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192. Vines without tendrils (nos. 193-213). 



Leaves all alternate no. 202 



Leaves all opposite 



Uppermost leaves decidedly stalked no. 197 



Uppermost leaves with their bases connected, the stem thus 

 appearing to pass through them Honeysuckles no. 193 



193. HONEYSUCKLES. LONICERA. 



Climbing vines with showy, tubular, mostly unsymmetrical 

 terminal flowers and with the uppermost pair of leaves hav- 

 ing their bases joined. Leaves always without teeth on the 

 margin. Fruit a berry. Stems often woody below and her- 

 baceous towards the tip. (Caprifoliaceae.) 



Flowers decidedly unsymmetrical, the top slit into 2 irregular 

 divisions (see Figs. 193 and 194.) 



Flower smooth inside Italian Honeysuckle no. 193 



Flower hairy inside 



Leaves hairy on the under side, flowers yellow 



Rough Woodbine no. 194 



Leaves smooth both sides, bluish below ; flowers tinged with 



purple Small Woodbine no. 195 



Flowers nearly symmetrical, the top slit into 5 nearly regular 

 divisions (see Fig. 196) Trumpet Honeysuckle no. 196 



193. Italian Honeysuckle. Loniccra Caprifolium, Climb- 

 ing over bushes, the stems smooth. Lower leaves without 

 stalks, or short-stalked. Flowers in practically stalkless clus- 

 ters, purplish outside, white within, 1-1^2 inches long. Ber- 

 ries red. N. Y. and N. J. to Mich, and Mo., and southward. 

 Native of Europe. May. Fig. 193. 



194. Rough Woodbine. Loniccra hirsuta. Twining, with 

 sticky and hairy stems. Lower leaves short-stalked, rarely 

 stalkless, hairy beneath and on the edge. Flowers in stalked 

 clusters, hairy inside, orange-yellow, or reddish. Vt. and On- 

 tario to Manitoba, and from Pa. to Mich. June. Fig. 194. 

 A somewhat similar species, but with smooth branches and 

 no hairs on the edges of the leaves, Loniccra glauccsccns is 

 found from Ontario to Alberta, Pa., Ohio and Neb. 



195. Small Woodbine. Loniccra dioica. Whole plant smooth, 

 the stem 3-10 ft., sometimes nearly rhrubby. Leaves very 



