HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 745 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Western New York west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, and Dakota, southern Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and from 

 New Jersey along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley, Mountain region. Rocky wooded hills in calcareous 

 soil. Lauderdale County, river hills. Jackson County, Gurleys, summits of calca- 

 reous ridges. 1,200 feet. Flowers pale pink, May; fruit ripe September, October, 

 purplish red. Not rare, local. Shrub 3 feet high. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia, Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LONICBRA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 173. 1753. 







About 100 species, shrubs, temperate and warmer temperate regions Northern Hemi- 

 sphere. Europe; mountains tropical Asia. North America, 20. 



Loiiicera sempervireiis L. Sp. PL 1 : 173. 1753. TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE. 



Caprifolium semper rir ens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 105. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 270. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 221. Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 16. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 157. 



MEXICO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern New York, New Jersey, Ohio, 

 Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee, south to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, 

 Washington, Escarnbia, Monroe, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers vermilion- 

 red outside, flame-colored inside; April. Fruit ripe September. Frequent. Climb- 

 ing high. 



Economic uses : Planted for ornament. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Mexico." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Loiiicera flava Sims, Bot. Mag. 32 : t. 1318. 1810. 



YELLOW WOODBINE OR HONEYSUCKLE. 



Caprifolium fraseri Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 160. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 271. Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 17. 



Carolinian area. South Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Exposed siliceous rocks on the highest summits. 

 Clay County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet. Talladega County, Alpine Moun- 

 tain, near Renfroe, 1,600 feet, trailing over rocks. Rare. Collected in Clay County, 

 July 31, the berries just beginning to color. 



Economic uses : Ornamental. 



Type locality: " Exposed and rocky summit of the Paris mountain in South 

 Carolina." (Eraser.} 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Loiiicera japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. 89. 1784. JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE. 



Introduced from Japan. Escaped from cultivation and naturalized in several of 

 the Southern States, north to Virginia. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Low damp thickets. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers white to purple; April. Climber. 



Type locality : "Crescit prope Nagasaki." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Loiiicera longiflora (Sabine) DC. Prodr. 4 : 333. 1830. 



LONG-FLOWERED HONEYSUCKLE. 



Caprifolium longiflorum Sabine; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 15 : t. 1232. 1829. 

 CHINA AND NEPAL. 



Introduced and cultivated with the above. 



ALABAMA : Mobile County. Flowers white, fragrant, fading to buff yellow. May. 

 Climber. Escaped and not infrequently of spontaneous growth. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DIBRVILLA Moench,Meth.492. 1794. 



Six or 7 species, North America, Japan. 



Diervilla sessilifolia Buckley, Am. Journ. Sci. 45 : 174. 1843. 



SESSILE-LEAP BUSH HONEYSUCKLE. 



Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 19. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of North Carolina and southeastern Tennessee. 



