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leaves are ovate, smooth-margined, opposite and honeysuckle- 

 like. The flowers are small, with four or five teeth to the corolla 

 and the fruits have two seeds each. The different varieties may 

 be recognized as follows : The red-berried form, known also 

 as the Indian currant, is at once distinguished by the color of 

 its fruit. Of the three with white fruits the wolfberry protrudes 

 its stamens and stigma-stalks slightly from the flower, while the 

 other two do not. Of the latter, the snowberry is an erect 

 shrub one to four feet in height, while the low snowberry 

 branches diffusely and averages from six to ten inches. All 

 four varieties are to 

 be found in the 

 edges of woods, 

 along lake shores 

 and in rocky places. 

 Honeysuckles. 

 Of the honeysuckles, 

 some are climbing 

 vines while others 

 are spreading 

 shrubs. The flowers 

 are produced in lit- 

 tle spikes and are 

 themselves generally 

 large and conspicu- 

 ous. The hairy 

 honeysuckle^ the 

 smooth honeysuckle, 

 Sullivant's honeysuckle, and the yellow honeysuckle, all have the 

 leaves near the flower clusters grown together by their bases 

 around the stem. Those just mentioned are vines. The blue 

 honeysuckle, the swamp-honeysuckle, the fly-honeysuckle and 

 the involucred honeysuckle are shrubs, varying in the different 

 species from one to ten feet in height. The hairy honeysuckle 

 is known by its hairy leaves. The smooth-leafed honeysuckle 

 has red berries. Sullivant's honeysuckle has yellow berries and 

 yellowish-green flowers. The yellow honeysuckle has bright 

 orange-yellow flowers, that are sweet-scented. The blue or 

 mountain-honeysuckle is a shrub one to three feet in height, 



FIG. 190. Snowberry. After Brittoii and Brown. 



