GENUS 6. 



HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



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9. Lonicera coerulea L. Blue or Moun- 

 tain Fly-Honeysuckle. Fig. 3987. 



Lonicera coerulea L Sp. PI. 174. 1753. 

 Lonicera villosa Muhl. Cat. 23. 1813. 



Erect, shrubby, i-3 high, the twigs some- 

 times slightly pubescent. Leaves oval or 

 obovate, i'-ij' long, very obtuse at the apex, 

 rounded or narrowed at the base, thick, con- 

 spicuously reticulate-veined, pale and more or 

 less pubescent beneath, glabrous above, at least 

 when mature, ciliate on the margins ; flowers 

 in pairs in the axils, short-peduncled, subulate- 

 bracted, yellow, 6"-8" long ; corolla pubescent, 

 or glabrate, the tube gibbous at the base, the 

 limb nearly regular, its lobes oblong, equalling 

 or slightly exceeding the tube; ovaries of the 

 two flowers becoming united and forming an 

 oblong or nearly globose, bluish-black 2-eyed 

 berry, about 2.\" in diameter. 



In low grounds, Newfoundland to Alaska, south 

 to Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyo- 

 ming and California. Europe and Asia. June. 



Lonicera Mqrrowi A. Gray, a Japanese species, 

 with red berries and nearly white' flowers, has 

 escaped from cultivation in Massachusetts. 



ii Lonicera canadensis Marsh. Amer- 

 ican Fly-Honeysuckle. Fig. 3989. 



Vaccinium album L. Sp. PI. 350. 1753. Not L. 



alba L. 



Lonicera canadensis Marsh. Arb. 81. 1785. 

 Lonicera ciliata Muhl. Cat. 23. 1813. 



Shrubby, 3-5 high, the twigs glabrous. 

 Petioles 2" -3" long, very slender; leaves thin, 

 I '-4' long, bright green on both sides, ovate or 

 sometimes oval, acute or acutish at the apex, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, villous- 

 pubescent beneath when young, glabrous or 

 nearly so when mature, but the margins 

 strongly ciliate ; flowers in pairs from the 

 axils, greenish-yellow, about 8' long ; pedun- 

 cles long-filiform; bracts very small, subulate; 

 corolla-limb nearly regular, its lobes short ; 

 berries separate, ovoid, light red, about 3" thick. 



In moist woods, Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, 

 Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and 

 Minnesota. Medaddy-bush. May. 



10. Lonicera oblongif olia (Goldie) 



Hook. Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle. 



Fig. 3988. 



Xylosteum oblongif olium Goldie, Edinb. 



Phil. Journ. 6: 323. 1822. 

 Lonicera oblongif olia Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 



i : 284. pi. 100. 1833. 

 L. altissiina Jennings, Ann. Cam. Mus. 4: 



74. pi. 20. 1906. 



Leaves i'-2' long, reticulate-veined, 

 glabrous or nearly so on both sides when 

 mature, downy-pubescent when young, 

 not ciliate; flowers in pairs on long 

 slender peduncles ; corolla yellow, or 

 purplish within, S"-g" long, gibbous at 

 the base, deeply 2-lipped ; bracts minute 

 or none; ovaries remaining distinct, or 

 becoming united, the berries red or 

 crimson. 



In swamps, New Brunswick and Quebec 

 to Manitoba, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Michigan and Minnesota. May-June. 



