HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Leaves. Opposite, simple, pinnately veined, three-fourths to 

 two inches long, oval-oblong. Margin not ciliate, myrtle green 

 above and gray green beneath, downy, pubescent when young, 

 glabrous when mature. 



Flowers. May, June. Greenish yellow, perfect, half an inch 

 long, slightly purple within, borne on a two-flowered peduncle in 

 the axils of the leaves ; peduncles long and slender ; bracts mi- 

 nute or deciduous ; fragrant, full of nectar. 



Calyx. Tube adnate to the ovary, ovoid ; border slightly 

 five-toothed. 



Corolla. Yellowish or purplish within, funnel-form, gibbous at 

 base ; border deeply two-lipped, lower lip linear, upper lip erect 

 with four short lobes. 



Stamens. Five, inserted on the corolla. 



Pistil. Ovary two-celled, ovules many ; style slender ; stigma 

 capitate. 



Fruit. Berry, crimson or purplish, one-fourth of an inch in 

 diameter; two ovaries do not usually unite to form the fruit, 

 although sometimes they do. 



BLUE FLY-HONEYSUCKLE. MOUNTAIN FLY-HONEY- 

 SUCKLE 



Lonicera casrulea. 



An erect dwarfish shrub one to three feet high ; found in bogs 

 and low lands. Shoots often bluish purple, pubescent with a 

 bloom. Ranges from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Rhode 

 Island, and west to Wisconsin ; also in Europe and Asia. 



Leaves. Opposite, simple, pinnately veined ; one to one and 

 one-half inches long, oval or obovate, rounded or narrowed at 

 base, entire, obtuse at apex ; when full grown sparingly hairy- 

 above, ciliate at margin, pubescent beneath. Petioles short. 



Flowers. June. Pale yellow, perfect, irregular, one-half to 

 three-fourths of an inch long, borne on a two-flowered peduncle 

 in the axils of the leaves ; peduncles short ; bracts awl-like. 



Calyx. Tube adnate to the ovary, ovoid ; border slightly 

 five- toothed. 



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