Fly-Honeysuckle.) 



Flowers, in pairs in the axils of the leaves, each pair with 

 a single stalk. Corolla, tubular or funnel-like, often 

 hairy at the base within, five-lobed, more or less 

 irregular. Stamens, five, longer than the corolla-tube 

 (" exserted "). Seed-case, two- to three-celled. 



Leaves, simple, opposite, entire. 



Fruit, a several-seeded berry. 



Fig. 66. Fly-Honeysuckle. L. ciliata Muhl. 



Flowers, greenish-yellow, three quarters inch long. Corolla, 

 funnel-form, slightly, blunt, spurred at the base. 

 Petals, nearly equal. Bracts, two, minute at the 

 base of the seed-case. Stem of the pair of flowers, 

 slender, shorter than the leaves. May, June. 





