RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 151 



northern New England and New York, and 

 west to Minnesota. 



AMERICAN FLY HONEYSUCKLE 



Lonicera ciliata Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit. Two globular or ovoid red berries 

 are borne on the same stem, which grows from 

 the leaf angles. The berries are not united at 

 the base, and each bears at the summit minute 

 calyx teeth. The berries are several-seeded. 

 The bracts at their bases are minute. June. 



Leaves. The thin, light green leaves are 

 oblong-ovate, somewhat rounded or heart-shaped 

 at the base and acutish at the apex. They are 

 opposite and have hairy margins. 



Flowers. The yellowish green, five-lobed 

 flowers grow in pairs on a slender stem. 



This is a straggling shrub from three to five 

 feet high. The stems are brownish. It grows 

 in rocky woods from New Brunswick to Penn- 

 sylvania and west to Minnesota. 



