226 THE ALPINE THICKETS AND FORESTS 



are quite distinct, although partly united in one plane, 

 are longer than the bracteoles. 



A similar state of affairs is found in the Lowland 

 plant (Lonicera xylosteum, Linn.), which sometimes 

 occurs in Britain. 



Lonicera alpigena. 

 Let us now compare the flowers of the Mountain 



FIG. XXII. Two Flowers of the Mountain Honeysuckle (Lonicera alpigena, 

 Linn.), with Ovaries partially united. (After Hermann Mtiller.) 



Honeysuckle (Lonicera alpigena, Linn.) (Text- 

 fig. XXII.) The two flowers are here also mounted 

 on long flower-stalks, but only a single berry results, 

 which is red. If the ovaries of the flowers are 

 examined, it will be found that they are completely 

 united in the median plane. The result is a double 



