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CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



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2. Lonicera hirsuta Eaton. Hairy Honeysuckle. (Fig. 3456.) 



L. hirsuta Eaton, Man. Ed. 2, 307. 1818. 



Twining, the branches hirsute-pubes- 

 cent. Upper one or two pairs of leaves 

 connate-perfoliate, the others oval or 

 ovate, short-petioled or sessile, softly pu- 

 bescent beneath, dark green and appress- 

 ed-pubescent above, ciliate, obtuse or 

 obtusish at the apex, rounded or narrowed 

 at the base, 2 / -3j^ / long; flowers ver- 

 ticillate in short terminal interrupted 

 spikes; corolla pubescent within, about 

 i / long, viscid-pubescent without, orange- 

 yellow, the tube slender, somewhat gib- 

 bous' at the base, the limb strongly 2-lip- 

 ped, about as long as the tube ; stamens and 

 style exserted, filaments hirsute below. 



In woodlands, Vermont and Ontario to 

 Manitoba, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. 

 Called also Rough Woodbine. June-July. 



3. Lonicera glaucescens Rydb. 

 Douglas' Honeysuckle. (Fig. 3457.) 



Lonicera Douglasii Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 282. 



1833. Not CaprifoliumDoitglasii'L.ind.. 1830. 

 Lonicera glaucescens Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club, 



24: 90. 1897. 



Similar to the preceding species, the 

 branches glabrous. Leaves glabrous above, 

 pubescent, at least on the veins, beneath, 

 i^ / -2 / long, chartaceous-margined, not cil- 

 iate, usually only the upper pair connate- 

 perfoliate; flowers verticillate in a short 

 terminal interrupted spike; corolla yellow, 

 changing to reddish, pubescent or puberu- 

 lent without, pubescent within, \ f long, or 

 less, the tube rather strongly gibbous at 

 the base, the 2-lipped limb shorter than the 

 tube; stamens nearly glabrous, or somewhat 

 pubescent; style hirsute; both exserted. 



Ontario to Saskatchewan, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio and Nebraska. May-June. 



tains to North Carolina, and to Ohio and Michigan, 

 leaves of young shoots are sometimes connate-perfoliate 



4. Lonicera dioica L. Smooth- 

 leaved or Glaucous Honeysuckle. 

 (Fig. 3458-) 



Lonicera dioica L,. Syst. Ed. 12, 165. 1767- 

 L. glauca Hill, Hort. Kew. 446. pi. 18. 1769. 

 L. parviflora Lam. Encycl. 1: 728. 1783. 



Glabrous throughout, twining or shrub- 

 by, 3-io long. Leaves very glaucous 

 beneath, i}4 / ~3 / long, the upper connate- 

 perfoliate, oval, obtuse, the lower sessile 

 or short-petioled, narrower; flowers sev- 

 eral in a terminal cluster, yellowish green 

 and tinged with purple, glabrous without, 

 pubescent within, the tube 3 // -4 // long, 

 gibbous at the base, scarcely longer than 

 the 2-lipped limb; stamens hirsute below, 

 exserted with the style; berries red, 3"- 

 4 // in diameter. 



In rocky and usually dry situations, Quebec 

 to Manitoba.south, especially alongthe nioun- 

 Ascends to 3500 ft. in North Carolina. All the 

 Small Yellow Honeysuckle. May-June. 



