LoNicERA. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 299 



Stem 6-10 feet long, trailing or twining, much branched ; the flowering shoots glaucous. 

 Leaves usually 2-3 inches long and 1 - Ij broad, sometimes much larger; lowest ones 

 often narrowed at the base, but never petiolate. Corolla about three-fourths of an inch long, 

 yellow, tinged more or less (sometimes deeply) with purple. Stamens exserted, hairy below. 

 Berries reddish-orange. 



Rocky banks of rivers, and on mountains ; not rare. June. 



§. Xylosteon, Juss. Leaves never connate : peduncles axillary, 2 - i-bracteate and 2- (rarely 3-) 

 flowered : berries in pairs, distinct or often united, 2 - 3-celled ; the limb of the calyx often 

 deciduous. 



6. LoNiCERA ciLiATA, MuM. (Plate XLII.) Fly Honeysuckle. 



Stem erect ; leaves ovate-oblong, often cordate, ciliate with fine hairs, the younger ones 

 villous underneath ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; bracts shorter than the ovaries ; teeth 

 of the calyx very obtuse ; corolla somewhat funnel-form, obtusely saccate at the base, the 

 lobes short and somewhat equal ; berries distinct, diverging. — Muhl. cat. p. 22 ; DC. prodr. 

 4. p. 335 ; Beck, hot. p. 158 ; Hook. jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 283 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. 

 p. 9. L. Canadensis, Rcem. ^ Schult. syst. 5. p. 260. Xylosteum Tartaricum, Michx. Jl. 

 1. p. 106 (not L. Tartarica, Linn.). X. ciliatum, Pursh, Jl. I. p. 161 (excl. /3.); Torr. Jl. 

 1. p. 245 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 88. 



A shrub 3-5 feet high ; the branchlets smooth, and marked with elevated lines which 

 descend from the bases of the petioles. Leaves 1—2^ inches long, more or less ovate, broad 

 at the base, thin, quite smooth when mature, except the ciliate margin : petioles about three 

 lines long. Peduncles of the flowers about three quarters of an inch long, of the fruit an inch 

 or more. Flowers about 8 lines long. Bracteoles at the base of the flower, shorter than the 

 ovary. Corolla pale greenish-yellow. Filaments smooth. Style exserted. Berries ovoid, 

 smooth, about one-fourth of an inch long, red, 3-5-seeded. Seeds oval, yellowish, compressed, 

 finely pitted. 



Rocky woods and shady hill-sides, sometimes in swamps ; western and northern part of the 

 State ; rare south of Catskill. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



7. LoNiCERA c^RULEA, Liun. Hairy Fly-Honeysuckle. 



Stem erect ; leaves oval or obovate-oblong, hairy on both surfaces, nearly smooth above 

 when old ; peduncles very short, reflexed in fruit ; bracts subulate, longer than the ovaries ; 

 corolla gibbous at the base , the lobes short, nearly equal ; berries (deep blue and glaucous) 

 globose, formed by the union of two ovaries. — Linn. sp. I. p. 174 ; Pall. Jl. Ross. t. 37 ; 

 Bot. mag. 1965 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 437 ; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. l.p. 283 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. 

 Am. 2. p. 9. L. caerulea Canadensis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 731, ex DC. L. villosa, DC. I. c. 

 (excl. syn. Goldie, Torr. 4'C.); Beck, bot. p. 150, Xylosteum Solonis, Eaton, man. hot. 

 p. 518. X. villosum, Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 88 ; Torr. Jl. l.p. 245 (excl. syn. Gold. <^ Muhl.) 



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