148 Honeysuckle ( Caprifoliacece ) 



Leaves, from long egg-shape to oval. Base, variable, 

 rounded, or slightly pointed, or often heart-shaped; 

 thin, delicately fringed on the margin. Leaf-stem. 

 slightly hairy. 



Fruit, red, oblong, or egg-shape, in pairs, three- to five- 

 seeded, distinct or sometimes slightly united. 



Found, in woods from Pennsylvania northward and west- 

 ward. 



A shrub three to six feet high, with straggling 

 branches set at a very wide angle. 



Mountain-Fly Honeysuckle. /. ceritlea, L. 



Flowers, yellowish. Bracts, two, at the base of the seed- 

 case, awl-shaped, longer than the seed-case. Stem of 

 the pair of flowers, very short shorter than the 

 flowers. May, June. 



Leaves, small, egg-shape or oval to reverse egg-shape ; 

 hairy, especially when young. 



Fruit, dark blue, the two berries united into one. 



Found, in high woods from Rhode Island northward and 

 westward. 



A shrub one to three feet high. 



Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle. L. oblongifblia, Muhl. 



Flowers, yellowish-white outside, purplish within, one half 

 inch long, deeply two-lipped. Corolla, hairy. Bracts, 

 two, minute or soon falling. Stem of the pair of 

 flowers, slender, as long as the leaves. June. 



Leaves, one to three inches in length, oblong, nearly 

 stemless. 



